Then there was a girl and she loved all things nerdy.

Greetings Nerd Herd!

So, to coincide with my new Twitter feed, @girlygamernerd1, I am launching this blog to share my musings of the interwebz of various gaming updates, art concepts and of course cosplay!  For those that don't know me, my name is Jayme (aka girlygamernerd). I am from Nashville, TN and I love all things art, gaming and that in between. I have always enjoyed creating and admiring fan art of our favorite games. It was until a few years ago I started to heavily research cosplay art form and hope to one day do my own creation at a convention.  For now I hope to share my love of games and more of the artistic side to it's development.  So come along with me! Please give me a follow on Twitter!

So tomorrow raps up the yearly DragonCon convention!

www.dragoncon.org

I was super sad I couldn't attend this year. I am hoping for better arrangements to go next year.  DragonCon is held every Labor Day weekend in Atlanta, GA. My first convention was back in 2007.  I fell in love with the atmosphere. It also opened a new door of art and fandom for me.  I still have not created my own cosplay...but in the next year I hope to have something I can proudly display.

This year, some of my favorite cosplayers were there:

Kamui Cosplay (http://www.kamuicosplay.com/)

Svetlana Quindt is from Germany and I have followed her progress for years. The work she puts into her armor and weapons is amazing. She does an amazing job pulling characters, armor or weapons from the game to bring them to life.  You can check out her blog to see her portfolio. AMAZING stuff guys!

Yaya Han (http://www.yayahan.com/)

Yaya has been in the world of cosplay for a very long time. Her style is no better word than ambitious!  She creates fabulous costume pieces, armor and props in very short amount of time as her schedule is very demanding since she travels to sever conventions per year.  Yaya has an amazing eye for detail and models her art work like a class act.


I have a few others I will share with you in the coming weeks.  Also to come, what are the biggest game releases that we are looking forward to this year?   Leave me a comment below! Discuss!