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I got to shoot my Jessica Rabbit at Edifice Studio in Manila, Philippines, with Jay Tablante and his full team.

Jessica Rabbit costume made by Yaya Han
Make-up: Yaya Han
Wig styling: Ara Fernando
Art Direction: Jay Tablante Photography :iconjaytablante:
MIA Production Design: Raffy Tesoro
Digital Imaging: Ryder Aquino
Model: Yaya Han
(I should note that Jay's team decided to change the color of the dress digitally from fuchia to red for this image)

Costume construction thoughts:
Jessica Rabbit has always been one of the most mesmerizing cartoon characters to me - as a kid she made me watch the movie over and over again, and as a cosplayer, she was always a huge challenge for me to portrait. I've been collecting materials for her for almost 2 years, and wanted to make this costume to the best to my abilities.

The shape is not photoshopped, just clever cosplay engineering.
I drafted & made a custom corset to create the extreme shape and then made the dress to fit over it. I engineered 2 Victoria's Secret Miraculous bras into the corset, which is steel boned coutil. The extreme illusion is created by pulling in the waist, padding the top and wearing a booty bump hahaha.
The dress itself is made from a spandex sequin fabric, and 1000+ S20 Swarovski crystals are glued on the fabric for
extra bling, tedious time consuming handywork with help from Mary Cahela. I specifically chose pink instead of red for the dress because in the movie her famous singing scene features a pink dress. I also like the color combo: orange hair/pink dress/purple gloves more than the red dress which can sometimes come across as "lady of the night" in certain lighting. Pink makes the entire outfit look more cartoon-y!
Here is a reference image of Jessica in the pink dress.
Here is a youtube video of Jessica in the pink dress doing her famous stage performance from the movie.
Here is a work in progress collage of my Jessica Rabbit dress.

I adore my wig which is a Matilda from Arda Wigs! Styled with help from Ara Fernando!

I also went with the route of cartoon makeup, covering up my eyebrows and painting over them. It was a risky choice for makeup, and since Dragoncon I got my share of comments about going drag lol, but when I decided to portray such an iconic character as Jessica Rabbit, I didn't want to fall short of the makeup when everything else was so exaggerated.

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:iconxerxeo:
Mood: Love ~Xerxeo Apr 21, 2013
so beautiful!!!
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:icongkhnsolak:
Mood: Love ~gkhnsolak Apr 21, 2013  Hobbyist General Artist
This character fits you well
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:iconprincesspeachfangirl:
Mood: Love ~PrincessPeachFanGirl Apr 16, 2013  Student Traditional Artist
very nice! :D
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:iconsolloxr:
Mood: Love ~solloxr Apr 15, 2013
Even all this bokeh does not sparkle as much as her beauty does ;)
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:iconkuroyuki-666:
Mood: Adoration ~kuroyuki-666 Apr 2, 2013  Hobbyist General Artist
How is it that you got the look down so perfectly... I mean the tiny waist the big bust everything...

I been wanting to pull the cosplay off but I haven't been able to due to my disproportionate bod
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:iconthornderer:
Mood: Love ~Thornderer Jan 3, 2013
Oh wow! :)
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:iconreaperduckling:
Mood: Love ~ReaperDuckling Dec 28, 2012
one of the best cosplays I've ever seen!! Amazing work!! :D
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Mood: Adoration ~Awai-chan Nov 5, 2012  Student General Artist
This is probably my favorite shot of your Jessica. Jay did a wonderful job invoking the mysterious, sexy songstress that Jessica is in this photo.
I have to wonder how long it would take for you to get into the corset though!
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Mood: Love ~Nagash06 Oct 31, 2012
this is insanely well done.
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:iconbeckzorz:
Mood: Love ~beckzorz Oct 15, 2012
This photo is just positively magical— it feels like I'm watching that clip of her singing again! You do such amazing work, Yaya, it's so awesome to see!
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