Costume Contest Judges

Hylian Jean spent her youth in the rural woods of Alaska pretending to be a dragon. She taught herself to sculpt and sew, how to engineer on a budget, and nurtured a passion for costuming through her only outlet at the time: Halloween. After moving to...

Jechts is a Portland based cosplayer and maker specializing in Props and Armor that require special effects around lighting, mechanics, and experimental techniques. While most at home with EVA Foam, he tries to incorporate new materials and approaches...

By day, Riri is a chemist; by night, a cosplayer. She also co-founded Lifted Geek, a website dedicated to geek culture. She started cosplaying in 2007 and also attended her first anime convention at Sakura Con.  She didn't begin making her own cosplay ...