hi ! I'm Dothy, a passionate artist
(mostly self-taught amateur)

I do cosplays costumes & props arts & crafts makeup & wigs acting, roleplay stage performing live shows multimedia arts

I was born in december 1984 (with a twin sister !). Dothy is simply a short for Dorothy, my first name. I love many forms of arts ! I put all my heart into doing them ! I love cosplay (costume + roleplaying) a lot, for me that includes making costumes & props (patterning, sewing, crafting, painting, modling, sculpting, etc...), doing my makeup (with little FX& prosthetics too), transformations (male or female gender, animorphism), wigs (and hair) styling, acting, doing stage perfomances, creating, managing and directing shows, ... I also enjoy making multimedia creations & edits (photography, video & audio, web, infography, ...) and I also have a background in arts, drawing, 2D animation, and tattoos. I love music and geek culture (movies, series, games, comics, ...). I practice several sports, and I also love nature and animals, travels, recreation parks, food, ... I am french, but I'm also fluent in english & spanish (with several accents abilities) I also speak Italian, and I have notions in MANY other tongues, codes and even sign language. I love learning about the beautiful cultural variety of our world ! So this website is available in different languages if you'd prefer !

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Education & diplomas

I recieved a french education but I translated the titles into english equivalents. Here is a non-exhaustive list of diplomas & trainings I validated throughout scholarships, trainings, internships, etc...

2003 "BAC L" General certificate of Advanced Level Education (AB+)
2004 "MNAA" Applied Arts, preparatory class
2005 Driving License, category B (max 20m3 vehicles)
2006 "BTS" BTEC Higher National Diploma (in multimedia visual com')
2007 Arts Bachelor of Arts equivalent in drawing & 2D animation
2009 administrative tests preparatory class
2010 "AENS" test obtained for public services in Education institutions
2013 "PSC1" first aid training (level 1) certificate
2015 "H&S" health safety & sanitation training for Tattoo Pratice
2015 + 2018 first aid training (level 1) recycling (practise re-validation)

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Employment, experiences

Service

Administrative secretariat, reception, switchboard operation, scheduling, stewardship, accounting, pay sheet, cashier, sales, marketting, filing, records, archives, information, communication, redacting, computerization, management, diplomatic and international relations, translation, teaching, logistics...

Employers :

-Education ministry institute
-Disneyland Resort Paris
-Annecy Animation Festival
-F1 Monaco Grand Prix

Showbiz

-since 1988 : shcool plays, dance recitals,...
-since 1998 : 170+ costumes made/worn
-since 2003 : 80+ ren faires, carnivales
-since 2011 : 40+ contests (37 prizes won)
-since 2012 : 60+ stage skits performing
-since 2015 : 45 guestings at events
-since 2016 : 10 shows directed (10-40ppl)
-since 2017 : 10 stages orga (50-75ppl)
-since 2018 : 15+ cabaret shows roles
- since 2019 : 15+ costumed animations

Employers :

-Idole Internationale Events
-Disneyland Resort Paris
-Events (HeroFestival, Another Convention, Geek Expo, Geek Con, Mangalaxy, Geek Universe, Geek Touch, Game Tech, Mangamania, Gaming Gones, CSFO, Gameshow, MadJap, FACTS, ...)
-Cabarets, Restaurants and Bistrots
-Private parties, public events, cinemas, theatres, shops, filmmakers, etc...

Image

Visual communication, multimedia creations, infography (logos, graphic design, business cards, flyers, catalogs, layouts, posters, websites,...) photography, video and audio (capture, edit, montage), drawing, painting and coloring, illustration, plastic and 2D traditionnal animation and inbetweening, plastic arts, dermography (body tattoo : skin inking with needles)

Employers :

-"a touch of ink" tattoo studio
-"Gotham ink" tattoo studio
-Education institutes (teaching pupils)
-"JSBC" 2D animation studio
-"Difinteractive" infography studio
-city hall events (video coverages)

I keep improving with every new experience and I always love learning more !

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Philosophy

Short selective preview of some of my works
(click on the link of the pictures to see more)

All Costuming Arts Performing Arts Multimedia Arts Pictural Arts

170+

Costumes made or worn

80+

Perfomings / actings

37+

Local contests rewards

45+

Guestings for events

Extracurricular

Environment,humanitary,flora,fauna

Nature

"Flora" (vegetal life)

Educated by a mother who is an amazing botanist and gardener, I share her love for (and knowledge of) nature, plants, flowers, and of course the pleasure of natural homgrown vegetables and fruits ! I currently only live in a tiny flat, but if I ever earn enough to live in a house with a portion of land, I will try to keep the family tradition going with gardening sustainable seasonal food.

