Welcome back everyone to another awesome episode of the boundless perception podcast. As usual, we have another great cosplayer for you today who goes by the name of @SoniaBladeCosplay. She's a cosplayer based out of AustinTexas who has been cosplaying for about 4 years. If you happen to visit conventions in Texas you may run into her as she does an amazing Fran, Shera and Bell from beauty and the beast. If Texas conventions aren't your thing, you will likely see her at Dragoncon, Anime Weekend Atlanta, or even Holiday Matsuri.

So we kicked off this interview by talking a bit about commuting to conventions. I personally end up driving to most of my conventions but that's because I'm broke. @SoniaBladeCosplaygave some great tips on how to save money if you plan on flying to conventions. Specifically, instead of booking your flights at the same time, separate them into two one way flights. You can possibly save some money by switching airlines and playing with the arrivals times. Also I learned that I need to start planning my conventions long in advance. I am definitely a last-minute type of person and this forces me to pay increased prices. One key take away from this interview is plan ahead.

Next up we discussed traveling with cosplays. I'm always fearful of having TSA destroy my photography equipment and I believed cosplayers felt the same about their cosplays. As you can see from @SoniaBladeCosplay's Instagram, she has some rather large cosplays that have to be carefully packaged to ar