Odón of the ConfraTernity of Salt

I was commissioned by Team17 and The Game Kitchen to create one of the official costumes for the release of Blasphemous II in August 2023. I was also hired to perform in costume at the Team17 booth at Gamescom 2023 in Cologne, Germany where the game was showcased. I was able to complete the costume in less than 80 days with limited reference material while documenting my process via my social media pages and regular updates to the teams. I also competed in the Gamescom cosplay contest and took 3rd Place for best costume out of 100 highly skilled competitors. 

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The costume is completely handcrafted by myself using a wide variety of materials and fabrication methods. Since the game wasn't released the developers were only able to provide a limited number of reference images for Odón's character art and lore. I did not, however, shy away from this challenge and used my creativity and skills in design to interpret the finer details of his character and how they would translate from the two dimensional concept art to a, fully realized, three dimensional costume.

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" The salt encrusted his body and crunched as he moved. Seaweed and coral protruded from his armor. His silent gaze hidden behind his impervious mask. With halberd in hand, he knew the sea had claimed his life, but by the will of the Miracle, the salt had returned it."

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