I started my journey with photo editing in the year 2016 as a means of creation and distraction from the world around me. I was only fifteen when I started creating. These photo edits are not the best (as shown here) but when I started they were a great starting point for me and my creative mind.

This is where my love for creation started. This form of art through makeup and costumes. I would create different characters to place into the world of shows that I loved so deeply.

This love only grew as I did. Creating characters grew into creating my own worlds and stories within them.

My love for creation was nurtured within me by my parents. As they supported me wholeheartedly. They would continue to support me and my choices as my talent grew.

How I Got Here

The years continued and so did my creations. I started making short form video content on TikTok and Instagram reels in order to showcase my art. I started going to conventions and volunteering to dress up for events. One such event was when I had the opportunity to dress up as Princess Belle for a nearby dance studio. I will always remember the excitement on the kids faces when I walked in. I would do it again in a heartbeat.

I started growing in my makeup for conventions, experimenting with body paint and learned how to style and install wigs. These brought even more characters that I loved to life.

I started getting questions on how I create and how I bring these characters to life. So in the year 2022, I revived my old YouTube Channel and started making makeup tutorials on my more complicated, yet loved, characters.

These makeup tutorials brought back my love for video editing in a new way. I had some experience already and having that foundation helped me stay determined in making these videos.

These videos taught me about voice over and how to work with my own voice as well as making sure the content I was creating made sense to the viewer. This helped me understand what the camera saw and what the audience was going to watch.

Thumbnails of the videos mentioned.

All these videos and costumes may seem silly or unprofessional to some, but it still pushed me forward in the career I want.

This past March I had the opportunity to work with Monster Mania Con and recreate Pennywise the Clown makeup on the stunt performer Dustin Faith who has worked in both IT and Welcome to Derry performing stunts on set.

All my work brought me here and all my work will push me forward.

Photo of myself and Dustin Faith.

Makeup and prosthetics done by myself.

The prosthetic is from Spirit Halloween online store.