Hello there! Here you'll find my media kit, links to my favorite interviews, social media links, my bio and what I’ve done over the years. Contact me anytime for booking inquiries or more information:
beverly@downencreativestudios.com
Bios
Beverly is an author, educator, professional cosplayer and maker. She crafts high-quality costumes based on pop culture characters as well as elaborate original designs. She travels to conventions across the US to guest, host lectures and lead workshops designed to educate makers of all skill levels in a wide range of maker topics. She is the founder and executive producer of the SheProp cosplay community, and in 2022 she published her first book Cosplayer's Ultimate Guide to EVA Foam.
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Beverly is a maker, author and educator, crafting high-quality costumes based on pop culture characters as well as elaborate original designs. Her new 240-page how-to book Cosplayer's Ultimate Guide to EVA Foam was released at the end of 2022.
When she isn't crafting a new costume or tutorial in her workshop in Portland, Oregon, she travels to conventions across the country to host workshops and lectures designed to help makers of all experience levels refine and learn new skills. She has been featured on podcasts, books and editorial publications, including Marvel.com, Tested, Be Amazed and many more. In 2018 Beverly founded SheProp, a community dedicated to fostering a positive and encouraging community for cosplayers who identify as female, transgender, non binary and two-spirit. She is the executive producer of all SheProp programming and events, and works daily to create opportunities for members to gain confidence in themselves as artists and makers in the cosplay world.
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Beverly of Downen Creative creates quality multimedia content focused on providing cosplayers a wider range of learning tools to help them create costumes and props. Beverly’s overarching goal is to bring her unique knowledge of building processes and techniques to cosplayers of all skill levels, to encourage her fellow makers to create, learn and inspire each other, as well as be positive role models within the maker community.
She has been a cosplay guest, cosplay judge and instructor at many conventions across the US, and has been featured on Adam Savage’s Tested and the popular Be Amazed. She is also a brand ambassador for several companies including PlaidFX, Micro-Mark and Thibra, and has created written and video tutorials that can be found across social media. In 2018 she was commissioned by Marvel to create a replica of the Wasp costume from the blockbuster movie Ant-Man and the Wasp for the web series “Marvel Becoming”.
Her 240-page how-to book Cosplayer's Ultimate Guide to EVA Foam was released at the end of 2022 and is now available everywhere. Her tutorials have been published in The Cosplay Journal, Cos Culture Magazine, CosplayCentral.com, Cohaku, and to-date has co-written several tutorial articles with her husband in the last few years.
Beverly's primary goal is to continually encourage artists to confidently acquire new maker skills. When she isn’t working on a new project, she can usually be found editing instructional video tutorials and full costume build write-ups to foster a positive and encouraging community of makers. She enjoys giving others a thorough look at her build processes, and she strives to provide detailed write-ups of each of her builds whenever possible. Her mantra is to be as transparent as possible, and she is always willing to share her successes and failures along the way.
Her passion projects are all community focused; she has founded several maker/builder Facebook groups with the goal of fostering a positive and supportive environment for cosplayers and makers alike. In 2018 she founded SheProp!, a rapidly growing group created for female, non-binary, two spirit and transgender prop makers and costumers. Beverly also hosts, produces and edits the ShePropTalk! Podcast and is the executive producer for all SheProp projects.
It's hard to believe this all started with a Darth Vader mask and a free weekend with the kids. Check out our little Origin Story!
More Information
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Coming Soon:
Lilac City Comic Con - Cosplay Guest / Panels / JudgingComicpalooza - Guest, Contest Judging, Demo Host
Rose City Comic Con - Cosplay Guest / Craftsmanship Judge / Workshop Host
2024:
ECCC - Guest Workshop HostAnime Boston - Guest / Demos / Craftsmanship Judge
2023:
Spa-Con - Guest / Demo / Panels / Judging
Dragon Con - Workshop HostCosplay America - Guest / Workshop Host / Panelist
Costume-Con 39 - Guest / Workshop Host / Panelist
Planet ComicCon - Guest / Cosplay Contest Judge / Panelist
Emerald City Comic Con - Panelist / SheProp Table & Events Producer
Fan Expo Portland - Panelist
2022:
Holiday Matsuri - Guest / Workshop Host / Panelist
LA Comic Con - Guest / Contest Judge / Panelist
KingCon NW - Guest / Contest Judge / Panelist
C2E2 - Guest / Crown Championship Judge / Cosplay Showcase Judge / Panelist
SiliCon with Adam Savage - Guest / Workshop Instructor / Panelist
RCCC: SheProp Table Host / Panelist
Cosplay America - Guest / Panelist / Workshop Host
Washington State Summer Con - Guest / Cosplay Judge / Panelist
