Rei Ayanami Cosplay — Poolside Summer Garden, Photo 2

A stone terrace by a low stone wall, shaded by an olive tree whose twisting trunk and low branches fill the background. Rei Ayanami stands full length, body turned side-on, looking back over her shoulder into the camera with a playful smile. One arm hangs loose along her hip, the other bends up to frame her head, and her body settles into a gentle S-curve.

The olive leaves break the sunlight into a lace of shadows on the beige paving, while a bright edge of light along the shoulders and hair separates the figure from the foliage. In that shade the short blue bob and the red shoulder panels are the strongest colors against the white one-piece.

The playful glance over the shoulder gives a lighter take on Rei, the quiet First Child of Neon Genesis Evangelion.