A New Project

So I've been gone for a little while, I apologize my beloved blog.

I've been to Japan! It was amazing, stupendous, fantastic, thrilling, testing, lustful, beautiful, and I'm dying to go back, but that's for another blog.

I need a new project, a new photography project... and I have an idea. I'm going to work on three pieces which pay tribute to my three favorite artists: Megumi Hayashibara, Zhang Jingna, and Junko Mizuno.

I'm a huge Neon Genesis Evangelion fan. I've watched the series 7 times now and I don't see myself stopping there. My favorite character in the series is none other than Rei Ayanami, and that is in a large part because of her Seiyuu (voice actor/actress), Megumi Hayashibara. Megumi is an extremely well-accomplished voice actress, she's voiced such characters as Fey from Cowboy Bebop, Paprika, and a ton of other characters in other shows. She's also a singer, but I feel that her strengths really lie in voice acting. Here is a trailer for the Eva movie "Death & Rebirth" where Megumi displays her wonderful voice in the beginning:

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So, my tribute to Megumi Hayashibara will be none other than a shot of Rei Ayanami. A friend of mine, Yoshimi, would make a perfect Rei Ayanami.

Next on my list is Junko Mizuno. She is a "Kawaii Noir" artist, which means that her artworks are usually about cute, yet scary things. The BBC show "Japanorama" makes use of her artwork as commercial segways. Here is a compilation of most of them (please note the very last one):


My favorite is the last. It is also what I will base my shots on. I'm going to attempt to get someone to wear a gosuloli outfit and hold a Katana with blood on it. I've attempted this with Tammy (sort of) and I'll try to perfect it.

This brings me to my last, and most difficult artist: Zhang Jingna. She is an amazing photographer and is known throughout the digital grapevine as one of the most growing fashion photographers, and she's a year younger than me! Yes, smell the envy yet? Anyway, her work has been a huge inspiration to me and I strive to better myself through her. You can find a large portion of her work at her DeviantArt page here. Anyway, I still haven't decided what to do about that shot, as she herself is a photographer and while she does have her own style, I find it hard to pinpoint a shot that screams "zemotion".

Anyway, that's my to-do list.