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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 Feature: Deanna Davis' Injustice Green Arrow!

Photo by Daniel Zuchink
At New York Comic Con this year, cosplayer Deanna Davis constructed a genderbent version of Green Arrow as he appears in the video game Injustice: Gods Among Us! This was done for the company she was working with at the con Triforce Props! I got to see this outfit in person and let me tell you, it was completely badass looking. The varying shades of green Deanna used for making this suit are awesome. The small spots of yellow also complement the full cosplay really well. Add in the fact that she made arrows and used the bow provided by Triforce, lots of amazing poses were achievable! For Deanna, Oliver Queen is one of those heroes she can somewhat relate too with both of them having a skill in archery (how cool is that?). The arm/leg pads and the hood look like they're of a very soft fleece-like material which looks so cool you guys!


Photo by It's Raining Neon
Deanna used what looks like to be black boots with armor plating over them. These are of course decorated green and yellow. She also has black knee pads and straps throughout the outfit. I love this cosplay so much you guys, both because Deanna is such a fantastic cosplayer and my DC biased nature is showing :). The poses she makes in the pictures perfectly capture Green Arrow's nature and attitude. Plus the various lighting effects used in the photos give the green sections lots of options.

What I mean by that is that sometimes the outfit looks regular, some parts look brighter, or some look darker. Such like the photo Deanna took on the left! She utilized shadow effects (I can assume at least) to really show contrast on her main bodysuit. The weathering effects she used on her arm guards and legs are just so badass! This cosplay overall is just so well done and I can tell Deanna had an absolute blast making it :D. Enjoy the other pictures I have for you guys!


Photo by It's Raining Neon
Photo by It's Raining Neon 
Photo by GCF Photography

Be sure to check out Deanna Davis under her page It's Raining Neon for MORE AWESOMENESS!
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