Ideas for Quentin's look

Firt idea for Quentin reflects my Idea of how I immagined him as Claudia's friend, but it is again a design for a fashion presentation more than for a film or Tv series. It is based on the ideam of imperfection and dirtyness, but with some avant-garde touches. The makeup for the eye transmits the idea of disimilarity as one eye makeup is completely different from the other one. I wanted to create dark eye, which can be interpreted as an idea of strengh. Also the lips were suppoused to be black on the edgesand it goes into white inside. On the right side of the lips there is long continuing red contuour that is representing dry blood. It also has a blood mark on the lft cornr of the left eyebrow.












The second design of Quentin also includes the idea of dityness but ikn a more evident way. One eye is suppoused to be with a brown make-up in around it which represents the dirtyness and on the the same side of the forehead I thought to create a scar/ burn which migh be a resulf of a car crash that exploded. The other eye would have a black contour only just to put it in evidence.The lips were suppoused to be of a dark brown, and with unsimetrical application of the lipstick.
















For the last and my final design I wanted to chalklange myself and to create a Zombie face. I said challange myself because I've noticed during this year that special effects are not my point of strengh. This is why I thought to make half of face natural and half of it as a zombie, burned and fill of blood. I though about this idea because the whole plot of the Walking Dead is based on the infection of the world of zombies. So I thought that it would be interesting if this character would represent the dark side of the storyline.

Ideas for Claudia's look

  

My first design for Claudia was based on the idea of dirtyness. As I said in previous blog post, it is the aspect on wich the esthetic park of the Tv series is based on. I thought to create dirtyness on the face using different shades od dar eyeshadow. I wanted tyo create a natural make-up on the eyes. On the right eye I represented a false eyelash. The reason why I did it only on one eye is because I wanted to create the idea of imperfection and also as in the plot, the real character is fighting for life and of course the make-up cannot be as perfect as it was at the beggining. The lips were suppoused to be of a light red colour and smudged.
    I liked a lot this design, but I couldn't go for it because it looks more as a fashion make-up than a makeup for films and TV. I was observing it and I understood that it looks quiete avant-garde which is a style that usually is not used in tthis area.

My second idea for Claudia's design is based on the same idea as the previous facechart. It is also based on the idea of dirtyness, but i tried to make it look more natural and that it reflects the idea of "fighting for life". I thought to make her to look like she is crying... so I thought to create tears falling from her eyes, that in my point of view are symbol of suffering. I also wanted to direct the attention eve more on the eyes by make a kind of dirty/messy smoky eyes, which I thought would look great also because my model had light blue/grey eyes. The lips were suppouse to look dry and natural with darker shades of brown on the corners.













The next design reflects even more the idea of dirtyness because almost all the surface of the face was going to be covered with eyeshadows which are meant to represent dirtyness. The lips are of a dark reddish-brown colour and all smudged. In this facechart I also used colours like green- colour of grass, greys, blacks and browns- colours of ground. The reason why I didn't choose it as my final idea is because of my usual mistake of creating more avant-garde looks than natural ones. From my point of view this design would be great for a photo shot instead of being filmed for that film. Yes, it had the idea of dirtyness and sufference, strengh for fighting, but i think it is still not for a film because of the make-up of the eyes.

Influence of the Tv series for creating the new characters

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 The Walking Dead is the TV series I've chosen as inspiration for the new project: " The Gothic Horror".
 

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  For my fisrt character who is Claudia, I took the inspiration from the actress Lauren Cohan who was in the role of Maggie in this Tv series. She lived with her father and her sister in a secluded farmhouse. Her personality represents goodness, love and innocence. She got broken hearted and this proves her innocent heart. She has to think how to survive and to save the people she love. She fights for life, and from here appears her tired look.This is what I wanted to show through my character. Also the aspect of dirtyness, which is the basic description, the best proof of all dificulties she is passing through.

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  For the second character- Quentin, I took as inspiration Daryl, who is another character from The Walking Dead. Norman Reedus, which is the real name of the actor, is playing the role of tracker and adept survivalist. He is a hunter. He had a complicated childhood, marked by a father often drunk. He was raised by his brother, severre with him, although he was often absent because he ended up in a reform school. Despite his tough character, Daryl has a strong sense of the group, it does not aim to head and is always ready to help other members, without asking for help or support. I thought to create a look for this character, Quentin that represents a strong character and who is the completly opposite of Claudia. Quentin is suppoused to be Caludias imaginary boyfriend, and what girl doesn't dream of having a REAL MAN by her side??...

