Final Project Evaluation

I love how many new techniques I learned in this project, from ageing to cuts to burns to ageing, because I felt like it expanded my knowledge and interest for my prosthetic unit next year and gave me many options for my characters. 

I really enjoyed creating Miss Havisham because I set myself the challenge of making her look as close to the book’s description as possible. I looked into many portrayals of her and looked into some of the conditions I thought she would have to develop my character, as well as obviously interpreting what the book was saying about her. I am really happy I used an older model as I thought it would make my Miss Havisham look more realistic for film and I was really happy with my final outcome. I was excited about the continuity part of the project because I was determined to make both looks as similar as possible and I am really happy with how they came out. 

Looking into horror was exciting for me as I had never watched a horror film or anything remotely scary before so it was very new to me. I liked that we were given character profiles and that we had to fit them into a chosen TV series as I think it was more challenging than if we had no direction at all. I liked how I combined different characters from horror films I thought she would be watching to come up with Claudia’s look. I could have made Quentin look however I liked as he was only created from Claudia’s mind, however I kept his look true to my chosen series, True Blood, so that the audience would follow Claudia’s train of thought more easily. I found creating Quentin’s burn challenging, however after looking up different techniques with different materials and after practising and researching real acid burns, I came up with a burn that I was happy with, however if I were to do it again, I would have made the edges of the burn smoother so that it blended in with the skin. I really like that the burn has been reared by a silver chain because it is obvious that he is a vampire as humans don’t react when in contact with silver, and also because it shows one of the ways Claudia had control over him. 

I made sure I practiced each look at least twice before my final shoots to make sure that I was confident with how the makeup and hair wold turn out and to make sure my models were happy with everything.

Overall I am really happy with all the characters I created and I can’t wait until next year when I can expand my knowledge and love for the subject even more!

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KS3 History, by CGP
The Finishing Touch, Cosmetics through the Ages, by Julian Walker
Great Expectation, Charles Dickens
The Handbook to Gothic Literature, by Marie Mulvery-Roberts, 1998
The Handbook to Gothic Literature, by Marie Mulbey-Roberts

Films
Great Expectations, 2012, by Mike Newell

The Conjuring, 2014, John R. Leonetti

Under The Skin, 2013, Johnathan Glazer

TV Series
Great Expectations, 2011, by Brian Kirk
Art Of Gothic-The Midnight Hour, by Andrew Graham Dixon

Project Evaluation

I found that I had more artistic licence in this project in comparison to the first half of the term, however I liked the challenge of having to make the characters fit into a certain TV series. I enjoyed learning more fun makeup techniques, such as wounds and burns, and I also enjoyed looking into different techniques by myself, such as scarring, as I expanded my knowledge of simple prosthetics. My model I had originally chosen for Claudia looked too cute and innocent and so I chose my final model because of her very defined jaw line and big, round eyes as I thought she looked more independent and strong. I was concerned that the combination of the lips and eyes would look too messy, however I toned them both down so that they complemented each other well. I wanted Claudia’s image to be a combination of horror films that she would have been watching and so I combined aspects of Annabelle from The Conjuring and the female (she has no name) from Under The Skin, as well as features that I thought would represent her character, to come up with a design concept and I am really happy with the outcome. I wanted Quentin to have aspects of what the vampires in True Blood had so that the audience could recognise him as a vampire, like the blood tears, but I also wanted to give him red contacts, a feature that Claudia may have seen in another vampire horror film, to make him more unique. I found creating the burn challenging, however I tried different techniques and looked up real acid burns until I was happy with the outcome. 

Claudia: Final Shoot Images and Evaluation

I am so happy with how my final look came out! I think the white contact lenses look really effective and add a creepiness and scariness to the look. I like that the scars look uneven, with different colouring and thicknesses because it makes them seem more real. I like that the scars are more slanted than in my previous practice because I think it would make more sense for them not to be so perfectly straight, again making them look more realistic. I really like how the back combing and dry shampoo in her hair add so much volume and texture to her hair because the messiness of the hair now mimics the messiness of the makeup. I made the contour more intense in my final image because I found that the camera didn't really pick up on the bronzer when it was more subtle and I wanted her strong facial structure to show through. I was worried that because I was making the lips and eyes messy, it might translate as being sloppy and too busy, however I think, because I didn't go too over the top with the eyes or lips, they work really well together. I am really happy with how the lips look very red, but how it is slightly smudged into an orange colour round the edges because it is realistic to believe she has accidentally smudged it whilst eating or drinking, whilst watching her horror films. I like that the red in the scars, lips and under the eye makes all the red elements stand out that little bit more. I really like how the skin looks pale, but how you can see that there is still warm colouring in the bronzer as it gives her a healthier look, in contrast to the very pale Quentin. I really like how the skin looks very glowy and dewy because it, again, adds a healthy glow and makes her almost look sweaty, which would make sense as she lives in Louisiana. I think the styling of the fur coat worked really well because the colouring wasn't too harsh against the makeup and I think it gives a sense of brutality, that she is willing to kill another animal for her costumes, which is reflected in her brutal treatment of Quentin. Overall I am so happy with the look and really enjoyed creating my final design!

