I also sent along a few photographic examples of the kind of lighting I was looking for, and ultimately, left the rest in their capable hands. So I emailed CBG and Tyson the approved sketch. It’d be an understatement to say he knows a thing or two about taking nice photos. So I know she is an avid cosplayer, and I know she can definitely sass it up in front of the camera. Secondly, the show is REALLY well filmed! The videographer, Tyson Wheeler, does all the lighting, filming and editing himself. There are two reasons I felt confident in asking CBG to help me. Firstly, I watch her show all the time. Cropping, eye level, lighting, pose, costuming… there is a LOT to account for. Because I paint so realistically, I feel a lot of the picture making actually happens through the camera lens. Now normally, I would never ask someone else to take my photo reference for me. But since adopting a multicurrency regime, the country has. There is no way the book’s budget is going to allot for a trip across the country. So I did something I’ve never asked someone to do before… I asked CBG to do a photoshoot on my behalf, and email the photos to me. In 2008, Zimbabwe’s inflation, at 500-billion percent, made it difficult to carry around even moderate amounts of money in cash. Just one problem… CBG lives in California, and I live in Connecticut. So when I got the call to do the third book in the White Trash Zombie series, guess who I immediately thought of using for a model? (If you’re into comics, I highly recommend it!) She is a talented artist herself, and the host of an absolutely brilliant show called ‘ The Comic Book Girl 19 Show‘, in which she reviews all things comic book and pop-culture.
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