About Kearstin

In college, she studied Graphic Design, Art History and general education. She already had advanced art placement and college credits during high school as she applied at an early age. This is where she learned her favorite medium is water color and acrylic painting, but also learned how to do photo retouching and minor manipulation. Kearstin does NOT use AI in her work.

In cosplay, she began in 2007. At the time, there were no where near as readily available premade costumes, materials, and options as there are today. So when she became interested in the scene, she purchased 3 Phoenix suits (Phoenix, Dark Phoenix and White Phoenix of the Crown from Marvel Comics) on eBay and her journey has exploded since. Since she was a model first, she had a few "booth babe" opportunities with artists and companies but she wanted more. She became hooked and addicted to the creativity, the scene, the learning, the people and the conventions. Because Kearstin is tall, many things did not fit off the shelf in the beginning. This "forced" her to start self-learning how to sew and craft to make sure what she wanted actually fit. It didn't help that she was into obscure characters so templates and patterns had to be made by her, too. Her favorite genres to wear are comic book, video game, and animation. With over 100+ costumes today, her cosplay life still continues both as a hobby and monetized. She has done multiple cosplay projects with Marvel, has had many interviews, guest appearances, go-go dancing, short films, was a contest judge and more. With resources as vast as they are now, she has become more open to wearing premade costumes but still gets great joy out of making things herself as much as she can. There's always something to learn!

In 2012, she was hired on as an original launching model to MyGeekGlory (formerly MyGeekGoddess), an adult cosplay-strip membership website. She was a model, photographer, go-go dancer, editor, on the Events Team, their Social Media Coordinator and a Marketing specialist. She left the company in 2022 but her memories and friendships remain.

In 2017, she became approved to be a Twitch Affiliate. As a variety part-time streamer, she plays many games, has community nights, watch parties, works on cosplay, art, has talk shows and guest appearances, and more. This allows her to continue graphic design, learn animation, broadcasting and analytics. She also outsources to her current partner who does motion graphics and animation. You can catch her stream and schedule on her channel! Her current goal is to become a Twitch Partner to grow and stream more often. Join her Discord for the community.

While Kearstin has always been an athlete, around this same time she also get into body building for the first time. She didn't compete, but she followed the routine, lifestyle and diet as if she was. It was a rebirth for her both mentally and physically. She has grown to love working out, lifting weights and maintaining a healthy lifestyle. She has met amazing new types of people and continues to learn. She has even considered getting certified to be a trainer and nutritionist. While it is a difficult thing to maintain that body physique all year round, she still loves to strength train and cook new healthy recipes.

In 2018, she returned to work for Apple (prior employment in 2010), but this time as a computer technician. She got her hands on as much experience as she could in multiple departments on top of that role. Such as Genius Administrator, Business Expert, leadership training, remote support and continued her certification. She even worked through the COVID pandemic. Since leaving Apple in late 2022, she continues to help in tech support where she can and loves keeping her hands in troubleshooting. She has built her own PC, been a consultant for friends and family, and will be pursuing new certification into Windows in the future. Between 2023-2024, she joined LUSH's retail team part-time in the Chicagoland area for a bit. Add skincare to that healthy lifestyle!

Bring us to today. With Kearstin.com, she has her own brand, clients, and storefront that she continues to maintain but now with more art, more photography, more streaming, more crafts. She now works as a Solutions Engineer for a leading automotive platform provider. She is also a mermaid (pod member) and handler (pirate) for the Windy City Mermaids LLC. She will eventually pursue to renew her First Aid/AED certification, and aim for PADI Mermaid certification in the future. She continues to dabble in makeup and special effects thanks to cosplay and modeling, and she's begun a new journey in voice acting! 

Needless to say, Kearstin does a lot.

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