Friday, 10 July 2009

• Attempt to be Ulzzang... FAIL

  Editor's Note: This entry is a supplement to "Circle Lenses: Would You Try This Trend?"
  

  

     If you've been on Xanga long enough (or even if you've just started), you would've noticed that there is an unusually large amount of Asians here (cool!).  Many of these Asian girls will have profile pictures that look a little something like this:
  

  
  

  
  
  

  
  

  
  At first when I saw these girls, I was shocked.  They have HUMONGOUS eyes!  Soo scary, but in a cute way.  Then I wondered... how come I don't see these people in real life?  Where can I find an Asian with huge eyes? (just kidding just kidding just kidding...not really...)
  
  

  
  
  

  So then, I became engorged into this phenomenon.  I found out that these girls were called "ulzzang" by the general public, meaning "best face" in korean (huh?).  It's cute, no? 
  
  But honestly, if I ever saw one of these girls in real life I think I would freak out and run to the nearest exit...because it just doesn't look real! 
  

  
  
  
  

  So after seeing a whole bunch of photos of these extra cute big-eyed asian girls, I felt inspired. 
  
  Hmm...
  
  I'm Asian, they're Asian...
  
  They can do it...so therefore I should be able to do it too! 
  
  After doing some "research" (aka looking through google images...), I have compiled a list of requirements an ulzzang should have.
  -big eyes (duh)
  -extremely small/disproportional mouths
  -cute poses
  and....that's basically it!
  
  Soo...this is my attempt at becoming an Ulzzang. 
  
  normal me.  What I look like...most of the time haha!
  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  After I dowse myself in makeup (it really is necessary)...
  

  
  

  white eyeliner on bottom and black eyeliner on top to make my eyes look bigger. And blush.  Because cute girls are supposed to blush. duh!
  

  
  

  Now the hard part is posing for the picture.  Mind you, I had to think ridiculously cute thoughts while doing this.  It was...bad.
  

  
  I changed the coloring in the pictures, because THIS
  

  
  

  does not actually look like that in real life. 
  
  I messed around with the settings and found that increasing the gamma (?) and the contrast (?) did a pretty good job.
  
  I needed part of my hello kitty collection to fuel the fake cuteness. The posing is pretty simple, actually.  There is only one rule: KNOW YOUR ANGLES.
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  hello kitty kleenex dispenser!
  
  The generic angle is achieved by placing the camera at a 45 degree angle above your eye level...and looking up at the camera.  (what a nerd...). 
  
  It's is very similar to the infamous Myspace Angle, except that in myspace angle photos, there's supposed to be a hint of sexy in them...in ulzzang photos, they aren't supposed to have any hints of sex in them, unless you think cute little girls are...sexy. 
  
  Also, posing with random objects is highly popular.  Making weird hand signals are also cool too. There's a boundary between cute and scary...and I totally just crossed it.
   
  I'm not cut out for this 'Ulzzang' thing.  I applaud the many thousands of boys and girls that ARE; you people truly inspire me ever single day. But for now, I think I'll just stick to staying myself.
  
  What do you think Lovelyish readers: was it really a Ulzzang fail?
  

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