Katamaris!

2 cons in 2 different parts of the USA! Anime Weekend Atlanta & the Las Vegas Comic Expo both happened over the weekend!

Let's check out the outfits!

from Anime Weekend Atlanta

WHOA! DON'T BLINK! Weeping Angel from Dr Who

Princess Zelda!

Decora girl O_O

Team Portal!

Idol Master!

The Pyro from Team Fortress 2!

Journey!

Lady Loki

Tron and DeadMaus girl

Mononoke

Black Rock Shooter (xxMoonlitTemptationx)

Death the Kid and his lovely ladies from Soul Eater

Whoa, freaky.

Mami from Madoka (LilithScream)

Korra and Amon from Legend of Korra

SERAS VICTORIA from Hellsing

Slender man is ALWAYS AROUND

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Las Vegas Comic Expo

SHE-RA! (mika-moon)

Zatanna! (Riddle)

PYRAMID HEAD from Silent Hill

YEAH SERGENT SLAUGHTER! WWF wrestling

Lawyer She-Hulk FOR THE WIN!

AWESOME JOKER!!

Ooo don't mess with Lady Freddy!

Whoa! Red Sonja! (Kat Sheridan)

Finn from Adventure Time!

Team Evil Dead!

Batman and Bane!!

ARX-7 Arbalest (xt-chronosage)

Annnd it's a wrap for Cosplay Mania 2012! Here's some gooot stuff seen at the Con in Philippines

Hildegard von Krone from Soul Caliber 4 (Maki-chama)

Team Korra! - Legend of Korra

Team League of Legends!

Cool mecha thing!

Girls with big weapons!

THAT HAS TO BE THE BIGGEST WEAPON I'VE EVER SEEN.

Paladin Tier 2 armor from World of Warcraft

Vocaloid girl!

Akatsubaki from Infinite Stratos (SheilaMillette)

Berserker from Fate Zero

It's Shrek!!

Garland from Final Fantasy

Cyber Miku!

Shiva from Final Fantasy XIII!!! O_O

Oh wait, there's 2 PARTS to Shiva! O_O

What is that?! It's AWESOME though!

SAZABI! from Gundam Char's Counter Attack

Philippines, you guys win at armored cosplay, SERIOUSLY

Cute! Dunno where she's from though

Tons more photos from Back2Gaming here!

There's all sorts of Cosplay photographers out there. Some are do it as a hobby, some are professional photographers who do portraits, commercial photography etc. and some like Emilie Elizabeth do something different.

Emilie is a commercial photographer who has shot photos for GUESS, San Francisco Chronicle, Activision, Universal Music, Tabasco and more. And she also loves video games!

Being a huge fan of Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim she decided to do a photoshoot up in a ski resort in Mt Baldy. Here's some great photos she's done!

You can buy prints of her work and check out other photos she's done at her site

Emilie Elizabeth Photography

It's Ada Wong! (Backlash Jo)

 
The latest Resident Evil game, RE6 is now available! Thought I'd go hunting for great Resident Evil cosplayers out there on the internets : )

Even though I'm too sh!t scared to play Resident Evil, I've always liked the iconic character designs from the series. Just dig the military look!

Another one of Ada (Backlash Jo)

Classic Jill Valentine (PriSuiCun)

Rebecca Chambers! (Itakoo)

ok I know Alice is from the RE movies but this just looks too cool (gbright1)

Albert Wesker (ShinobiHime)

Leon Kennedy and Ada from RE4 (Hopie-chan and her hot boyfriend!)

Gotta have some MONSTERS! (full credits here)

Bertha from RE Op Racoon City (VelaSama14)

Billy & Rebecca from RE 0 (SenninUzumaki & MuzzaThePerv)

Claire Redfield (MadeInHeaven1979)

RE5 Jill Valentine (WhiteLemon)

NEMESIS! (UMB241Reaper)

4 Eyes and Lupo (Rae Rae Reiko & Naxul)

It's William Birkin! (xxFireFrostxx)

 
You've seen those guys in full mecha suits but have you seen a girl in a mecha suit? Kotaku featured Ran, dubbed the QUEEN of Gundam Cosplay who's known for her moe style Gundam outfits!

Other outfits she's worn

Z Gundam!

Side view of Z Gundam

Classic RX-78

Gundam SEED

Check out her CURE profile here!

So cute! XD

Here's something interesting! lezgetreal.com reports that Icelandic Mayor, Jón Gnarr Kristinsson, who's also an actor and comedian, dressed up as a Jedi to attend the premiere of 'Comic-Con IV: A Fan's Hope' in Iceland!

That Jedi is a Senator I mean Mayor!

Jon Gnarr the Iceland Mayor of Reykjavík

The article goes on to question: What would happen if US politicians cosplayed and would that be a good idea?

Nnoo. Probably not, as the media would probably rip them to shreds. 

Check out the article here

Yaya Han herself recommended this EPIC fan vid of Dragon Con 2012 by Beatdown Boogie, featuring the best moments of the Florida con! Man I REALLY WANNA GO SOME TIME!


Yeah, when I have money, time and then some : ) Looks like SO MUCH FUN.