{"id":14843,"date":"2013-03-25T13:05:23","date_gmt":"2013-03-25T18:05:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/somewhatnerdy.com\/home\/?p=14843"},"modified":"2013-03-25T13:05:23","modified_gmt":"2013-03-25T18:05:23","slug":"interview-with-jennifer-kateri","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/somewhatnerdy.com\/home\/interview-with-jennifer-kateri\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview with Jennifer Kateri"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Boys and Girls, Nerds of all ages,<\/strong><\/p>\n

I present to you my latest interview with a great cosplayer who is as beautiful as she is talented!\u00a0 Make sure that you show her some love after reading the interview and give her page a like.\u00a0 Enough of my rambling, here is my interview with Jennifer Kateri.<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. Who are you and where are you from? <\/strong><\/p>\n

My name is Jennifer and I\u2019m a native Iowan with a bachelor\u2019s degree in illustration and digital media from Iowa State University.<\/strong><\/p>\n

2. How did you discover cosplay? <\/strong><\/p>\n

I guess I always kind of knew about cosplay but up until last year I didn\u2019t have the opportunity to get involved in large cosplay functions (such as conventions) other than Halloween, which is my favorite holiday. <\/strong><\/p>\n

3. I really love your Red Sonja cosplay.\u00a0 What made you choose her? <\/strong><\/p>\n

I actually made my Red Sonja costume as a special favor to my best friend. She loves the character and thought I would do a great job bringing Red Sonja to life. I gladly took on the challenge and had a lot of fun teaching myself how to make the armored bikini, which I made with supplies that I ordered from www.theringlord.com<\/a>. It was surprisingly easy but very time consuming.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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4. I also love your White Queen cosplay, which is your favorite comic related cosplay that you have done? <\/strong><\/p>\n

Emma Frost was a lot of fun to cosplay but my favorite thus far has to be Rogue. I always admired her character growing up. The added bonus is that I love her costume AND I don\u2019t have to wear a wig (other than the white bangs). <\/strong><\/p>\n

5. What other hobbies do you have? <\/strong><\/p>\n

My hobbies other than cosplay and costume-making include: playing video games, reading, dancing, drawing, and building Legos. My favorite video games are RPGs like the Final Fantasy series and the Legend of Zelda. For reading, I enjoy fantasy novels like A Song of Ice and Fire by George R. R. Martin, the Dragonlance saga started by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman, and of course comics.<\/strong><\/p>\n

6. Do you go to conventions to show off your cosplay or do you do photo shoots only? <\/strong><\/p>\n

I do attend conventions and love to cosplay while there. It is a great opportunity to show off my costume-making skills and promote any other artists that may have helped me such as the Eike brothers, Sean and Jon (www.facebook.com\/SeanEikeArtist<\/a>).<\/strong><\/p>\n

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7. Do you do other modeling besides cosplay? <\/strong><\/p>\n

Yes, I have done a couple non-cosplay modeling photo shoots. I worked on a calendar promoting Controlled Chaos Arms (controlledchaosarms.com\/<\/a> I\u2019m featured during the month of March controlledchaosarms.com\/files\/CCA%20MARCH%202013.jpg<\/a> ) and occasionally step in as a hand model at my day-job for a magazine publishing company.<\/strong><\/p>\n

8. What are your plans for the future? <\/strong><\/p>\n

I hope to further my skills in costume and prop making. This year will present many challenges with the costumes I have selected. If I progress enough, I\u2019d like to offer more options for commissions. Ultimately, I think it would be great if I can make a living solely from my craft. Balancing time between two day-jobs and my freelance art is very tiring. I want to be able to focus all my time on my art.<\/strong><\/p>\n

9. Where can my readers see more examples of your work? <\/strong><\/p>\n

Right now I display the bulk of my work on my Facebook page www.facebook.com\/Jennifer.Kateri.Artist<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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10. If you had to pick one cosplay, which one is your favorite?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Oh, boy\u2026only one? That\u2019s difficult but I\u2019d probably have to say Red Sonja has been my favorite cosplay so far but I have quite a few new cosplays planned for 2013 and one of them may be my new favorite. I\u2019ll be posting progress pictures and completed photo shoots throughout the year.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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