Making Connections

Hello fellow nerds and geeks! So I just wanted to put a quick blurb here about making connections. You know how everyone is always telling you that it’s not your skills, it’s your connections? Well I hate to let my mom say “I told you so”, but she is right. A big thing about getting places is connections; I hadn’t really learned that until now.

Recently I attended a local mini-con, Comix It Up at Maker House, and it was the first place I was able to talk shop with other people. They were doing their 4^th monthly mini-con and there was supposed to be a cosplay competition; however I was the only cosplayer to arrive in costume so the contest was void. However I did get the chance to meet Daniel Sennett, the official photographer for the night, who is also the official photographer for Tucson Comic Con. Not only is he a great photographer for Cosplayers, but he also builds costumes!

So he took a couple pics of me (See them in the Comix It Up Album at https://www.flickr.com/photos/daniel_sennett ) and asked me a few questions about my cosplaying that turned into a half an hour discussions about everything from makeup to armor. Just some of the helpful hi lights of the conversation: Invest in an air brush. Rub and Buff is great for weathering pieces. And blue or pink insulation foam is the best thing to use for the axe that I am working on to add to my Astrid cosplay. I sent him a follow up email saying thanks and to follow up on some things. Now I hope to maintain this new connection because I think it will be very helpful as I grow my cosplay skills.

People always say make good connections. The thing is, they make it sound like you need to go looking for them, and that’s not the case. You happen upon them through a friend of your dad’s that says go check this place out tonight. The key is to not lose the connection once it has been found. It is not about making connections but finding them.