Live Magazine February Issue February 2014 | Page 100

COSPLAYER EVEY DANTÈS COSPLAYER FROM AUSTRALIA We interviewed Evey Dantès, a 22 year old Cosplayer from Sydney, who’s favourite character to cosplay is Harley Quinn.. Read all about her here! party I’ve ever had has been dress up. Growing up I was Batdog (My own dog version of Batman) more than I was ever myself. Hi Evey, tell us abit about yourself.. My favorite thing about cosplay is the way I feel when I’ve done my best to capture a character, I feel like I become them. Seeing the faces of people and especially children when they recognize my character is a pretty amazing feeling, I feel so honored when people want photos with me or such! So I’m Evey Dantès, I’m a 22 year old cosplayer from South of Sydney. I spend my spare time watching series/movies, sewing or mindlessly scrolling the internet. How and when did you get into Cosplay? My sister got me into cosplay about 3 years ago when she took me to my first convention. She had dragged me along to it after months of begging me to join her and I loved it. I couldn’t get over how confident these people seemed dressed up as their favorite characters and how much effort they had put into their costumes. I’ve always been a costume person. I think every birthday What do you love about Cosplay? Who’s your favourite character to cosplay and why? My favorite character to cosplay will always be Harley Quinn. I feel that of all the characters I love she is the one I see myself the most in. When I dress up as Harley, I am Harley. Do you attend many Cosplay events? I do attend a lot of conventions but nothing beats sitting at home watching my favorite shows dressed up in the characters from it. The best part about conventions is seeing my friends and all these people in their amazing costumes that they put a lot of hard work into. Are you a gamer? Any favourite games? I get asked all the time if I’m a gamer girl and the truth is no. I wouldn’t call myself a gamer. I do enjoy quite a few games such as; the Bioshock series, Alice Madness returns, Grand Theft Auto (especially 5), Borderlands, any of the Batman games and the Sims, way too keen for Sims 4. I also still play Age of Empires and Roller-coaster Tycoon every now and then! Who are your favourite Cosplayers & why? My favorite cosplayer would definitely be Katyuska Moonfox (www. facebook.com/KatyuskaMoonFox)