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Cosplay Feature: Gray Oranges' Rikku!

Photo by David Ngo I won't ever shy away from writing about cosplays of Rikku's look from Final Fantasy X-2 and Gray Orange did a fantastic job portraying her in both the overall cosplay look PLUS the pose work. Of course I'll get to all that in due time but let's start at the top! It's certainly a cosplay worn for several events and I want to say I first saw this in the overall collection of MAGFest photos back in January of this year. I really love how the multiple braid strands are integrated into the blonde wig for starters. I can't tell if they're either part of the wig itself or the blue headband that's wrapped around. In any case, following this is a red scarf wrapped around Irini's neck before you then get to the yellow bikini top. Here, you can also see orange trim lines as part of the piece. Oh, I forgot to mention that the red scarf actually travels all the way down to her legs. These end points then transition to a yellow/orange gradient!
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Cosplay: Why I do it, and why I love it

If you've ever been to a convention, whether it be for comic books, video games, or any other type of nerd culture then you probably have seen people walking around dressed as a character from these forms. Some are store bought, and some are hand made with tons of effort. These outfits are nothing short of amazing and yup i've done it. Bottom line it's one of the most rewarding things i've ever done and it's known as Cosplay.

I've heard of cosplay from time to time thanks to the internet but i didn't really become interested in making my own outfit until right about 4 years ago (that long already), this is mainly due to me finding out about a now well known cosplayer by the name of Jessica Nigri. Ok yes i was initially drawn into how beautiful she looked but after being able to chat with her online through her little fan site at the time (now grown into a FB page with 400k fans and counting) I've grown into admiring her as a person and absolutely loving her outfits. 

Through her I came across others such as Yaya Han, Monika Lee and a whole bunch of other very talented ladies (and men as well!). So I was inspired to make my very first cosplay that being Nightwing from DC Comics with his New 52 look. This was very basic and it didn't look too well made but I was proud of it. I had it finished and wore it to my first ever convention PAX East 2012 and wouldn't you know it, Jessica was gonna be there (promoting Lollipop Chainsaw which she won a contest for) and well...this happened

Me and Jessica Nigri
Not only did she knew who I was from online interactions but she loved my outfit and that just lit me up! Fast forward to now I've made 4 outfits, Nightwing's gone through 2 upgrades with his 2nd one being done for New York Comic Con 2013, John Constantine, Shadow the Hedgehog and Meta Knight as well as attended various conventions. I've made some of the greatest friends because of Cosplay and we keep in touch OH so regularly looking forward to seeing each other again! For me this is a chance to express the things I love without fear of being judged after having been teased and bullied throughout Middle School and High School. This is why I love it and why it's important to me.

So now I'm gonna start posting cosplay interviews I've done that I fear won't ever see the light of day and I hope you guys enjoy them :)


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