My first shoot for the year and probably the last shoot until I graduate sniff sniff.. Takao Kazunari and Midorima Shintarou from Kuroko no Basket
Almost couldn't wake up this morning and for the first time, I concealed my brows totally and drew on completely new ones, not following my natural brow shape at all. Took me 3 tries to get them symmetrical and slanted at a good angle. Rest of the make up went on as usual, I was trying to elongate my eyes through the eye-lining but they still looked pretty generic to me. Oh wells. Try harder next time :) I also wore a pair of thin lashes bought from daiso (lololol yes i'm using daiso lashes again) because I wanted a bit of eyelash, but the good ones I have are all too dramatic so I picked out a simple pair last saturday when I was playing running man with CI. They work well for guys \^_^/
I left the house wearing my wig because it was black and wouldn't attract much attention. Of all days. Seriously of all days I had to meet my neighbour who was also leaving his house with his family at the same time. I WAS SO AWKWARD HELP T______T I exchanged a hi, smiled at the new born baby girl in the mum's arms and retreated straight back into my house, exclaiming rather loudly that I had forgotten to bring my keys. I hope my neighbours heard my excuse for running away so suddenly. I really couldn't bear entering the same lift and making small talk. Any other time I would have loved to ask about the baby and maybe even poke her a little but NOT TODAY PLEASE. Not with my wig, crazy lined blue eyes, super thin+low eyebrows and my bound chest.
The dad had already seen my machine gun for Laguna when it was in the early stages of spray painting, I left it outside to dry and through my peephole I saw him staring at it.... Now without doubt he knows that it belongs to me. I'm not ashamed of my hobby, I just wish I had a better way of breaking the news to my neighbours..... I should have handled the situation better although it totally caught me by surprise. What would you guys have done D:
Anyways Nic, our photog was late so Kiyo and I were at macs and I was helping her draw her eyebrows while Oli helped with the contouring. They both gasped after knowing that I was wearing the lens inside out. LOL before that they were complimenting my contacts and asking where I bought them.
It's a dangerous move I know, but I didn't want the black rim which would enlarge my eyes too much so I flipped and wore them the other way round. I won't do it again, sorry :( and to anyone reading this, please don't try it. Especially for colored lens because the printing will be in direct contact with your eyes and that's very very risky. So much for being resourceful...
First shot of the day taken in the toilet. In my hurry to leave the house I forgot my entire bag of make up and brushes. Used some of Kiyo's stuff to touch up. I also forgot my bra so I had my chest bound for the whole time even after the shoot when we went to eat OTL never again am I wrapping the bandage so tightly. I used a photo editing app recommended by Kiyo and the face slimming function is awesome. Haha I admit I slimmed my face here, my chubby cheeks were borderline unbearable in the original photo. The app even has a smile function where you can adjust the curve of the mouths they detect. I tried tweaking it but there was no difference so yea guys these are our real smiles :)
Btw it might not be obvious in photos but while snipping off some loose hair in the toilet, I actually snipped off by mistake, almost half of my right antenna. OMG I wanted to lie down on the cold toilet floor when the scissors went snip and I saw what had been cut. My first thought was that I had ruined the wig (which I probably have) but the only saving part was that I had already gel-ed them together so they didn't fall out immediately. One side is like thinner than the other and I probably have to grab new hair from the side and merge the strands in the future if I cos Takao again.
Nic got me this from Japan!!!!!!!!! The Hunter X Hunter Last Mission movie tumbler from J World!! I don't know whether he originally intended to give it to me but I'm really ecstatic and grateful to have received it :'D It's actually my 3rd time shooting with Nic, he was the very first photog I've worked with properly, during the nus cosplayers photoshoot which was also
my first photoshoot. He also took shots of my diabolik team during an event at scape. My photos during the
reshoot for final fantasy was also taken by him. Hahaha I just find that Nic is a really nice person to work with, time and again I have felt this way. Really really thankful that he was free and willing to come take photos of us today :))
All the indoor courts were full but we chose to go to the badminton court instead of the basketball court because the atmosphere was really heavy in the basketball court @___@ would have felt really uncomfortable taking photos there. Unfortunately the chairs in the badminton courts are orange, matched our uniform so perfectly machiam camouflage sia. The photos looked ok though we re-took some of them after moving to the basketball court later in the afternoon when it was less crowded. Still felt very self conscious with all the other real basketball players squeaking with their shoes while running around and handling the ball like a pro. I was there struggling to make my pose look authentic and do a low dribble without bursting out into laughter.
I was very happy with the shots and can't wait to see them! Nic only does basic editing I think so I'll be expecting to get the photos from him for more processing.
I'm gomen for looking so fierce with my new brows. It's not such a good idea to draw them so low I realised.. I looked kinda squinty in some of the photos taken. Next time will draw them higher up but still slanted. Oli is so pretty!! I've always her found her a beauty ahaha and today we both discovered that she's 2 years younger than I am??! I've always thought I was younger hahaha
Oh yea final semester starts tomorrow. Makes no difference since I never took much of a break from school after lab started :/
