A brief rest

I'm taking a brief break from Otakon preparations to upload one of our pictures from Colossalcon. :3

When August mentioned making Kyo from Samurai Deeper Kyo, I hadn't even heard of the series. He has a poster from the series that's been hanging in out sewing room and I always thought it looked cool, so I thought I 'd give it a try. I fell in LOVE with the series! I know it's older, but it's definitely worth a read! I power read it over the series of a few days I was so into it! (*SPOILER* And I really adore Kyo and Yuya's relationship, how it develops, and how much they grow on each other.... it's so cute XD)

Anyway, I decided to make a Yuya costume to go with August's Kyo. I chose to do sort of a combination of some different arts of her, mostly because I loved the orange version the most. The short kimono is made of a heavier weight cotton sateen, in addition to the obi. The designs are painted with a base of solid white, followed by an iridescent sheer layer and then the green lines. I am wearing an under kimono as well, but that was not made by me. The wig is an Ash blonde one from Epic cosplay wigs. It's incredibly thick and all I needed to do was trim and style the bangs. I am really happy with how it turned out!

The picture was taken Liquid Cocaine Photos. I had never worked with her before, and I was sooooo glad that we had an opportunity to meet her! Not only is she amazingly nice and sweet, but she's very talented and just a wonderful person. I can't wait to work with her again in the future!

Shiina Yuya is me
Demon Eyes Kyo is
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