Dubai residents show off cosplay skills at Comic Con 2018

65,000 expects to attend the Middle East Film and Comic Con 2018 in Dubai. See more at gulfnews.com/videos

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00:00Hi, my name is Irina, that's my fifth year at Comic-Con and third year coming in a costume.

00:15As you can see, I'm a big fan of Game of Thrones.

00:17I was really inspired by the season seven outfit, Daenerys outfit, and decided why not

00:23make my own.

00:24For the past three years since I'm coming, in outfits, in costumes, yes, they are all

00:29handmade.

00:30The difficult part was, as you know, there are not that many pictures you can refer to,

00:35so you have to do your research online and find the close images to kind of match the

00:42fabric that you can find available here in Dubai.

00:47Then try to design the costume to look as much as possible close to the original, and

00:56well, this is how it turns out to be in the end.

00:59Just come to Comic-Con, dress up, have fun, pick your favorite character, and enjoy!

01:17I'm an artist in Artist Alley, and I have been doing this for three years, presenting

01:28my work, and I'm getting a lot of exposure to my Instagram mostly.

01:33I'm still developing my website, but mostly just Instagram.

01:38And I draw, I do crossovers, and I dabble in storytelling.

01:44Well, it's useful to me to show me things to get exposure, and meet new people, and

01:53meet other artists, and meet like-minded people.

01:56And I also get a lot of networking skills.

02:00But yeah, I think a lot of people are caring about art now, unlike before.

02:06But yeah, it's gaining a lot of traction.

02:08It's not lame or dorky anymore, it's like arts or comics.

02:14I'm on my way to Comic-Con.

02:26Welcome!

02:27Welcome to the Good News.

02:29Pleasure to be a part of it.

02:31You know, we are now inside the Good News.

02:35This is the cruise course.

02:39You get to experience all your doubts.

02:59I do think it is important, both for children and adults.

03:03I mean, this is the only place adults can really be children.

03:06And nobody will judge.