Steampunk Cinderella, aka Me and Gina Marie

I definitely wanted to see this dress on a model. So I posted a casting call, sorted through the 50+ responses, and found a girl with not only the right sizes, but the right attitude and the right look.

Gina-Marie said she was available that day, loved the dress, and would let me do anything I wanted to her hair and makeup.

Win.

So, I did her hair up in a loose tuck with a few curls falling down, did her makeup in golds and reddish browns, put her in my great-grandmother's jewelry, and laced her into the dress. She was a fantastic sport, and awesome to work with. When I said I was going to make an anti-lightbox, she was totally for it and worked the space wonderfully.

The setup for the first set of shots is a set of three bookshelves turned around, their backs making a blackout box, an old curtain, and a christmas garland of 72 feet of pearls taped up and around. It was awesome.

And then we spent an hour at the old stone church. We even had a little story going about the character she adopted, which definitely showed her enthusiasm. =)

( More under the cut! )

I'm so proud of how the dress and the photos came out. This is my first model shoot with the new camera - even more in love now.

I <3 my model. We work well together - definitely going to nab her again sometime.

(But now I can sell the monstrosity!)

Better off Dead: School crest!

I spent some of my downtime today designing a school crest for Necropolis High for the larp. I even have all of the characters vaguely outlined, too, and am really starting to get myself into the world.



I found the school motto on a heraldry site. Very appropriate.

I've never made a school crest before - I think it turned out well!

... Except it kind of looks like something you'd see in Avril Lavigne's tween girl clothing line.