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Hey guys, it's Jazz. For the next 3
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days, I am here in Tampa, Florida for
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Metropon. It is one of the largest anime
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conventions in Florida. So, I'm so
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excited to see what's inside. Let's go,
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My passion is creativity. So, this was
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like next level for me, actually
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building costumes and and practical
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effects like that. So, the childhood of
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creativity got me into it.
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I love that. Um, do you like what do you
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make them out of? like this guy right
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here. What did you make him out of?
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Uh, Venom is 3D printed and I have
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actually hot glue over it. When I first
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started, uh, I was a novice and I had
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people give me advice and you get better
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with time. So, and don't be afraid to
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come to your conventions with what you
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have, you know, just what you start with
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because people give you advice,
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you know, because somebody right now is
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not where you are, but they're starting
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and they'll be ahead of you by the time
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you get there. So, just just start.
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We do custom video game controllers for
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all modern consoles. I am pretty fond
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right now of the Spider-Man one. I'm
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always coming up with new designs, but
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that's my current favorite, I think.
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What got you into doing this?
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Um, like I back in back in 2013, I was
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playing my own controller and it was
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getting all dirty and grimy and I
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figured let me try to customize it and
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so I did that. Uh, and then I started an
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Etsy store and then it just started
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snowballing from there. It's cptnex.com.
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I had such an amazing day here at
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Florida Metro and I'm so excited to show
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you guys the content that is coming your
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way over the next two days.
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All righty, guys. I am completely
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exhausted, but that was such an awesome
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and fun day. The cosplay contest was
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amazing, and all of the shows that I got
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to see were awesome. So, stay tuned for
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day three. And as always, you're
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watching Teens Want to Know. I am an
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artist, and I have been drawing in a
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retro pixel style for about 12 years
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now. and uh something super cool and fun
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I've enjoyed for many years.
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I love that. I love that it's different
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because you don't see that as much. What
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got you into doing that?
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Well, I mean it's funny. When I was
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about 10 years old, I started doing like
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cross stitch and needle point and uh you
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know, you don't think about it back
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then, but that's actually like in a
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pixel style. And I used to make my own
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patterns. And then uh and I used to draw
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um a lot like when I was in school. And
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then eventually like because I'm such an
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old school gamer, right? And I love
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playing uh older games cuz that's what I
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grew up with. Um I kind of just started
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drawing in that style. This is custom
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crest engraving. And what we do is we do
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a lot of art decor pieces uh for anime,
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pop culture. We also do coasters as
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well. Uh, and what got us into doing all
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this is, uh, I started off by I was
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nerding out with a laser machine and I
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started making products that I like that
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I like to display in my own home and
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I've had friends and family visit me and
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tell me, "Whoa, where did you get this?"
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And I would tell them I made it. Uh, and
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friends and family started giving me the
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idea to start making these.
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How long have you been doing cosplay
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photography for? Uh, so cosplay
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photography, I've been doing it for
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about eight years, but photography
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itself I've been doing for almost 15.
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So, what kind of got you into the
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cosplay world with photography?
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Uh, I'm a huge nerd. I'm an absolute
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huge nerd. So, I was going to
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conventions and I was taking pictures of
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my friends and taking pictures of other
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cosplayers and one thing kind of just
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So, what kind of got you into wanting to
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do cosplay photography? So, we always
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kind of make this joke that the pipeline
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from handler to photographer to
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cosplayer is is real. Uh, but I kind of
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went backwards, handler to dip my toes a
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little bit in cosplay. And I was like, I
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actually like taking pictures with my
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friends at events. And that turned into
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me being a cosplay photographer.
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I am a cosplayer and artist. I've been
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doing this for 21 years now, so a very,
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very long time. Uh, I actually got this
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super into this like totally by
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accident. I just found it online when I
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was just browsing for photos and I was
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like, "What do you mean people do this?"
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And I just haven't stopped since. I love
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it so much. I love the creative aspect
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of it. And if anyone would ever like to
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get into this, I just say just go for
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it. Just go for it. Just dive in and
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meet people like going to cons and that
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will help you learn more about it and
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how to do costumes and stuff like that.
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Hey, heat. Hey, heat.
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Go hey go hey go hey go hey go hey go
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hey go hey go hey go hey go hey go hey
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Guys, that was an incredible 3 days.
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There was so many cosplays that were so
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amazing. There was so many cool shows
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and I hope you had just as much fun
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watching this video as I had making it
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for you guys. So, thank you for coming
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along to MetroCon with me. Bye, guys.