Final Claudia Look: Step by Step

Make Up
Equipment:
-Foundation palette
-Buffing brush
-Small fluffy brush
-Big fluffy brush
-Translucent powder
-Contour palette
-Fluffy contour brush
-Disposable mascara wand
-Red supra colour
-Fluffy domed eye shadow brush
-Black eye shadow 
-Red eye shadow
-Small angled brush
-Dark red supra colour
-Rigid collodion
-Small flat brush

Step by step:
1. I first applied the milky white contact lens in one eye as I didn't want it to interfere with any of the makeup.

2. I mixed foundation colours Fair Olive and G177 to get a colour slightly paler than her natural skin tone. 
3. I applied this all over the face, ears and down the neck with a buffing brush to even out her skin tone and cover any imperfections. 
4. I then used a small fluffy brush to apply the foundation colour under her eyes and over her eyelids. 

5. Using a big fluffy brush, I then applied some loose translucent powder all over the face and wherever else I put the foundation. 

5. To warm the skin up I used a warm bronzer, on a blush brush, to contour the cheek bones, temples and anywhere where the sun would naturally hit the face, so around the forehead, on the nose and on the chin. 
6. I then contoured her cheekbones and temples further with a grey toned bronzer and a contour brush. I also lightly added this to either side of the nose. 

7. I added some highlighter to the tops of her cheek bones, don't the bridge of the nose, on the cupids bow and on the chin to give her a dewier and healthier look.

8. I used a cool toned pencil to fill her eyebrows in and brushed them through to soften them slightly.

9. I then drew some lines across one of her eyes with a small angled brush and red supra colour. I made the lines about two or three brush strokes thick.
10. I then added a straight line of the darker red colour along one side of each line to give subtle depth.

11. I lined the lower lash line with some red eye shadow to give her eyes a more sore and tired look.
12. I dabbed some red supra colour all over her lips with my finger and smudged it round the edges slightly to make it look like she had maybe eaten something and it had smudged or something. 

13. I then brushed some rigid collodion along each line, making sure not to get it too close to the eye. I applied it above the eyebrow, a little bit under the eyebrow and then I left a gap before drawing it under the eye. 
14. I added about 6 coats of this until I was happy with how the scars looked. 
15. Once the rigid collodion had dried and I was happy with the amount of layers added, I applied some foundation over the scars with a small flat brush and then rubbed it in with my finger to give it a more natural look. 
16. I used a cool toned pencil to fill her eyebrows in and brushed them through to soften them slightly.

15. Using a fluffy domed eye shadow brush I patted some black eye shadow onto the lid and used the same black eyeshadow and brush to blend into the crease. I used the same brush to blend the black eye shadow along the lower lash line as I want a very messy and smoked out look. 

Hair
Equipment:
Equipment:
-Paddle brush
-Tail comb
-Clear hair elastics
-Dry shampoo

Step by step:
1. Brush the hair with a paddle brush.
2. I created a middle parting with the tail comb and continued the centre parting all the way to the back of the hair line.
3. I sprayed some dry shampoo all over, but concentrating on the roots mainly. I massaged the product in well.
4. I backcombed the hair in sections to give it some extra body.
5. I then pulled the hair to the back of the ear on each side. separated each half into three and plaited both sides of the hair. 
6. I secured both plaits with clear elastic bands. 
7. I then pulled out any shorter hairs and rubbed the top of the hair to make it look a bit more messy. I also pulled at the plaits slightly to give the sam messy look. 

Practising Claudia on my Chosen Model

Make Up
Equipment:
-Foundation palette
-Buffing brush
-Small fluffy brush
-Big fluffy brush
-Translucent powder
-Contour palette
-Fluffy contour brush
-Disposable mascara wand
-Red supra colour
-Fluffy domed eye shadow brush
-Black eye shadow 
-Red eye shadow
-Small angled brush
-Dark red supra colour
-Rigid collodion

-Small flat brush

Step by step:
1. I first mixed foundation colours Fair Olive and G177 to get a colour slightly paler than her natural skin tone. 
2. I applied this all over the face, ears and down the neck with a buffing brush to even out her skin tone and cover any imperfections. 
3. I then used a small fluffy brush to apply the foundation colour under her eyes and over her eyelids.  
4. Using a big fluffy brush, I then applied some loose translucent powder all over the face and wherever else I put the foundation. 

5. To warm the skin up I used a warm bronzer, on a blush brush, to contour the cheek bones, temples and anywhere where the sun would naturally hit the face, so around the forehead, on the nose and on the chin. 
6. I then contoured her cheekbones and temples further with a grey toned bronzer and a contour brush. I also lightly added this to either side of the nose. 
7. I added some highlighter to the tops of her cheek bones to give her a dewier and less matte look.

8. I then drew some lines across one of her eyes with a small angled brush and red supra colour. I made the lines about two or three brush strokes thick.
9. I then added a straight line of the darker red colour along one side of each line to give subtle depth.

10. I then brushed some rigid collodion along each line, making sure not to get it too close to the eye. I applied it above the eyebrow, a little bit under the eyebrow and then I left a gap before drawing it under the eye. 
11. I added about 6 coats of this until I was happy with how the scars looked. 