Animals

"Fauna" (wildlife)

Educated with the values of respect for all lifeforms, I am an animal lover, very comitted to protecting and saving them (wether it's picking up a fallen bird to take care of its recovery or being part of associations). My favourite kinds are the big cats, especially the Sumatra Tiger. I also love reptiles very dearly but of course I simply love all animals, even spiders or scorpions. They all deserve equal respect and they're all part of the balance of life on our planet !

Environment

"earth" (ecology)

Also educated with ecology awareness (thanks to my botanist mother and my ingeneer father always following environmental science), I have always been very comitted to environmental matters and trying to do my best to be a part of our Earth's preservation movements. Keeping my impact on pollution at its lowest possible, advocating for efforts towards friends and family, supporting green fights and being part of fundations, ...

Humanitary

"mankind" (human beings)

Very much aware of how priviledged I can be, as a white person who grew up well fed with access to health services and education, I have always tried my best at supporting many humanitary causes. I am clearly not wealthy, I live on minimum wage full time jobs, in a tiny 20m² single-room flat, but I really appreciate how lucky I am to have always had access to health, education, transportation, food and water, and even have the "luxury" of travels and leisures. So I invest time and workforce into helping out, supporting / advocating for the fights for fundamental human rights equality (against racism, sexism, against predjudices and phobias towards LGBTQ+ persons, ...) and I really wish that someday the solidarity between countries could prevail above poverty, wars, health issues, famine or the lack of access to drinkable water or education. There is too much economic and power greed in the system of wealthy countries profiting from the the less fortunate ones, exploiting the resources unfairly, and I know it sounds naive but I do firmly believe that we can do better than this, and that we could all "benefit" from a more reasonable capitalism with an economic balance, with better respect for our planet earth.

Sports and leisure activities

cycling and rolling

since 1988

Educated with sportive parents, I have had bicylces as far as I can remember, and we always went on full days of ramble rolling on our bikes in family during the weekends. Rollers skate came early on in my life too, also going for hours and kilometers of rolling rides.

swimming and water sports

since 1988

Swimming lessons came early too in my life, and we always spent family summer holidays around places with natural lakes, simming pools or at the seaside, so we were often in the water. I have practised many water sports and water leisure activities in my life (water skiing, boating, canoe, snorkling, rafting, canyoning, jetski, sailboard, aquagym, aquabike, etc...) and I live in Annecy, a city with a natural lake where I go swimming regularly.

dancing

since 1988

Dance lessons and dance recitals also came early in my life, as a regular activity after school hours. I took several years of classical and modern-jazz lessons. I occasionnally tried acrobatic Rock'n'Roll sessions and a few other dances basics. I still practise dancing and choerography (creation and coordinations) on stage for shows, at events, cabaret, parties, etc...

martial arts

since 2002

I have always loved martial arts and fighting sports too. I was in a Kwan-Qhi-Dao club (a vietnameese martial art) during 3 years. I keep using some of the technics in fighting scenes and stunts parts of stage shows and on filming sets.

tree adventure parkours

since 2003

Through installations in tree, we have pluridiscipline parkours in natural environments. It includes climbing ropes, walking on moving planks, spiderwebs climbings, ziplines, etc... all secured with a safety harness of course, considering some of them are quite high. I love those "tree adventure" parkours and regularly do some.

other sports and leisure activities

since 1988

I keep a daily routine of aerobics, cardio and bodybuilding then stretching. I live in the mountains and I have always practised snow sports in my childhood (skiing, snowboarding, snowshoeing, etc...). I also took a few years of tennis lessons, practised gymnastics at school, and on summer camps had a few classes of many different sportive activities (a wide range of diversity from aerial circus to archery, from riding a horse to playing basketball, etc ...). I am not a higly trained professional but I love learning more.

Travels, exploration, discovery

France

since 1984

I was born in France and of course educated with a lot of tourism, visits and discovery of our landmarks and territory : eco-friendly sightings of the amazing variety of landscapes in every corner of France ! From urban cities to rural nature, from snowy mountains to sunny beach shores, from historical architecture to abandonned urbex buldings, I have been and will keep going everywhere in France, especially when "local" travelling has much less impact on environment than long-distance travels. I include Corsica and Monaco in the territory of France, as it was so close to where I lived in the Mediterranean south, and we went there many times too.

