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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 Showcase: Alexa Heart is so AWESOME



I wanted to show off an awesome friend of mine I've made in the cosplay community for today. Alexa Heart (goes by Heart and Soul Cosplay on FB) is a huge supporter on the LGBT side of cosplay having being a part of it herself. She's slowly becoming a rising cosplayer in the field getting guest invites and being recognized by more well known cosplayers. Alexa is always itching to create something to keep her busy and to expand her portfolio. It always surprises me when she lets me know of what her upcoming plans are, I think she has somewhere around 10 cosplays set for this year which is insane in my eyes. Alexa's cosplays are mainly from video games and comic books, she's even taken up photography to produce some of her own photoshoots. One thing I do know is she has an unconditional love for Samus Aran and has so far done a "Bedtime Samus" at DragonCon as well as her Zero Suit. Yes, her armored Varia suit is in the works!


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Other characters she's cosplayed as include Frost from Mortal Kombat, Cheetara from ThunderCats, Christmas Princess Peach and a handful of others. Alexa also is great at making little trinkets such as a Triforce that glows as well as handbags which she hopes to open up soon. When it comes to conventions, Alexa is sometimes working for a booth vendor or in cases like I mentioned above, hold panels explaining issues within the LGBT community. A recent one that comes to mind is her being asked by cosplayer Ivy Doomkitty to sit in and speak on her known panel "So They Say You Shouldn't Cosplay" at this past NYCC!

I truly admire the dedication that Alexa puts in when making her cosplays and I'm definitely looking forward to her completed Samus Aran. She's also been a big help in coming up with advice for my blog, one I hope to implement soon when I have all my interviews cleared up! I've got photos of some of Alexa's cosplays that I've mentioned throughout this showcase so I hope you all enjoy them :)!




Photo by NerdRabbit Photography

If you want to check out more of Alexa's work, check out her Cosplay Page!
https://www.facebook.com/heartandsoulcosplay

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