12. Once the rigid collodion had dried and I was happy with the amount of layers added, I applied some foundation over the scars with a small flat brush and then rubbed it in with my finger to give it a more natural look. 
13. I used a cool toned pencil to fill her eyebrows in and brushed them through to soften them slightly.

Scars without foundation.

Scars after foundation.

14. I dabbed some red supra colour all over her lips with my finger and smudged it round the edges slightly to make it look like she had maybe eaten something and it had smudged or something.

15. Using a fluffy domed eye shadow brush I patted some black eye shadow onto the lid and used the same black eyeshadow and brush to blend into the crease. I used the same brush to blend the black eye shadow along the lower lash line as I want a very messy and smoked out look. 

Hair
Equipment:
-Paddle brush
-Tail comb
-Clear hair elastics

Step by step:
1. Brush the hair with a paddle brush.
2. I created a middle parting with the tail comb and continued the centre parting all the way to the back of the hair line.
3. I then pulled the hair to the back of the ear on each side. separated each half into three and plaited both sides of the hair. 
4. I secured both plaits with clear elastic bands. 
5. I then pulled out any shorter hairs and rubbed the top of the hair to make it look a bit more messy. I also pulled at the plaits slightly to give the sam messy look. 

Close-up of the scars.

I like that I used a slightly darker and warmer bronzer to bronze up the face because she still looked pale, but had a healthy colour to her, in contrast with the very pale vampire, Quentin. I think that the red lines across the eyes were too straight and therefore looked fake. I will therefore try to make the lines look more slanted in my final image. I like that the scars across the eyes are different lengths and looks slightly uneven as this makes them look more realistic. I like that I brought the black eye shadow into the inner corners as it gave her a more tired look and tried to keep the shape round to keep it from looking too glamorous. In this practice I forgot to add the red eye shadow under her lower lash line which shows how important it is to have images and a face chart to work from and also notes to follow! I will make sure I don't forget to do this step for my final images. I think that the hair looks way too flat and limp and so in my final shoot I will add dry shampoo to give her fine, soft hair some more texture and I will back comb the bottom layers to give the hair more body and lift. I said previously that I wanted to add red bows at the bottom of both plaits and even though I wanted it to be clear that she was inspired by Annabelle the doll, I think it would look too cute and innocent for her brutal character. I think that her skin looks too matte and I wanted there to be a clear contrast between the very matter and powdery finish to Quentin's skin and the more bronzed and dewy/sweaty look of Claudia's. In my research I found that the makeup artist would spray water on the characters to make them look more sweaty so I will experiment with this before my final shoot. The images below show my model's clean skin before and after I sprayed her with water. I really like how is genuinely looks like she is sweaty and I will use this technique in my final shoot!

After water spray.

Before water spray

Quentin: Final Shoot Images and Evaluation

I am so excited with how my final images look! They are exactly what I had envisioned! I love how all the red in the makeup really ties everything together. I really like how I pushed the chains into the 3rd degree makeup because it looked like the chains were melting into the skin. I really like how I added some black supra colour to the sections where the chains were digging into the skin because it gives the burn more depth and it also made it look like the metal was reacting with the skin when burning. I am really happy with the colouring of the burn and how thick and gooey the 3rd degree makeup looks around the silver chains as it looks very painful and raw. When I looked at the burn more closely, I noticed that some of the 3rd degree makeup hadn't been blended into the skin as well as I would have liked because some of the edges are quite obvious and harsh; if I were to do this look again, I would focus more on making sure the edges were very smooth and seamless. I still found that when I sprayed the water over the salts it didn't create much fizz, however I really like how wet the burn looked after the water had been sprayed on it and I thought it made the burn look more realistic.

I brought the pale base colour all the way down the neck so that the face and neck were the same colour and I am so happy with how natural it looks! I didn't want it to look like he was wearing foundation because the vampires in True Blood didn't look like they were obviously wearing makeup, but I did want to even out his skin and make him look a lot more pale, I therefore only used a small amount and blended it into the skin very well. I really like the grey contouring around his cheek bones and temples because it makes him look more gaunt and hollowed out, and therefore weaker and more vulnerable to Claudia's power over him. I also like that it is grey as it doesn't add any warm colours to him. I really like how the wine coloured eye shadow along the lower lash line, together with the red eye contacts, makes him look very blood thirsty and it makes his eyes look very raw and sore. I really like how the red tear makes it clear to the audience that Quentin is a vampire as this is a feature that all vampires in True Blood have; however I don't think I would have added this feature to the makeup look if I hadn't seen the blood tears on some of the characters because, as first, it did look quite solid and painted on.

I am really happy with how laid back and natural the hair looks because the vampires in True Blood do tend to try to look like a normal human being as they are trying to mix in with them and so I don't think Quentin would have a very dramatic hair style. I think the black T-shirt worked really well because it is very plain and doesn't distract from the makeup. I originally wanted Quentin to wear a leather jacket, however I found this looked too heavy and covered some of the burn, so I opted against it. I am really happy with how the overall look turned out and I can't wait to add the styling to the look and do the photo shoot!