The Walking dead

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    The Walking Dead is an American TV series produced in 2010. It is based on the bestseller by Robert Kirkman comic, published by Image Comics in the US.

    The Walking Dead is a drama full of action and suspense that tells the story of a group of American survivors of a zombie invasion. Led by police officer Rick Grimes (played by British actor Andrew Lincoln, already seen in AfterLife), survivors wander in search of a safe place to escape to, and along the way face many dangers and conflicts, even of a personal nature. Because there is no longer a place to feel safe, and it is no longer time for hope. You just have to survive at any cost!

    A huge cast participated for the production of these TV series. But I will bring my attention on people who have dealt with the esthetic part on the actors- the make-up artists and hair stylists.

The hair stylists who were responsible for the hair designs were: Taylor Knight, Vincent Gideon, Nikki Bell, Shunika Terry, T.A. Henderson, Andrea C. Brotherton. 

The persons who were responsible for the make up and all the special effects were: Greg Nicotero, Howard Berger, Andy Schoneberg, Kevin Wasner, Jake Garber, Carey Jones, Garrett Immel, Donna M. Premick, Gino Crognale, Essie Cha, Mark James Ross, Yolanda Sheridan, André Freitas, Toby Sells, Jaremy Aiello, Caley Brooks, Bill Johnson, Char Coats-Crump, Derek Krout, Kerrin Jackson, Matthew Silva, Norman Cabrera, Miracole Burns, Duane Saylor, Alex Diaz, Dave Grasso, Manuel Beccaro, Jessica Lang, Christopher Padilla, Denise Tunnell, Beth Hathaway, Grady Holder, Tracey L. Miller-Smith, Malika James, Chauntelle Langston, Addison Foreman, Mayumi Murakami, Christopher Allen Nelson, Kaleigh Brooks, Lee Grimes, Steve Katz, Richard Maybery, Clare Mulroy, Dirk Rogers, Michael Ross, David Wogh.

    

    I have decided to choose this Tv series because I find it very interesting all that storyline about the life after the dead! I was always asking myself if zombies have ever existed and can be life after dead. Obviosly it is just a TV series, and nothing in it was really endearing. I also thought it can be a good chalange for me to create some interesting special effects for the new project, especially as special effects are a real challange for me in general. I also thought that it might be really interesting the idea to base all my project on dirtyness- which is the most important element. And it is quite interesting because I always fight for perfection and trying to create imperfection is going to be a nice experience.

LINKS:
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Practice on dark Make-up

During one of our sessions we were aske to create a look that we saw on the papers that our teacher gave us. These looks were based on various avat-garde designs. Here is mine:

I have decided to create a full look that includes not only make up but hair as well. It is an avant-garde look inspired from that picture I had to copy and I would defenetely use it for a catwalk. I completed the look creating a hight placed ponytail adding some dry shampoo to create the white line. I decided to make this line in the hair to give an extra touch.It completes the look with a light point that make to attract the attention even more.

Final Evaluation

    Overall,  I'm pleased with all the designs I've done and the final looks I managed to create.

    If talking about the first part of the project: "Continuity". The task was to create a look suitable for Miss Havisham's character from Great Expectation and then to recreate exactly the same look. It was an interesting experience, but at the same time demanding.I found it challenging to recreate same the same colour tones, textures, lines, the same length of the curls and exactly the same number of curls. Regardless all these details I'm happy with the final result even tough there are some mistakes as for example the skin tone, the smudged lips and the special effect of dry skin on the cheek-bone.

     Regarding the second part of the project which was creating the look for another character from the Great Expectation: Estella. This part of the project was easy from a technical point of view, but I found it difficult from the creative aspect. All the designs I created for this character were too much for a simple Victorian look. I love to let my creative spirit free, thing that I found very hard to do, especially in this part of the project.
    I think it was a really nice experience, I'm also very glad we have studied how to create special effects and I've also realized that this kind of make-up, especially the special effects, are not the job I'd like to do in my future. I enjoyed doing them but I realized that creating and doing some more creative looks as for fashion shows or even editorial make-up would be something more adapt for me. Also during the sessions while I was creating my special effects, at every single lesson the teacher was saying that my work was mor " Fashion" than "Realistic".

Dark eyes and perfect lips

We had a practical session in which we studied how to crete perfect black eyes: we had to try to crete the look we were given, and here is the result:

This is the design I had to follow:

I didn't apply any foundation or ather products. I was concentrated to create only the eye make-up and the perfect shape of the lips. I am happy with the resul because it came as I expected it to be.