[Shayol Wei cosplay] This ice-blue formal dress from NARAKA: BLADEPOINT makes me both love and hate it

This Shayol Wei ice-blue formal dress photoset was completed while enduring over 30 degrees Celsius of heat in the studio. On the day of the shoot, the studio's air conditioning completely failed. Wearing this full-rhinestone sequined dress, I felt like I was being baked in tinfoil. Shayol Wei's temperament is very unique, possessing both classical cold elegance and a dangerous allure. The design of this formal dress matches this perfectly. The overall tone is ice-blue, embellished with red gems on the chest and waist sides, full of details. However, the weight of the clothes is not light; coupled with those silver thin chains and long gloves, every pose required me to straighten my back, otherwise, the lines of the clothes wouldn't look good. In particular, the hollow-out design on the waist sides and the high slit of the skirt impose many restrictions on postures; the slightest relaxation causes the aura to scatter. To fit the theme of "the slap and kiss marks I gave you are both gifts from me," I put a lot of effort into expression control. The gaze shouldn't be too soft; it needs to exude a sense of looking down on everything while incorporating a hint of languidness. During the shoot, the photographer @lemon风娅 provided a lot of guidance. We utilized a huge floor-to-ceiling mirror in the studio, framing through mirror reflection to give the picture more layering. The few pictures holding blue roses and white feather fans were also temporary attempts, and the effect turned out surprisingly good. Because of the long skirt and high slit, a little carelessness would lead to stepping on the hem or a wardrobe malfunction. After finishing each set of poses, I had to quickly adjust my clothes, and the staff were constantly helping touch up my makeup on the side. Large drops of sweat were falling, but for the sake of the final result, I had to grit my teeth and persist. Sometimes when it was too hot to bear, we stopped to drink some water, catch some air, and then re-enter character. As both the model and the post-production editor, I was quite strict with myself. In terms of color grading, I retained the warm yellow atmosphere of the site, but adjusted the character's skin tone and the dress to cooler tones, creating a contrast between warm and cool to highlight the character's three-dimensionality. For example, the action of holding the blue rose and feather fan in the photo actually required trying out multiple angles on site due to severe reflections and the difficulty of shooting the reflection in the mirror; we finally achieved the desired effect by adjusting the lighting. Also, those ice-blue sequins were prone to overexposure under strong light, so a balance had to be found between exposure and color. During post-production retouching, I darkened the skin tone bit by bit and brightened the red of the gems to get the final image. When I first saw the finished photos, I truly felt that all the sweat shed that day was worth it. Whether it's the texture of the clothing or the atmosphere of the scene, this set of photos achieved the effect I wanted. Although the process was extremely difficult, meeting a great photographer and capturing satisfactory works is more than satisfying.