Today we’d like to introduce you to Binx Basilisk
Hi Binx, we’d love for you to start by introducing yourself.
It was 1998 when I came home from first grade and turned on Cartoon Network as I normally did back then, another routine daily checked off my adolescent agenda but something was different today. Instead of the usual Power Puff Girls Rerun there was a girl with a green skirt and a doglike man with red clothes and white hair. I had never seen something so striking, the artwork, the animation stuck with me the entire night.
I woke up eager to repeat my day and get home to watch the next episode. Upon arriving home I was disspointed to find another Power Puff Girls rerun on the screen, I waited to find this show everyday for years never forgetting the girl in the green skirt and the man in red clothes.
It wasn’t until Adult Swim ran its first successful year on television that my life would change forever. In 2002 one of Japan’s most popular anime “Inuyasha” was released on American cable and I finally learned who those very iconic characters were.
At the age of 10 I decided I wanted to be a cosplayer, I fell in love with anime and the rest is history.
Growing up my mother was also a fashion designer so she often had stacks of reference books tucked away in the organized chaos of her home office. One of those books defined my fashion identity for the rest of my life. FRUiTS Magazine by Shoichi Aoki published a collection of their most striking street photography featuring the Harajuku fashion of the early 2000’s. Shoichi’s influence is with me to this day hybridized by Korean and Urban American Street Fashion.
Continuing to work on perfecting my cosplay journey I have had the pleasure of working with some of Miami’s most talented photographers FDSedanoarts, Nate_Takes Oneshots, Senpai_Bluez, Lobo_Shots, and SF_Goth.
The cosplay community in Miami has always been welcoming and helped me to find my place amongst the colorful conventions that call our city home Supercon, Mizucon, Animate! Miami and their Orlando cousins Holiday Matsuri and Megacon.
In the past year my journey has led me to break into the Streaming world, I am now a full-time IRL Streamer on Twitch where I focus on my passion for travel. Aspiring to show people around the world what the rest of it looks like by attending events, museums and theme parks to name a few.
I want the people sitting at home or at work to join me on my journey and be inspired to get out of their comfort zone and seize the day. Sometimes all you need is someone to tell you “you can do it” and I want that to be me.
We all face challenges, but looking back would you describe it as a relatively smooth road?
We are conditioned from a young age to want a Disney princess life while also having a decent career and raising a family, I am not immune to these desires. There are many people out there who have it all however my upbringing was not smooth. There were many things I had to overcome as a child which took well into my adulthood to heal. This led me to sacrifice a traditional life for that of a Content Creator which seemed unrealistic.
I wanted to bing joy to other kids who felt lonely or bored, I aspired to become a Youtube content creator since the platform launched in 2005, but I also had to grow up.
Despite having a penchant for academics I dropped out of high school sophomore year and ended up getting my Associates at Miami-Dade College, after attempting to go for my BA in Dietetics at FIU I realized it would be more financially responsible for me to get a job instead.
Working at restaurants and retail stores took up all of my time and energy although somehow I made time for a few camping trips or a road trip to Orlando for Disney World.
The grind could not shake my Jetsetting itch, I could not spend an entire year without a road trip or two to keep me satisfied.
Work continued to be a huge obstacle and bills would consume most of my travel funds but the pipe dream burned hot in my soul.
Eventually I found a work/stream balance that allows me to create content the way I dreamed of for all those years. Currently my obstacle is technology and my limited knowledge of streaming software. Thankfully the Twitch Creator Club has provided me with the assets I need to understand these technical obstacles. I look forward to the days where I can stream freely from the middle of the forest without constantly disconnecting.
My next goal is to raise the funds for an IRL streaming backpack and figure out a way to get better service in more complex or remote locations.
Alright, so let’s switch gears a bit and talk business. What should we know about your work?
I’m known for my IRL Travel Streaming and Cosplay Modeling !
I am an IRL Streamer born and raised in Miami Florida, I specialize in Travel and Event documentation.
So far I’ve taken my community to Local Miami events and convention such as Supercon & House of Horror. When it comes to travel I’ve been able to take them to Los Angeles, Tampa, Orlando, New York, Las Vegas, Madrid and London !
My community helped me raise funds for us to attend twitchcon in San Diego just recently where we took another step in our streaming Journey by speaking with Sponsors and Charities for future collaborations !
Cosplay streaming for certain games helps keep the at home streams more fun and interesting while sitting at the desk. Getting dressed for a photoshoot usually means taking advantage of the outfit and streaming or making reels as well, it can be a lot but always extremely fun.
I am proud of what we’ve built together, nothing would be possible without my community, I was fortunate to meet some of them at twitchcon. Whenever I have my difficult days or feel like life is testing me I think about them and the memories we make together on stream and it makes it easier to go live.
I think what sets me apart from other streamers is being part of the IRL community, we are few and growing but right now there aren’t that many streamers taking their equipment out into the streets for events.
It is definitely the new frontier, in the next couple of years you will see this genre grow but for now it is quite small and I am happy to pave the way for streamers to come.
How do you define success?
Success for me is the ability to dedicate 100% of myself to creating quality content for my streaming community. To collaborate with sponsors from all over by showcasing their facilities and restaurants to the world without having to ration my efforts to non-stream related aspects of life.
Success to me would be to become twitch’s next travel channel host like Andrew Zimmern !
Contact Info:
- Website: https://www.twitch.tv/binxbasilisk
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/binxbasilisk/?hl=en
- Twitter: https://x.com/BinxBasiliskk
- Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@binxbasiliskx
- Other: https://binx-mart.printify.me/products
Image Credits
@fdsedanoarts
@Senpai_bluez
@nate_takes
@sf_goth
@lobo_shots
