ABOUT

Dessi-Desu is a cosplayer, costume designer, and illustrator with over 20 years of experience crafting and wearing her cosplay creations. Her cosplay journey started in 2002, when she discovered cosplay on a Sailor Moon fansite. She infuses her love for art and design into cosplay, and has made a number of costumes based on her own designs, along with canon costume projects. Dessi-Desu has drawn designs inspired by a number of beloved characters for other cosplayers in the community to enjoy and bring to life. She also loves sharing her crafting knowledge with the cosplay community, and is currently a BERNINA and bernette sewing machine brand ambassador. For Dessi-Desu, cosplay has been an ongoing journey in learning and acquiring new skills, so when she isn’t drawing or sewing, she is always on the lookout for the next cosplay project with new and interesting challenges.

Appearances:

C2E2 2024: Needlework judge for the Cosplay Central Crown Championships

Rhode Island Comic Con 2023: Cosplay Guest

Superstar Anime: Cosplay Guest and Cosplay Contest Judge

Cosplay World Richmond 2023: Cosplay Guest

Anime Ocean City 2023: Cosplay Guest and Cosplay Contest Judge

NekoCon 2022: Featured Panelist and Masquerade Judge

Cosplay World Richmond 2022: Cosplay Guest