Cosplayer - Streamer - Content Creator
Contact Email: AlisonBirbz@gmail.com
About the "Birb"
Alison "Birbz" is a 31 year old New Jersey local Streamer, Professional cosplayer, and content creator. Alison actively streams on Twitch and posts Cosplay related content. She specializes in armor and prop builds and enjoys bringing characters to life. Alison enjoys spending her time creating new cosplay, gaming, and making new friends online. Alison has also previously worked in Esports production and has a passion for both cosplay and media production
Over the past ten years, Alison has created 20+ cosplay costumes winning multiple awards and has attended 16 events as a cosplay Guest and/or Judge. She brings a high quality eye for detail, foam expertise, production and stage knowledge, and an infectious positive attitude.
Alison is looking to branch out of her usual New Jersey and Pennsylvania convention "Bubble" and is excited to travel to new places to meet new people and get inspired by fellow cosplay talent!
Why Cosplay?
Since a young age, Alison was infatuated with game worlds and its variety of unique characters. Little did she know, cosplay would let her become those characters and pay homage to their likeness. While attending community college for art, Alison discovered a new creative outlet that would change her life forever. Cosplay has become a creative outlet for Alison to showcase her skills and meet other talented cosplayers and artists.
Now, Alison frequents East Coast conventions and appears as a Cosplay personality for local events and conventions. Since the start of her cosplay career in 2013, she has appeared at events such as the Overwatch League Grand Finals and Fan Expo Philadelphia. Alison has won multiple awards for cosplay craftsmanship and cosplay Masquerade performances. She hopes that her content and social presence will inspire others to create cosplay as a creative outlet and help everyone discover their inner geek.
Guesting Expeirence
Alison started her professional cosplay career attending Overwatch League events in 2018 when she was invited to the Grand finals at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, NY. Since then, she has been an invited guest at multiple Overwatch league events including Fusion Homestands, The OWL Grand Finals in Philadelphia in 2019, and the digital Grand Finals this past year. Also in 2020, Alison became an officially sponsored cosplayer of the (formerly) Philadelphia Fusion Esports Team.
Afterwards, Alison started attending by guesting at conventions in the NJ and Greater Philadelphia area. As her expierience increased, she was invited back as guest at multiple Overwatch league events including Fusion +Homestands, The OWL Grand Finals in Philadelphia in 2019, and the Digital finals. Alison became an officially sponsored cosplayer of the (formerly) Philadelphia Fusion Esports Team in 2020. Alison attended her third and final Overwatch League Grand event in 2022, where she was flown out to Anaheim California to attend the finals and visit the Blizzard campus.
All of her experience culminated in 2023 when Alison was a Cosplay guest at Fan Expo Philadelphia on the year of her 10 year Anniversary. (Alison Debuted her first cosplay ever 10 years ago at Wizard World Philly, which is now Fan Expo. Cool right?)
Past Appearances
IN ORDER BY MOST RECENT
Cosplay Guest/Judge- Fan Expo Philadelphia 2023- Philadelphia, PA
Cosplay Guest/Judge- Contropolis Pensylvania 2023- Oaks, PA
Cosplay Guest - Overwatch League Grand finals 2022 - Anahiem, CA
Cosplay Guest - League of Legends LCS Worlds NYC 2022 - New York, NY
Cosplay Guest & Judge- Derpycon 2022 - New Brunswick, NJ
Cosplay Judge - Puchicon PA 2022 - Camelback ,PA
Cosplay Guest - Thy Geekdom Con 2022 - Oaks, PA
Online Cosplay Contest Judge- Thy Geekdom Con Online 2020 - Online
Sponsored Cosplay Guest- "Battle of Brotherly Love" Homestand 2020 - Philadelphia, PA
Cosplay Guest- Rutgers Camden (Welcome Event) - Camden, NJ
Contest Judge- Local Gamestop Event - Deptford NJ
Sponsored Cosplay Guest-Overwatch League Grand Finals 2019 - Philadelphia, PA
Cosplay Guest- Gap-con 2019
Cosplay Guest-A Video Game con 2019 - Parsippany, NJ
Cosplay Guest-Thy Geekdom Con 2019 - Oaks, PA
Cosplay Guest-Overwatch League Grand Finals 2018 - Brooklyn, NY
Cosplay and Performance Awards
Death Knight Brigitte
1st place Masters- Craftsmanship Granite State Comic con Online Contest 2020
Imp Mercy
2nd Place Journeyman Craftsmanship- Thy Geekdom Con 2018
Aranea Highwind
Judges award- Craftsmanship AnimeNext 2018
Judges award Performance - Katsucon 2018
3rd Place Craftsmanship/ Performance- A Video Game Con 2018
Philadelphia Fusion Brigitte
Third Place Novice- Otakon Online Cosplay Contest 2020
Judges Award Craftsmanship- Animenext 2019
Necromancer Umbreon V1
Judges Award Perfomance- Katsucon 2017
Most Notable Cosplay
Video Content
In her six years as a cosplayer, she has also taken up vlogging and cosplay cinematic videos. She enjoys the process of filming and editing her own cosplay feature videos as well as small convention cinematic videos. A YouTube vlogger since 2011, Alison has since adapted her channel content to be Cosplay oriented and posts tutorials, vlogs and more.
Alison on "Inside Edition"
Social Media & Reach
Availability
Please send an email to alisonbirbz@gmail.com for appearance inquiries.