Just one more shot before I've finished up my gallery for this costume, and then that should be it. ^_^ This wonderful photo was taken my Elemental at a photoshoot at Stillvisions' house back in February. When he originally proposed the shoot I really wanted to get some shots with the beautiful piano in his living room. Unfortunately I only got a few of those, but it would be a crime if I didn't at least have a little piano in my gallery. ^_^

One nice this about this shot though is that it shows off my t-shirt a bit. I made it from an Old Navy shirt that I kind of butchered by cutting off the sleeves (and sort of the bottom half of it too ...) and putting a zipper in the back. The "Message" logo on the front was a combination of Photoshop and Illustrator manipulations done by myself and Squall1882 from a tiny image I scanned of Ayumi Hamasaki wearing her official tour shirt with that logo. Once we had a reasonable facsimile I used it as a negative template for the iron-on t-shirt transfer paper. Overall, I'm really pleased with how it turned out. I would never have had the heart to destroy a real tour shirt for a costume. ^_^

Costume - Me
Photo - Elemental

Character: Ayumi Hamasaki Series: Ayumi Hamasaki's 2002 Arena Tour Photo Views: 103 Upload Date: 08-14-2008

Photographer: Elemental   Cosplayers: Kia