The Revival of a Superhero

We had a really awesome photo shooting session today. Our group is the first to have pictures taken because Bryan was sweating under two layers of shirt and a layer of fake abs.

Bryan putting on his costume, which is a very difficult thing to do as it comes in separate pieces and it does not hold together very well.

Luckily, he has two very beautiful assistants to help him out :D

After putting it on, we moved on to the make up. MLK has a dark skin tone, so we had to make Bryan darker to make him more realistic. Initially, we advised him to get himself tanned under the sun, but he didn't do it. So we had to put a lot of dark brown eye shadow on him since we could not find dark foundation. 

Thankfully, Yazmin has a makeup kit... or one of her many makeup kits.

Chloe is experimenting her makeup skills on Bryan, and admits it was a lot of fun.

For some reason, Bryan looks happy about the entire dressing up process.

Setting up the studio took roughly 30 minutes as we have to get the lighting and the correct backdrop ready.

Mr Charles is working on his camera.

The lighting are turned on to illuminate Bryan's face and costume.

These are the outcome of the photo shoot. We started off with basic poses before moving on to special effects.

Bryan shining his X-RayCist to the skies.

His angry expression when he charges up his ray.

The X-RayCist in the dark. This was done using the 'Bulb' feature in the camera :)

And now, for the specials...

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Bryan waving to his fans at the Lincoln Memorial

The modern day MLK soaring through the sky to fight racism.

This marks the end of our final project, which we have been doing for months in preparation. It ended very well and we are pleased with the outcome. We have learnt a lot during the entire process and we worked very well as a team. It was easy to get along with the members and all of us have been very cooperative until the end.

The Kidz team with our hero! Hooray!

Designing MLK's costume... and the unfortunate lab rat

After the few months of planning, we came up with the ideals, aims, alternative history and the outlook of the newly improved version of Martin Luther King. Before this, MLK the superhero was only a fictional character in our minds and we are now officially bringing it to life.

Behold, MLK's costume! This was designed by Bryan, who is an expert in drawing abs.

Bryan, being the only guy in our group, was forced to dress up as MLK for the photo session. Our lecturer will be handling the camera and equipment.

We bought supplies and materials for the making of the costume. Some accessories were pretty challenging to obtain because they are not ready made. We did not go to the tailors to get the costume done because we thought it would be much more meaningful if we do it ourselves with our own abilities.

We make mistakes and along the way, we learn from it. That is the most important part of all. "It is not the destination, but the journey that matters most". 

TADA! Fake abs! We got this fake ab idea from a shop selling horror merchandises, which sold an almost similar product at the price of 100+. To cut costs, we made a handmade one out of newspapers and cellophane tape. 

Bryan inserted the fake abs, feeling as if it was his own for the very first time.

Yazmin helping Bryan to trace his 'muscles'.

Chilling time! Sandwich for breakfast!

Yellow gloves, a button flashlight, fabric paint, an old belt and a snorkeling suit for miscellaneous accessories.

Drawing the chest muscles to bring out the muscular look.

Painting the rest of costume. This was actually a plain, red long sleeve shirt.

Modifying the button flashlight for MLK's logo.

I will post the final outlook of the costume after the photo shoot session. Till then!