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Aqua(Kingdom Hearts Birth By Sleep): :iconkickacosplay:

Photo by Marco Mallegni

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:star::star::star::star::star-empty: Overall
:star::star::star::star-half::star-empty: Vision
:star::star::star::star-half::star-empty: Originality
:star::star::star::star::star: Technique
:star::star::star::star::star-empty: Impact

I know I commented on this picture previously, but I thought I'd give a more thorough, in-depth review on this thing.

This thing is positively Enya-esque. I can envision this as something to be accompanied by Enya's music, or featuring in her videos. Your face and poise evoke this sentiment in me.

Your clothes are really, really well done. Much like I imagined, Aqua's top looks like a good bit of spandex. The crossed pink straps really look nice and tight. What little I can see of the Keyblade armour fragments on her arms look really solid. The hair is very natural, and I like that you added your own personal touch by adding eyeshadow. It's dusky and sombre, very much like Aqua's usual style, I like to think.

Not sure what to make of the shoes... They look a little cardboard-y to me.

The Keyblade looks exceptionally solid. The hand guard of the Rainfell looks a bit thick and rigid, quite against the idea of a flowy-looking starter Keyblade, but everything else about that Keyblade looks very curvy and nice. Good paintwork, too.

I'm not sure about the setting in which this was recorded -- yes, I understand it's Aqua, and it's the sea, and the sea has a connection to her and stuff, but I'm not sure if the setting completely fits her. If this was taken at night-time I would think this looks like Aqua in the Realm of Darkness, where she is weary from battle and kneeling for a rest, and I think such a setting would be a bit more poignant for me, and make me (and other viewers) think up some headcanons involving Aqua's Secret Episode. In this particular photo, the background looks a bit...... bland for my taste.

The photographer did an excellent job capturing Aqua's emotion, grace and beauty. It was a nice angle for taking this photo -- not directly into the light, but not facing away from it either. The sun naturally shines on Aqua and brings out her beauty a bit more. At night-time, I imagine an artificial source of light (a floodlight?) could bring out Aqua's radiance a lot better, but that's just my suggestion.

SUMMARY (TL;DR) :
Excellent technique.
Good costume.
Nice poise and excellent model; brings out Aqua's character well.
Could do with a bit more thought as to the setting / background of the cosplay.

I know there are a lot of Aqua cosplays out there but this is one of the best I've seen out there, and easily my favourite. Thanks for sharing this with us.