Azula - Avatar: The Last Airbender
Character: Azula
From: Avatar: The Last Airbender [tv series 2005-2008]
Azula was the princess of the Fire Nation, daughter of Fire Lord Ozai and Princess Ursa, and younger sister of her archenemy Zuko. She was a key adversary of Team Avatar, chasing Avatar Aang and her banished brother far across the Earth Kingdom accompanied by her two best friends Mai and Ty Lee. A firebending prodigy, Azula was sadistic, manipulative, and obsessed with power.
I wanted to make this because summer is approaching and I have the urge to play with fire. This costume consists of a red bikini. It's nothing elaborate, just metallic and flat red stretch fabric, with gold accents [not quite movie accurate].
GreatWhite wanted to be Zuko, so we put out a call to our cosplay friends for other Avatar characters, and our friend Ding made it out as King Bumi. We wanted to take pictures outside during the full moon, but it was so foggy [and cold] that we couldn't see it, so we took pictures inside an old military barracks instead.
I've been fire dancing for a few years, I was first introduced to it on a white water rafting camping trip. I was never allowed to play with anything that dangerous as a kid, so now it seems EXTRA appealing.
Some aperture experimentation made it possible to do awesome fire trails. Pictures were taken around San Francisco in late June2013 & some test photos were taken in my backyard. I wore this costume again, and again, for every fire dancing performance I've done this summer [including AnimeExpo2013 & camping]. and there's a video that GreatWhite put together.
Photos by Paul Stout and Ben Lam.
From: Avatar: The Last Airbender [tv series 2005-2008]
Azula was the princess of the Fire Nation, daughter of Fire Lord Ozai and Princess Ursa, and younger sister of her archenemy Zuko. She was a key adversary of Team Avatar, chasing Avatar Aang and her banished brother far across the Earth Kingdom accompanied by her two best friends Mai and Ty Lee. A firebending prodigy, Azula was sadistic, manipulative, and obsessed with power.
I wanted to make this because summer is approaching and I have the urge to play with fire. This costume consists of a red bikini. It's nothing elaborate, just metallic and flat red stretch fabric, with gold accents [not quite movie accurate].
GreatWhite wanted to be Zuko, so we put out a call to our cosplay friends for other Avatar characters, and our friend Ding made it out as King Bumi. We wanted to take pictures outside during the full moon, but it was so foggy [and cold] that we couldn't see it, so we took pictures inside an old military barracks instead.
I've been fire dancing for a few years, I was first introduced to it on a white water rafting camping trip. I was never allowed to play with anything that dangerous as a kid, so now it seems EXTRA appealing.
Some aperture experimentation made it possible to do awesome fire trails. Pictures were taken around San Francisco in late June2013 & some test photos were taken in my backyard. I wore this costume again, and again, for every fire dancing performance I've done this summer [including AnimeExpo2013 & camping]. and there's a video that GreatWhite put together.
Photos by Paul Stout and Ben Lam.