

These jobs not only teach you relevant skills and boost your knowledge base significantly they also tend to pay reasonably well. They frequently hire students as research assistants to help with their experiments. If you take university courses in any of the sciences or social sciences, you’re likely to find that your professors are engaged in doing related research in the field. I asked 20 other cosplayers why they cosplay, and their responses were not only completed varied, but even inspirational. I cosplay because of the wonderful people I meet along the way, it's fun, the reaction people have when I pull a hard costume off, and the smiles kids make when they high fave me in my Deadpool costume.

Many in the cosplay community see cosplay as more than just an artistic expression, but even a confidence builder, a great way to make friends, or simply a way to be yourself. And although the cosplay community always has our backs, many people consider us cosplayers nerdy or weird or freaky.Īlthough most of us are probably nerds (I cannot defend us on that), a huge majority of us are simply trying to express our love for a series or character, plus the perks that come with that expression. You've seen us cosplayers outside your local comic book, anime, or video game convention. In this day and age, anyone and everyone can cosplay. Cosplay, also known as costume-play, has been on the rise since the update of pop culture.
