Lauren Ray is a Texas-based cosplayer with 6 years experience, and has won several awards including best-in-show and -class. Lauren Ray loves creating things using her hands to see where her imagination and inspiration can take her. She enjoys the challenge of learning new skills to make her creations come to life. The complexity of building elaborate armor projects in hopes of bringing the characters to life brings so much joy in crafting each piece. While she loves the journey, she will never forget that there is always failure before succeeding. One of her favorite quotes is “The difference between the novice and the master is that the master has failed more times than the novice has tried.”