Notes about characters and settings while watching American Horror Story: Hotel series

two faces(Claudia and Quentin)

For Claudia and Quentin i have looked at the two different faces on one face, and these images show that and they are all different. I really like the first one, as one side looks human and the other side doesnt, which i think relates to my characters, as Quentin isnt real and this is why i chose this image. The other i looked at as they just have various ways of showing it, such as the sculpture at the bottom, is like there are mulitple people, but it looks like she is shaking her head and her face keeps going, which i thought was interesting as well. These images are from pinterest, which i have used in my moodboard for both of these characters.






When creating mine i dont want the face to be at all similar and they should contrast to how they are personality wise and the key word i have chosen to go with them.

Final Project Images

Products used:
Kryolan supracolor
Illamasqua matte primer
llamasqua white powder

Brushes used:
Eyeshadow brush
Blending brush
foundation brush
lip brush



Hair:
Straighteners
Crimpers
Backcomb brush
Bobby pins
Hairspray

I think that this final project went well and i think that creating this make up went well and it has turned out how i want it.

What i think i would do again if i could would be not to make Quentin side so red, as it is very bright, but i did want it to look theatrical.

When starting the project i should have planned when i was going to do, as i did do it in the last week, so a plan would help when, so i know what i need to do every day.

For this look i applied the face with matte primer and then Kryolan supracolor in white, to get the pale look, then the eyeshadow was the same palette in purple, but adding black on top of it to to make to slightly darker in the corner of the eye, next i drew the eyebrow on with the black, but was easy to cover the white over them before this, as the model had no eyebrows.

The pink was the same palette, and it does remind me of someone that has been crying, which is what i wanted, i wanted to show the emotion of the face and i wanted it to look over the top, especially because of Claudia character.

The lips was white outlined, and the purple and black mixed in for the rest of it, but it stayed in the lip line, as in the 1920s it didnt go over that.

Quentin's side of the face, was just red Kryolan Supracolor, blending around the corner of the eye, and i like it as it is not to much, but enough that it does stand out.

With the hair i do like Claudia's side better, as she is crazy and i thought that went well with the personality, but Quentin's is more simple, not that he isnt crazy to, he just makes more sense to look this way compared to Claudia, so there is a contrast between the two.

Face charts for Quentin

For Quentin i looked at two designs, of the sore part around his eye, and i like the first one, as it is just in the corner and then it comes around, unlike the other, where it is all the way around most the eye, that would probably be more realistic, but i really like the theatrical way of creating it, as i think it stands out.




I have created these face charts separtely from Claudia, even though he is going to be on one side of the face and her on the other, as he is from her imagination and i thought it would work a lot easier and Quentin wouldnt have much to his face, if it was just his own character.

Mina's Hair style Practice

 For My characters har design i sectioned the top part of the hair, so then i could sectioned the bottom half, after i did that, i gathered on the hair at the top, and made it into a quick bun, the front parts of the hair i used the bun to tuck them back into.

I think that if i did this again, i would take more time on it and make the curls here to look more elegant, but the idea was to make it quick, as iam going for a look when Mina is with Dracula and him controlling her, and i dont want her to be her normal self.

Quentin's makeup idea

I was looking at bruised, sore eye, as i want Quentin to have that, but in a more theatrical way, so the red a lot more intense, as i want the red, but not so much purples or blacks. I have chosen these from my pinterest moodboard,as they stand out and show the look i want to create. The first image, shows the makeup i want to apply to make it look sore around the corner of the eye.The reason i want to do this, is because i want the character Quentin to be a bad guy type,but as he is not real, he doesnt sleep, but he is Claudia imagination, but does really exist in the hotel, but as this happens, he slowly starts to look more human, as he can't handle how Claudia is behaving towards him and wanting him there with her all the time.

Films relating to my character.

Black Swan

I have chosen this as i think that some of it can be related to my character, as the film is about a ballerina in Swan lake, where the lead character has to play a innocent part and the dark part, but a new character is put into it that can do the dark part better than she can and she can't handle it, and the presure it builds in her and she soon spirals downwards and starts losing a grip on reality.

