[Oguri Cap cosplay] Umamusume: Pretty Derby Gray Cinderella Recreation Challenge

This time, the shooting focus was placed on costume texture and pose recreation. This Oguri Cap outfit, although looking like a modified basic sailor suit, actually contains an abundance of details. The white long coat needs to have a draping feel, worn open; the blue and yellow cross patterns on the cuffs must be clear and eye-catching enough, and the waist tailoring of the inner cropped top is also crucial to showcase the character's clean-cut vibe. The red ribbon at the neckline and the white square-buckled belt at the waist are both key accessories that elevate the overall visual focus. In fabric selection, the outer coat needs a bit of reflectivity to highlight texture, while the inner wear and skirt opted for matte materials, making the overall layering much more distinct through material contrast.

The part that took the most thought was definitely the head. The silver-gray long straight hair not only needs to be smooth, but the hair roots' layering and the bangs' parting all had to go through repeated trimming to fit the head shape. That ahoge on top of the head, along with the fluffy horse ears on both sides, required special shaping for the fake ears to make the fur texture look more natural. The black-and-yellow diamond-patterned hair ornament on the forehead, plus that compact blue-and-yellow small hat, were adjusted for a long time to recreate the proportions in the original artwork, ensuring they wouldn't look abrupt when worn on the head, and the black choker on the neck is also an indispensable detail, fitting at the proper position to reveal the neck's lines. To prevent exposure, a lot of processing was also done on the wig's inner hairnet fixation and edge fitting.

Regarding the pose, that posture from the original artwork with both hands crossed in front of the chest and fingers spread out looks simple, but striking it actually tests limb coordination quite a bit. To avoid looking stiff, the shoulders need to relax slightly, the elbow angles need minor adjustments, and the gaze needs to carry that unique aloofness and confidence characteristic of the character. Under this pose, the pairing of the cropped top and pleated skirt just happens to showcase the waistline, which is also one of the highlights of this costume's design.

When shooting in collaboration with the photographer partner, we mainly cast the lighting onto the face and the blue-and-white contrasting colors of the costume. The background chose an indoor space with a good sense of depth, utilizing top-down downlights to create some depth of field. The overall atmosphere leaned towards cool color tones, which better fits the color coordination of the silver-gray hair and this outfit. During the shooting process, we also constantly adjusted the relative position and height of the hands against the original artwork, hoping to showcase the character's three-dimensional feel even in flat photographs. Especially that crossed-hands angle: too high would block the face, and too low would lose the aura of the original artwork, so we tried several positions before finally deciding. In expression management, I tried my best to keep my gaze focused, matching that slightly upturned corners of the mouth from the original artwork. The whole process went very smoothly, and we are all very satisfied with the finished photos.