Levan-Techa: Elevating the Cosplay Craft through Technology – Exploration of Transformation & Community through the Art of Cosplay
(NYU Integrated Design & Media Master’s Thesis)
The concept of interim conquest expressed through attempting something new and embracing one’s journey. I wanted to take my technical knowledge, break it down and make engineering concepts more approachable to artist and creators that would assist in elevating their craft. I achieved this concept by creating a series of easy-to-follow tutorials of physical computing tailored towards beginners and artist that are then applied to the craft of cosplay. I present how I personally applied the electronics taught within the tutorials on my own cosplay prop I have built for thesis: gauntlets based on the character Vi from Arcane. The electronics bring these gauntlets more to life, allowing them to be more convincing to be realistic.
Contributing to a diverse community and filling in a lack of technical knowledge that could assist cosplayers at various levels in elevating their personal artistic expression through cosplay.
Theme, keywords: Cosplay, physical computing, combine art & engineering, wearable technology, tutorials, interim conquest, learning
Levan-Techa Tutorials:
Tutorial Page: including coming soon tutorials
Process Blog:
Documented progression during the entirety of the the thesis project.
Application Showcase:
Cosplay replica of gauntlet based on League of Legends Arcane character Vi.
Showcased the physical computing of connecting an LED to a battery taught within the tutorials applied to the gauntlet.
