Was writing an editorial on the production process of my latest
Nail Art Book: BongSoonga Sontop Volume 7. Juz thot that since I'm compiling all the materials for this article, I might as well use the same stuff for my Blog entry..haha..kill 2 birds with one tiny stone.. :p
Back to the Production Process - ^.~
This volume 7 was unfortunately produced during the cold winter February month in Seoul, Korea. Thus, I really hated it coz it's so so so cold... i mean like for penguins type of cold, it was like about -10°C! But duh....come to think of it, Korea is always been cold; except for about 2 months in a year when the temperature goes above 20°C, the rest of the months are below 20°C. So their temperature for the year is = cold, very cold & freezing cold...haha!
Check out the cute footprints we made...
Back to the Production Process - ^.~
My messy work-space. I like to have everything laid out onto the table while I work, especially liked to keep all the color powders opened to cut wastage of time opening & closing the bottles... next to the table is a huge electric heater, it'z that cold..
Also, for this design, I wanted to do realistic fishes instead of "cartoon" ones..thus I made use of books & photos to give me a better reference for the sea creatures. Do they look real enuf?
Below was my attempt to photograph a step-by-step process of the acrylic sculpture extensions. Glitter pink at the cuticles, followed by pastel matte pink; the extension sections are a mixture of blues & greens & whites... aka like the sea.
oh yar..I also added green & blue glitters to "beef" up the glam for the photographs.
As you can see the step-by-step stopped at step 5...haha! coz the photo shoot was scheduled at 6pm & I only have less than 1 hour to finish all the nails before rushing to the studio.
More new photos on my personal blog.
Inside the studio, with the lighting and posing..it get much more complicated. As we need to see all the "fishes" on the nails, getting the correct angle becomes much more challenging... add that to the fact that the photographer speaks only Korean... faint!
My poor model had to try so many various poses...can't tell from the final photo rite?
My poor model had to try so many various poses...can't tell from the final photo rite?
Besides the book, we held many photo gallery exhibition too. 
This one below was a Charity Exhibition that we did for World Vision in Sept 2009. The tables & chairs in front of the gallery of photos are for the nailist that volunteered to provide nail service for the public at a discounted price. All money collected for the service was donated to World Vision Korea for a "Deep Well" donation.
About the "Deep Well" - A deep well fitted with a hand pump can provide up to 2,800 gallons of safe water a day to benefit as many as 300 people! In many communities, clean water lies hundreds of feet below layers of hard rock. Children have no choice but to walk long distances to find water that is often dirty and disease-ridden. When our drilling teams strike water, entire villages erupt in celebration because a clean water source can cut a community’s child mortality rate by as much as half.
Check out the cute footprints we made...
Rushing to the studio in a cab, the model can only wear half of her winter jacket; coz the other sleeve cannot make it through due to the complicated nails... poor gal, she was so cold! I was also quite worried that the "fishes" would break from frequent e-brakes by the taxi-uncle..as usual, traffic jams are normal in seoul..we took about 45 mins to reach the studio...
to be continued...
