Aaron Dismuke, the voice of the 14-year-old Alphonse is excellent as well - not only does the irony of an adolescent voice coming from a six-foot-tall suit of armor succeed in getting a few chuckles, but the voice represents the character well. Vic Mignogna, the actor who plays Ed in the American cast is absolutely brilliant - the voice he provides is believable and emotionally charged, a task most voice actors tend to fail miserably at. Well-written dialogue, intense plot, and the best voice acting I've heard in a television series in a long time. But at a cost that they may be unwilling to accept. From that point on, Ed and Al set out to learn the secret of "Human Transmutation," the one Alchemic skill that would have any hope of bringing back their mother. An abomination that cannot move or think on its own. The thing they bring back is not their mother, but an inhuman creature composed of hastily put-together body parts - something that is human and yet not human. Now, you'd think that would be an equivalent enough exchange - two body parts and a whole body for their mother's life. To recap - Ed loses his right arm and right leg, and Alphonse's body is taken. In doing so, he makes yet another sacrifice - his right arm is lost to the demons of the abyss. Desperate to restore his brother's life, Edward uses his own blood to inscribe an Alchemic circle in a suit of armor, binding Alphonse's soul to the metal. This rule of "Equivalent exchange" states that "Nothing can be gained without first losing something of equal value." The boys succeed in resurrecting their mother, but at a horrible cost - Edward's left leg is taken, as is Al's body. Devastated, the boys decide to use the ancient art of Alchemy to bring her back to life - but there's one complication: The main rule of Alchemy. In a tragic accident, their mother is killed. The tragic story is of the two Elric brothers, Edward and Alphonse ("Al" for short). I myself am not a particularly big fan of anime - I enjoy one every so often, but this absolutely blew me away. I had heard about it many times form several of my friends who were die-hard fans of anime of any kind. With the work done by the seamstress, makeup/hair team, model, and myself we were able to create several beguiling images, and I thought I would share them with you all.When I had heard that Fullmetal Alchemst, one of the most popular cartoons in Japan was coming to America, I must admit, I was a bit excited. Here's an outtake as hair was being adjusted in the studio I feel the model's expression captures the character well:View image: In post processing, a bit of additional color correction and toning was performed, as well as adjusting the eyes to have slit-like pupils and a lovely purple hue:View image: View image: View image: Some of the shots taken are adaptive and look quite good in B&W:View image: View image: View image: And that's about it! It took a long time to come to fruition, and cost a non-insignificant amount of money to pull off, but in the end, I think it was worth it. A few shots of hair and makeup going on:View image: View image: View image: View image: Finally, Lust was born. A shorter, curly wig for the tight shots, and a long, straight wig for some concept shots. Anything is possible, given a large enough budget, but this was a personal project and I wasn't going to spend $1000 for copious amounts of human hair. After some research, it didn't seem feasible to try and get long, curly, waist length or longer hair for the shoot. This consideration, along with the ouroboros chest tattoo (to be applied with a stencil) lends itself well to airbrushed makeup, which was sourced from TEMPTU. The seamstress made a dress pattern and we met with the model to do a fitting:View image: For the makeup, the important thing was to get a nice even foundation on the face, chest, shoulders, and upper back. To this end, I hired a seamstress and met with her to pick out a fabric. I found the perfect model:View image: The next step was wardrobe. There were several things that needed to be worked out to make the shoot happen - model, hair, makeup, wardrobe. Eventually I netflixed the DVDs and watched the whole thing in order.For over a year, I've wanted to do a themed photo shoot of the character Lust. I got into Full Metal Alchemist watching it on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim.
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