I think some of that relates, as the losing the grip on reality, as Claudia, isnt aware that Quentin isnt real and what is really real in the world, i think it is more about the character in Black Swan that goes with Claudia, to do more with her behaviour than anything, instead of what the film is actually about, as that is not what im trying to show when researching the films, but how the characters behave.






http://www.fanpop.com/clubs/black-swan/images/31662663/title/black-swan-fanart

Accessed on: 21/04/2016

Claudia Character design.

In American Horror Story Hotel that i have chosen as my tv series for these characters, i haved looked at Sally, a little bit of background behind sally is that she is emotional, angry and pretends to be innocent.






What i wanted to do is make Claudia fashion sense outdated, dresses like it is the 20s, but be in the hotel in modern day 2016, how she relates to Sally, is that she is a lost soul, but is somehow driven mad by watching all the horror films and also for making up Quentin, so she thinks that he exists, which he doesn't and he is imagininary, but the hotel makes everyone think that he does exist, as anyone can see him, but only when they are in the hotel.The look she will have is makeup that is over the top 1920s makeup and shows the emotion in and even looks messy, as Claudia is crazy.

Hair inspired by American Horror Story

For this it was hair inspired by American Horror story, it is the maid in the first season.
What i did first was use hot curlers, before that need to section the hair and curl the hair at the front up into it, and just keep going along the front of the hair.

The next is to section it at the back to put the next lot of hot curlers in, which are blue. So that there are curls in the whole hair, so when you take it out the hair at the bottom will roll up.

I didnt get to finish it all, as i found it difficult to get the right angle of the curlers and it didnt work that well. I think if i did it again, i would think about how to do more clearly and be confident that i can and i have learnt from that.The thing i need to work on is timing, as i take quite a while, as i want it to work.

Claudia Makeup practice 2

Products used
Kryolan Supracolor
Matte Primer

Brushes Used
eyeshadow Brush
Lip Brush
Blending Brush
Foundation Brush

First i applied the matte primer, the white supracolor to the skin for the base, then make sure is over the eyebrows, then using a eyeshadow brush apply it to the eyes, and a pink supracolor down the face, so it looks like she has been crying and i want it to be messy.
The lips is just outlined with white, then filled in with black and purple supracolor, to give the 1920s look again.


I think this one went a lot better than the first one and shows the emotion with the pink down the face and even because i have applied a white base first. I didnt go as over the top with the eyes, as i didnt want it to dark, but enough that it contrasts with the white face. I want to do this as my final make up look for Claudia as i think it shows the emotion she is feeling and shows the 1920s look, but over the top enough that it won.t look bad.

Claudia Makeup practice

Products used
Kryolan Supracolor
Matte Primer

Brushes Used
eyeshadow Brush
Lip Brush
Blending Brush
Foundation Brush

First i applied the matte primer, the white supracolor to the skin for the base, then make sure is over the eyebrows, then using a eyeshadow brush apply it to the eyes, and a pink supracolor down the face, so it looks like she has been crying and i want it to be messy.
The lips is just outlined with white, then filled in with black and purple supracolor, to give the 1920s look again.

I think this one went a lot better than the first one and shows the emotion with the pink down the face and even because i have applied a white base first. I didnt go as over the top with the eyes, as i didnt want it to dark, but enough that it contrasts with the white face. I want to do this as my final make up look for Claudia as i think it shows the emotion she is feeling and shows the 1920s look, but over the top enough that it won.t look bad.

Continuity Photographs

First Assessment

 These were the first images i did and it shows the makeup from different angles, but i didnt do the hair for the first one, as i done it for the second assessment. I like the lighting and shows the makeup clearly. For the veins it was Tuplast and then i mixed colours from the Kryolan supracolor palette to make the veins. The red eyes do not stand out, which is what i wanted, as it is like a fever.










































Second Assessment






I think i like the veins that i created on the first assessment, but i like the hair and eyes on this one, What i would improve if i did it again was to think about how to make it look neater,as it is not just how i want it. When looking at from the back it looks good and is a bun that i twisted the hair up into.

I used latex for the veins here and they do blend into the skin a lot easier than the Tuplast and the colour was easier to mixed onto it.