Hey, I'm Viper 07. Most people know me as Viper. I am a small content creator on TikTok, but I am much more than just a content creator. I'm also an artist and gamer, and occasionally stream on Twitch. But when I'm not gaming or making content for all you amazing souls, I'm helping out my friends and family, or drawing and playing with my pomeranian, Soap.

Now, into some details about my cosplay journey.

I am in my early twenties. I come from the middle-of-nowhere, Minnesota, USA. I love to draw, write, and craft. I'm a very hands-on person and have some extreme ADHD. I love animals. I do practice some witchy stuff. I am obsessed with minuatures and stickers. 

I first wanted to be a content creator when I was 12. I grew up watching Markiplier and Jacksepticeye and instantly knew that that's what I wanted to do with my life. once I moved out, I started gaming and streaming on Twitch, even though I never got much for viewers, but I quickly fell in love with Call of Duty. Not long after that, I started seeing airsoft videos on my TikTok and started getting into that with some friends, and started going to Airsoft competitions. On August 11, 2023, I posted my very first MaskTok video and fell in love with the feeling of joy and comfort it brought me during the hard time I was going through at that time. I started posting more and started making friends, and on October 6, 2023, I first got live access. I was extremely nervous and quiet. I had no idea what it was like to go live and get to interact with people in the moment, but I was welcomed into the first group of people I would proudly call my friends.

 After a few months, I started to struggle with life again and ended up changing my account around from making content for my Oc to making Keegan content. And just from the change in masks, I started to grow my account faster, but after months of making Keegan content, I didn't have that same joy of making content and felt like I was losing myself in what everyone else wanted to see. So I hung up my Keegan mask for a while, taking it with me to my very first con and rarely wearing it after that. I started making Oc content again.

I started building my Oc, giving him a real story. And through the unique style, I made up a small task force with some friends known as the freak squad. And with that, the monster version of Viper was born, inspired by the Monster Energy drinks. 

I eventually got to go to Dallas Fan Expo with one of my closest friends, Antares, and then later went to Chicago Fan Expo and got to meet my adopted TikTok father for the first time, Nik. After I decided to officially bring my Keegan cosplay back out and started making content again, and decided to go back to making my original Viper content. I had finally found the joy I had originally had in making people smile with my content. 

I love that I can make people smile, laugh, cry, and feel safe with the content that I make. It makes me feel like I have truly succeeded in my life. Even though I don't have a ton of money or the most stable living or the most expensive gear or a ton of followers and likes. I feel like I have the world just knowing that I have come up on people's For You Page and made their day just a little bit better. 

As a way of spreading that, I decided to make merch. So that people can have something to remind them that they are worth it and that they will always have a safe space. I want to spread the joy and love that my followers and friends have brought me through this journey, and have something to remember it all by in the future.

Here's to many more years of smiles, tears, and laughs.

From yours truly, 
Viper 07