Snapping Cosplay with Zombie Captain America

Guest blog post by Michael Krantz, Director of Sales

While at NYCC, I planned on fully immersing myself in the spirit of the Show by getting transformed through cosplay, compliments of the very talented Lindsey Ann, owner of Symphony Blush. Lindsey specializes in the craft of special effects makeup, which she studied at MUD in New York City. I volunteered to be one of Lindsey’s cosplay canvases to roam the show floor and pose for pictures with admiring attendees.

For my cosplay, Lindsey chose to transform me into a Zombie Captain America. I decided to capture my makeover using Pixe Social’s consumer photo sharing app, Pixe Snap. Pixe Snap allowed me to document the transformation from start to finish, and share it through social media. Using the hashtags #NYCCPixeSnap, #SymphonyBlush and #NYCC I was able to share my experience with social fans.

I arrived at the Symphony Blush booth ready to begin my first experience in cosplay. Three hours later, after multiple cosmetic applications, an interesting attempt at putting in a colored contact while fully masked, and thousands of curious looks from the passing crowd, my transformation was complete! Zombie Captain America was alive…err, dead and ready to walk the show floor.

After a full day of snapping photos with NYCC attendees it was time to get out of costume, which I can say was very relieving. Eight hours in prosthetics, makeup, and silicon was awesome and a great experience…but I was ready to shower. Thanks so much to New York Comic Con, all of the Pixe Social team and especially Lindsey of Symphony Blush for giving me an unforgettable, drop-dead
fun time!

View all of the photos here.

Pixe Social Offers Exciting New Prizes for Official NYCC Photo Booth Users

Photo by Frank Shernoff

This past weekend, thousands of New York Comic Con (NYCC) attendees took their photos at the Official NYCC Photo Booth, sponsored by Pixe Social.

Attendees posed in front of the NYCC branded backdrop dressed as their favorite superheroes, television characters, and film stars. Many photo booth users opted to use props such as masks, superhero aprons, and our new neon signs. The signs, custom designed by SpellBrite, spelled out “NYCC” and “Comic Con” were a huge hit with everyone at the show.

The Pixe Social team snapped almost 8,000 photos of colorful cosplay over the course of the four-day show held in New York City at the Javits Center. Photo booth users were encouraged to enter their email address to receive a digital copy of their photos and to enter an exciting photo sharing contest.

The Official NYCC Photo Booth photo that receives the most likes on Facebook by 11:59 EST on October 26, 2014 will have their choice of one of three prizes:

• Playstation 4
• Xbox One
• iPad Mini

Start liking, tagging, and sharing your Official NYCC Photo Booth pictures for your chance at winning one of these awesome prizes! View full contest details, here.


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• Pixe Social: Official Photo App of New York Comic 2014
  
  

Pixe Social: Official Photo App of New York Comic 2014

For the second year in a row, Pixe Social is set to provide thousands of comic book and entertainment enthusiasts with an interactive photo booth experience at New York Comic Con (NYCC) during October 9-12, 2014.

The Official Photo App of NYCC will be available in two stationary locations at the Javits Center along with roaming representatives in Artist Alley and North Pavilion. The tablet-based social photo booth software, Pixe Encore, will snap thousands of photos of cosplayers, amateurs and professionals alike, and instantly share the photos to Facebook and Twitter using the hashtags #PixeSocial and #NYCC. Photos can be seen daily on the New York Comic Con Photo Booth Facebook Page.

Photo booth participants will enter their email addresses to receive a digital copy of their photos as well as links to share the photos with friends and family on their own social media pages. In an exciting contest, the photo booth user who collects the most likes on Facebook on their NYCC Pixe Social photo will win a either a PS4 or Xbox One!

We’re excited to see the creative cosplay, enthusiastic fans, and famous celebrities this coming week and we encourage those planning to attend NYCC to take a look at last year’s Pixe Social photos for some last minute costume inspiration.

MCM Comic Con London Photo Contest

Pixe encourages photo booth users from MCM Comic Con London to help us spread the love by tagging, tweeting, and sharing your photos and you could be our next winner. Winner? That’s right, with every like on your Facebook photo, you’re on your way to owning a brand new PlayStation 4 gaming system! With the contest ending at midnight EST on 9 June 2014, event attendees have already engaged with over 377,000 people on Facebook. It’s your turn to start sharing your event photos and the grand prize will be yours.

Do you want to see where your picture stacks up against the competition? Here’s a look at the top five leading MCM Pixe Photo Booth pictures:

612 likes

334 likes

285 likes

205 likes

185 likes

Pixe Social engaged with thousands of coplay super fans for the second year in a row at MCM London Comic Con. Over the course of three days, Pixe Social captured 862 fun photos with excited fans at the UK’s number one popular culture show.

For those of you who have made it to the top 5, keep up the good work! Don’t see your picture? It’s time to start sharing!