The FANDom Nerdlesque: Pokémon A-Go-Go Promo Photos - 2019.

October 28, 2019

Every now and then you find a client that consistently like to stretch your creative talents, and working with The FANDom always seems to be a stretch that I love taking on.

Earlier this year I was tasked to come up with my take on the Marvel MCU (and ended up being pretty happy with the end result), so when I was told about what needed to happen for an upcoming Pokémon themed show (something I was a little bit more familiar with since it was something that took up a majority of my childhood) I couldn’t wait to see what was “in the cards”.

Below were some of the final products we were able to come up with for promotional items. Hopefully I’ll be able to catch a set of my own!

You can see this show for yourself at Anime Weekend Atlanta on November 1st, or at Red Light Café on November 8th (details at the end of the post).

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Alllright Trainers! The Fandom Nerdlesque has a whole new immersive scripted show for you to catch called Pokemon A Go-Go! Follow a brand new trainer as they go through all the obstacles to become a Pokemon master, and watch as Pokemon favorites strip off the pokeball, and soooo much more!
Meet up with Gym leaders, watch Pokemon evolve onstage! Come in your best training gear!
$20 Adv – $25 Door – $30 VIP
Doors @ 8 PM (ages 18+)

Date And Time
Fri, November 8, 2019
9:00 PM – 11:30 PM EST
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Location
Red Light Cafe
553-1 Amsterdam Avenue Northeast
Atlanta, GA 30306
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All ticket sales are final. No refunds. Advance ticket sales end one hour prior to door time. Door is Cash Only.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/pokemon-a-go-go-by-the-fandom-nerdlesque-tickets-76788748213

The Fandom Nerdlesque: Infinitease Promo Photos - 2019

February 11, 2019

The time is finally here! For anyone who has been following me on Social Media the last few weeks you have probably heard me teasing these series of images. For you and those who may not have known alike you are all in for a treat.

I was contacted by my friends over at The Fandom Nerdlesque (who if you don’t know are an Atlanta based collective of nerd-themed burlesque performers from all across the country) asking if I wanted to be a part of the marketing push for their upcoming Marvel Themed Show (being performed at the time of this blog post on Friday and Saturday THIS WEEK..HINT HINT…TICKET LINK AT THE END OF THE POST…HINT HINT).

After some very brief talk of concept, we decided that the end goal was to emulate the famous Marvel MCU posters that have been coming out regularly. It wasn’t until we were on set going through photos that I thought about using some various forms of compositing to create artificial backdrops for each character.

**Jet Spiegl - Matt “Daredevil” Murdock**

Final poster design by Evin from Apologue Media. He did a FANTASTIC job of throwing everything together into an amazing final product. Be sure to throw him some love as well!

Additional poster design by Kali Fornication (You can see her link above under her Thanos photo).

Get your tickets here!

For a peek behind the curtain as to how the sausage was actually made, keep reading below.

I’ve done some experimenting with various forms of compositing over the last few years. For more of an expert’s view I would make sure to check out the work of Renee Robyn or Clinton Lofthouse. Anything I have learned was very much learned by watching both of these amazing artists at work.

The first part of the recipe was making sure that the subject of the photo was lit properly. In the case of these Marvel photos I needed 4 lights. A Key in a 3’ Octabox, a fill in the form of a 12” beauty dish, and two 3x5 softboxes as rear kickers.

That setup lent itself to a photo like the below.

by using content aware fill you get one of the following photos below.
One worked better than another:

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Spoiler alert, it was this one that worked much better.

Afterwards I roughly followed this tutorial from DIY Photography to mask the image

Click the photo above to read an in depth article that I assure you is WAY less scary that it looks.

After masking its then just a matter of sourcing an appropriate background, and then adding any needed tweaks to it to fit the image at hand, and then several hours of refinements…the process of which I don’t have photos of because I didn’t think to take them.

If you would like to see a more in-depth step by step, let me know. I’d be happy to work something together!

WTF: Welcome to the FANDom: A Nerdlesque Celebration

January 27, 2018

So here we are, almost a month into the new year, and only now am I coming out with the first blog post. I get it, sorry! I've been a little busy, and even though this is the first post of the year...it certainly wasn't the first shoot. So stay tuned for that coming really soon.

In the meantime please enjoy some photos from some of my favorite clients The FANDom Nerdlesque.

"The FANDom welcomes you to join us as we celebrate all things Nerdlesque! We'll have all of your favorite acts, PLUS we have invited all performers, in and out of state, to submit their most famous, best of the best nerdlesque acts for your viewing pleasure! Come see your favorite characters make your fanfiction fantasies come to life!"

Magenta Marie and Sig Sawyer

Nikki Nuke'm

Gideon Hodge

Valerie N. Steele

Risky Sour

Dickie Smalls

Silver Kitsune

Kali Fornication

Don Rap

Sin Tillating

Désiré Èvoquer

Fritz Krieg

Dahlia Grey

Ariel Allegro

Tittiana Sprinkles

Markster Con

Hysteria Machines: Winter is Stunning GoT Nerdlesque - Promotional Photos

July 23, 2017

Below are some photos and unused promotional materials I created for Hysteria Machines' Winter is Stunning Game of Thrones Show.

Having worked with HM in the past on various projects, I was so excited to be brought into the "Inner circle" and asked to document some of the wonderful costuming going into the production. Many of these photos have been waiting to be posted since April and I am happy that they can finally see the light of day.