Hi sweet loves my name is Tina! I am life long gamer! I have always enjoyed emersing myself in video games, and this has brought me into a life of cosplay. I am very passionate, about the characters, and games/anime I cosplay from! I am trying to pursue my love for cosplay full time! I learned to sew at my Abuela's knee at five years old. She taught me how to hand-stitch because she was afraid I would hurt myself if I used the sewing machine! I eventually taught myself how to use a sewing machine and fell in love with cosplay when I made my first cosplay of Zelda for DragonCon. It was the first thing I had sewed since my Abuela had passed away that I was truly proud of. The confidence it gave me was incredible. Cosplay allows me to be a badass like Lady Maria, or a sexy sniper like Widowmaker and even a princess like Zelda. I get to be something more than just Tina, even for a moment. Seeing the support online from so many people, and going to the cons gave me a new perspective that what I was doing did have value.My early cosplays were from the Dark Souls series. I was in a very low point in my life when I found Dark Souls, and began to cosplay shortly afterwards. I was in an abusive relationship, and was struggling with my confidence. Dark Souls taught me I can defeat the giant impossible demons in my life if you have the tenacity to not give up! There are always friends along the way who will drop their sign if your battles get too hard. That has been you guys for me, the support I have received thus far from my fans has given me confidence I didn't know I had, has shown me that there are other people who share my passions and my interests, and has given me the courage to finally make cosplay into a career. Recently I have been cosplaying characters from Overwatch, and my Halloween Witch Mercy Cosplay is what boosted my name as a cosplayer. So for whatever I end up cosplaying next I hope you will choose to be a part of my journey.