Switzerland

since 1995

Since 1995, my father lives in Annecy, in the department of "Haute Savoie" in the French Alps, and it is located so close to the Swiss border (less than 30min) that we regularly visit its beautiful places too. My twin sister has lived and worked in "La Chaux de Fonds" close to "Neuchâtel" between 2007 and 2010, we visited there regularly back then, and since 2010 I also live in Annecy, so I often go to visit friends and/or attend events in Geneva, Lausanne and Montreux.

Italy

since 2000

I have lived by the sea, in the mediterranean south of France, for more than 10 years, and Italy was so close that we went there several times. I've been able to go to Donoratico for a summer camp opportunity, to Pisa (with its famous leaning tower), to Ventimiglia and I have also visited all the monuments of Florence.

United States of America

since 2010

My twin sister moved to Miami, Florida, back in 2010. I have been able to visit her there 7 times in 10 years. Each time I go, I stay long enough to optimize the journey. I love visiting every corner of Miami, Fort Lauderdale, the Everglades, all the Keys, and of course Orlando.

United Kindom

twice 2006 + 2010

- London (Buckingham Palace, Bridge, Tower, Big Ben, Piccadilly Circus, Trafalgar Square, Camden town, St James Park and Hyde Park, Westminster Abbaye, the 2 Tates, Covent Garden,...)
- Sheffield (with a train trip from Liverpool in London) for a music concert (of Meat Loaf) at the Arena.

Mexico

once 2005

- Mexico D.F (Polanco, Coyoacan, Chapultepec, Zocalo, Six Flags, ...)
- Teotihuacan (pyramids of the sun and the moon)
- Taxco de Alarcón (Santa Prisca, Cristo Rey monumental, ...)

Morocco

once 1999

During a summer holiday with family in Al Hoceima, I have also been able to visit Féz.

Spain

once 2009

- Road trip to Saloù (for Portaventura) via Tarragone

Belgium

once 2017

- Road trip to Gand (for a convention guesting)

Recreation Parks and leisure cruise

Disneyland Resort Paris (France)

since 1992

During my childhood, I lived nearby Paris, close to the Disneyland Paris Parks. We went there very regularly in family, ever since the 1st opening day on the 12th of april in 1992. I even became part of the cast members family for a few years right after the end of my final scholarship year in 2007. And after leaving for a better job opportunity, I always kept renewing my annual passeport and I still keep visiting several times per year.

Asterix Park (Paris, France)

since 1989

During my childhood, I lived nearby Paris, close to the "Astérix Park" (based on a belgian comic book character). We went there very regularly in family, ever since the 1st opening day on the 30th of april in 1989 and I still keep visiting sometimes.

Universal parks (Orlando, USA)

since 2012

Since my twin sister moved in Miami, Florida, I have been able to visit her regularly... and of course, when I go there, I always love going to Orlando to enjoy the amazing parks they have there. I never miss an opportunity to go to Universal Studios and Island of adventures !

Walt Disney World (Orlando, USA)

since 2012

Since my twin sister moved in Miami, Florida, I have been able to visit her regularly... and of course, when I go there, I always love going to Orlando to enjoy the amazing parks they have there. And considering how much I love Disney, I have been lucky enough to visit Disney's Magic Kingdom, Animal Kingdom, and Epcot Center.

Six Flags (Mexico)

once 2005

During my travel to Mexico with my twin sister we have been able to spend a day at Six Flags !

Portaventura (Spain)

once 2009

With friends we went on a roadtrip down Spain to spend 3 days in Portaventura !

Futuroscope (France)

once 1999

With friends we went on a roadtrip in the west part of France to spend 2 days in Futuroscope !

Walibi (Agen, France)

once 2009

With friends we went in the southwest part of France to spend a day in Wallibi !

Celibrity cruiseline (Caribbean)

once 2016

Thanks to my twin sister's job, I have been able to join her for free during a full week on a Cruise boat on the Caribbean seas. With a day of excursion on the island of St Martin, the island of St Thomas and also a night in San Juan (Puerto Rico).

Other smaller parks (France)

since 1989

With family or friends I have also been to several smaller recreational parks such as "Ok Corral" in the south, "la mer de sable" (the sea of sand) in the north, and several fun faires.