SiliCon with Adam Savage - Virtual Maker Workshop Host
MomoCon - Guest / Panelist
Crypticon - Guest / Cosplay Judge / Panelist / Workshop Host
2021:
Holiday Matsuri - Guest / Cosplay Judge / Panelist / Workshop Host
Emerald City Comic Con - Guest / Panelist / Cosplay Judge / Cosplay Showcase Judge
KingCon - Guest / Cosplay Judge / Panelist
Rose City Comic Con - Panelist
SiliCon with Adam Savage - Guest / Panelist
SiliCon Mask Making Challenge with Adam Savage - Guest Judge
Ultimate Online Cosplay Championship - Cosplay Judge
2020:
KingCon Virtual Con - Guest
New York Comic Con - Panelist / Marvel Becoming Costume Contest Judge
Rose City Comic Con - Guest / Panelist
Cosplay America - Guest / Panelist / Workshop Host / Podcast Host
Con-Nichiwa - Guest / Panelist / Contest Judge
Oro-Con - Guest
2016-2019:
Emerald City Comic Con - Contest Judge (video) / Panelist
Eugene Comic Con - Guest / Contest Judge
New York Comic Con - Marvel Cosplay Contest - Contest Judge
Renton Comic Con - Guest / Panelist / Contest Judge
DragonCon - Debut of Wasp Costume for Marvel Becoming
Emerald City Comic Con - Panelist
Rose City Comic Con - Panelist
Emerald City Comic Con - Panelist
Rose City Comic Con - Panelist
Jet City Comic Show - Guest / Contest Judge
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Upcoming:
Comicpalooza, Houston TX:
Fantastic Plastics Demo
Easy Effects onEVA Foam Demo
Lilac City Comic Con, Spokane WA:
Fantastic Plastics Demo
Easy Effects onEVA Foam Demo
2024
Easy Effects on EVA Foam Demo, Anime Boston
Fantastic Plastics, Emerald City Comic Con
Fabulous Foam Faux Feathers, Emerald City Comic Con
Zippers on EVA Foam, Emerald City Comic Con
Giant 12-Sided Die Craft-along, Emerald City Comic Con
Dagger & Sheath Craft-along, Emerald City Comic Con
Mini Axe Craft-along, Emerald City Comic Con
Cosplay Horns Craft-along, Emerald City Comic Con
Gauntlet Armor Craft-along, Emerald City Comic Con
Viking Shield Craft-along, Emerald City Comic Con
2023
Dagger Workshop, Private Event
Texturing EVA Foam Demo, Spa-Con
12-Sided Die Workshops, Partnered with Surebonder and Famoré at DragonCon
Dagger & Sheath Workshop, Cosplay America
Texturing EVA Foam Workshop, Cosplay America
Bevels with Beverly Workshop & Demo, Cosplay America
Cosplay Patterning 101 with Evil Ted Smith, Costume-Con 39
Texturing EVA Foam Demo, Costume-Con 39
2022
Small Dagger workshop, Holiday Matsuri
Attachments for EVA Foam Bootcamp, Holiday Matsuri
Sand Camp for EVA Foam, SiliCon with Adam Savage
Sand Camp for EVA Foam, Cosplay America
Thermoplastic Shields, Cosplay America
Dragon Horns, SiliCon with Adam Savage (Virtual Workshop)
Dragon Horns, Crypticon
2018-2021
Silicone on Fabric, Holiday Matsuri
Sand Camp with Downen Creative Studios & Coregeek, Holiday Matsuri
The Mandalorian Pram Build-A-Long, Silicon with Adam Savage (Virtual Workshop)
Thibra for Beginners, Cosplay America
Gluing Silicone to Fabric, Cosplay America
Thibra for Beginners, Eucon
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SheProp Has Your Back - Shenanigans Cosplayers Say Podcast
Gamer Garb: Cosplayer community celebrates ‘inner nerd’ through creativity - The Daily Bruin
Beverly Downen Wears Many Helmets - NW Nerd
This is Only a test: Cosplay in the COVID Era - The Adam Savage Project
EVA Foam Sanding: Tips for the Perfect Sanding Process with Ben Eadie
Marvel Avengers: Endgame Premiere Live - Trivia with Citizen Watch
Prop Live Podcast - Downen Creative Studios & Photography
Craft and Geek Episode 32: Downen Creative Studios
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(Adam Savage/Tested) Show and Tell: Cosplayer’s Ultimate Guide to EVA Foam: Book Review
Adam Savage Builds a Mannequin With Cosplayer Beverly Downen!
Adam Savage Amazed by This Lucifer Morningstar Cosplay!
Adam Savage Breaks Down His Dune Stillsuit Cosplay
Adafruit: Amazing Lucifer Morningstar Costume from The Sandman Netflix Series
Vibrant Entertainment & Arts Magazine Cover, 12/2019
Adventures in New York - Still Untitled: The Adam Savage Project - 10/9/19
Geeks a GoGo: Top 10 Cosplayers You Should Be Following to Level Up Your Craft
Justin Cosplay: Cosplay Music Video ECCC 2019Tested.com: NYCC Photo Gallery
Tested: Marvel or Mar-Vell - This is Only a Test 465 - 9/7/18
Prop Live podcast 9/6/18 - Dragon Con 2018 Recovery
Welcome To Dragon Con 2018 FT. Far Out & Cartoon Comic/Anime Con
Cosplay Music Video VLOG
Astonishing Cosplay at Emerald City Comic Con 2018
Kotaku: The Best Cosplay From Rose City Comic Con 2018
Beat Down Boogie: Dragon Con Cosplay 2018
Justin Cosplay: Cosplay Music Video RCCC 2018
Justin Cosplay: Cosplay Music Video Rencon 2018
Uncle Jessy: I'm Mary Poppins Y'all! Building Yondu's Fin from Guardians of the Galaxy | 3D Printed Cosplay
Kotaku.com: Cosplayers Create Their Own Wonder Woman Vanity Fair Shoot:
ComicBook.com: These Cosplayers Created Their Own Epic Wonder Woman Vanity Fair Shoot
Adafruit.com: The Making of a Queen Hippolyta Costume
Adafruit.com: How to Make Faux Feathers from Fabric for Cosplay
Fashionably Geek: Perfect “The Huntsman” Cosplay Has SO MANY FEATHERS!
Adafruit.com: A Regal Queen Hippolyta Costume
Adafruit.com: Immortan Joe Jr. Costume
Adafruit.com: This Furiosa Rosie The Riveter Costume Can Do It
The Mary Sue: Things We Saw Today
GeekDad.com: Cosplay Family Spotlight: Downen Creative Studios
Adafruit.com: How to Add a Zipper to EVA Foam