Hey, Vandals! Can't wait to show you the new Zatanna pics! ..

Hey, Vandals! Can't wait to show you the new Zatanna pics!

So basically what I ended up deciding to do was more of a practice pose and lighting test for when I do a full high res set. I tried to make it as basic as possible - cell phone, full and easy lighting, quick set, not using any pieces of my fancy Zatanna costume.

I decided not to use a long wig in the end. First of all, I didn't have one. The old one I had for like, 6 years was not very nice anymore. I tried to cut it and style it, but it was just taking me way too long to get it in a way I wanted. So instead I took inspiration from Roanna Peroz and Darwyn Cooke! I really love the way they draw the short hair, so I just committed and dyed my hair black XD and I thought the curls were very pin up! tried my best to style my hair this way, but I do not feel like I succeeded XD I don't know how to style hair at all.

I put together a few little accessories I had for the bow tie and used some of my old set stuff that's in my studio (yes and the original Zatanna props I used for my cosplay forever ago!). I had really limited space since the Hufflepuff set is still up. My aunt gave me these curtains, and I thought they would work! This faux wood board is one of the best investments I have ever made. I use it all of the time.

I did do pose research to find some cute and imaginative things for a pin up Zatanna. Unfortunately, I absolutely SUCK at referencing my photos during a shoot. Like, honestly I spend so much time doing it and then I just like... don't take them as pics? I promise I am trying to get better at this XD So I will try EXTRA hard to do these for the high res shoot!

This was really great practice for me. I really wanted to challenge myself to do a Zatanna shoot... without doing a Zatanna shoot. I am hoping that you could still tell the character while I only used the things I had at the moment. And after taking these, I decided not to use this style of background at all. I have already done a "Stage Zatanna," and I thought this was too similar. I will be much happier in the end to mix it up, so I'm glad I got to see this first!

This was a really awesome experience, and I learned a lot about how I want to shoot future big projects! This gave me some great ideas and guidance on how I want the high res shoot to look like, and I'm super excited :)