Hi! My name is Cavin and I'm a cosplayer, costume designer, engineer and a prop maker based in Hong Kong. He started cosplay in 2014, I didn't have any experience in costume making and prop maker back to the start. Until now, I have created a number of Spider-Man suits and props. My all-time favourite superhero is Spider-Man. I was obsessed with Spidey when I was a child. My first costume was The Amazing Spider-Man 2 suit. It didn't look so decent and it was sewn by my seamstress at that time. In 2017, after the release of the MCU Spider-Man Homecoming trailer, I decided to make a movie accurate replica of it. I studied different kinds of fabric and screen-printing technique to replicate the texture on that suit. However, I want to do one step further. I designed a faceshell and lenses that can replicate the "Shutter" effect on the movie's cgi. The lenses were based on a simple design of a Chinese lion-dance puppet that could activate with my jaw. I have upgraded the design to version 18 with coding and by adding some electronic components in it. I was lucky enough to get a chance to send one of my masks to the co-creator of Spidey— Stan Lee. He signed on my mask and I even had a chance to meet him at SDCC 2017. That was a great experience for me, not just meeting the creator of my favourite Marvel character, it is my first time going to a foreign comic con. It really broadened my horizon. That trip to San Diego encouraged me to step into the level of my cosplay career.
During my final year of study, I started my own workshop and started to step in more on producing movie-grade Spider-Man suits and props.In this year, I have self-learned how to make a suit pattern digitally, so I could create my own sewing pattern. Moreover, I could recreate the movie suit's texture with screen-printing technique. Not to mention, I have learned how to sew a full skin-tight suit with my original sewing pattern and my next project will be the new suit from the new Spider-Man movie "Spider-Man Far From Home" next year.
I have mentioned I'm not just a costume designer. I made props that can recreate cgi too. My first project is the mechanical lenses that could recreate the "Shutter" effect from the movie. I have created a version that can be controlled hands-free in different expressions. I posted that video on my instagram and twitter pages. Both went viral on the internet; the video has reached 350K views on instagram and 3M views on Twitter. It encouraged me to keep going on. This summer, I have created a V2 replica of the Iron Spider suit from the movie— Avengers 3 Infinity war. I made 4 mechanical legs attached to my back and can be controlled individually by a wireless switch that is hidden in my 3D printed web-shooter. During the process of creating the mechanical legs, I have learned how to do 3D printing and 3D modelling, some of the parts of the legs were 3D printed and I'm going to make a V3 of it with a more accurate movement. And I did post a video of it before I took it to SDCC 2018. The video had reached 1.2M views on Twitter and 373K views on instagram. And I even have a chance to meet the creator of the MCU Spider-Man suit — Ryan Meinerding at SDCC 2018.
You can find me on:
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/cavincreation/
Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/cavin_creations/
Twitter:
https://twitter.com/cavincreations
Patreon:
https://www.patreon.com/cavincreations
YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMx5nBqP5X-q0j6aB3EDuHg?view_as=subscriber
Website:
https://lensesfactoryhk.shop/shop/
Email:
lensesfactoryhk@gmail.com
