Niq van der Aa
Cosplayer
Ottawa, ON, Canada
Biography:
Niq van der Aa, known online as Detailed-Illusion, is a cosplayer and aspiring costume designer from Ottawa, Ontario. He has been cosplaying since he was 14 years old and went to his first con when he was 13. Niq is an avid gamer and a frequent reader of both American comics and Japanese manga. In high school, he studied theatre where he ended up focusing on backstage work as a set and costume designer. After high school, he toured with a theatre show to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Scotland, for which he was both a costume and set designer, as well as a performer.
Between dabbling in Fashion Design school, working as a costume designer, and of course continuing to go to as many cons a year as he can afford, Niq has created plenty of new costumes for each one! He has worked his way up the ranks, entering masquerades in America and Canada, and is now a master level cosplayer. He considers his specialty is pattern drafting, detailed sewing, and accessory work. As part of team "Detailed Mess" he has won the first World Cosplay Summit Canadian preliminaries and will represent Canada along with Miss Messy Mia in WCS 2015 in Japan. His most notable awards in the Masters category were for Best Reinterpretation for his Genderbent Elsa (Costume-Con 32, 2014) and Best in Show for his Thranduil (Pop Expo 2013).
Anime Convention Guest Appearances
- Anime North 2022 - July 15-17, 2022 in Toronto, ON, Canada
Nadeshicon 2022 - March 18-20, 2022 in Quebec City, QC, CanadaConvention Cancelled- FrostCon 2017 - January 21-22, 2017 in Burlington, ON, Canada
- Anime North 2016 - May 27-29, 2016 in Toronto, ON, Canada
- Nadeshicon 2016 - April 1-3, 2016 in Quebec City, QC, Canada
- Daisho Con 2015 - November 20-22, 2015 in Wisconsin Dells, WI, USA
- FrostCon 2015 - January 31, 2015 in Toronto, ON, Canada
- Daisho Con 2014 - November 21-23, 2014 in Wisconsin Dells, WI, USA