[Ganyu Cosplay] Let's go to the summer beach with Ganyu

This time shooting Ganyu's summer swimsuit, a lot of thought went into everything from the makeup test to the set design. The light blue-purple wig is key; to make it look naturally wind-blown, the stylist did a lot of layered trimming. The small red horn hair ornaments on top of the head used an invisible fixing method to ensure they wouldn't fall off during large-movement shooting. The eye makeup deliberately deepened the contrast of the blue contact lenses, paired with a jelly-like lip makeup, to highlight the character's aloof yet slightly air-headed traits.

The swimsuit chosen is a white one-piece style, with three-dimensional petals and ruffles decorating the chest and shoulder straps, and the ruffled hem adds a visual lightness when walking. Because it was an indoor studio shoot of an artificial summer beach, the temperature wasn't actually low. To keep the makeup intact and expression relaxed, constant touch-ups and breathing adjustments were needed between shots. To make the body language fit the summer beach atmosphere better, I tried a one-legged standing posture and holding a swimming ring. Putting the swimming ring around the waist and leaning the body slightly forward can better showcase the cut of the swimsuit and leg lines. At the same time, raising one leg can add a bit of dynamic tension to static photos.

The studio set is very rich, and the white sand on the ground is soft to step on. The red beach ball, blue-and-white striped beach umbrella, blue iced drinks on the wooden stool, and the rubber yellow duck in the bamboo basket helped me get into the scene very well. The photographer used a bubble machine to create many floating transparent bubbles, paired with lighting to give the frame a transparent feel. To make the overall color tone uniform, the lighting simulated soft summer natural light, avoiding harsh shadows. During the shoot, I kept chanting the character's sense of lightness in my heart, trying to make my gaze look vivid and lively. When finding angles facing the lens, I also had to be careful not to look stiff due to maintaining a posture.

Overall, the color tone and atmosphere of this set of photos achieved the expected effects. The white swimsuit stands out well against the light blue background and sand, and the pink-purple translucent swimming ring also became a visual highlight in the frame. Although standing barefoot on the sand for a long time while controlling expressions and limbs was quite physically demanding, seeing the refreshing summer texture combined by bubbles and character light and shadow in the final photos made all the preliminary preparations feel totally worth it.