Gothic Inspiration Editorial Magazine Photo Shoot.

A editorial photo shoot for Vogue Netherlands 2012, for a Neo-Victorian theme.

The photographer was Marc de Groot, who is Amsterdam based.

I think that these are interesting and show gothic in fashion and that it is stylish to dress like this.
I like looking at interesting,out there editorial shoots, as i like fantasy and this shows that, especially with vampires and monsters that relate to gothic. Its not just about the makeup, the fashion stands out to and, i like how regular fashion is made into something unique and is shown in some of these images.

When looking at photos i look at the way the fashion is represented and how the make up relates to it, and this does it and to me relates to films and images that have been seen before, but in there own interpretation of it.

http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/vogue-netherlands-neovictorian


Accessed on: 15/03/2016

Practising veins.

 Products used

Latex
Kryolan Supracolor Palette
Blending Brush
Cheap paint brush


What i did here was create the veins with latex, then let it dry, then applied the blue and purple mixed colour to the product and to make it look like veins, but i dont think it worked that well, as i think the latex doesn't look raised above the skin enough, so does not look realistic, even the colour needs to be mixed properly of what matches the veins in my arm, and the colour i think it easier to apply the tuplast, but the way the latex is applied on the skin doesnt work well.

























I tried it again, but much bigger on the arm, but i still dont think it work as well, as the latex, does not make it look realistic, with no raised surface. The colour is a bit better on this one, but still needs more colour like purple or a darker blue to get it to match.

Dirty teeth

Products used 
Baby Bud
Surgical Spirit
Teeth Enamel

First had to dry the teeth, then applied the tooth enamel in black onto the teeth, to make them look rotten, with the baby bud, but can clean it up with surgical spirit if it is to much. To get it all off use a baby bud dipped in surgical spirit and rub over the surface (be careful not to swallow it).


I think that it works, but what i dont like is that the enamel flakes off and is not a nice consistancy, but it look relistic, i dont think i would do this again, as i dont think it looks that good and doesnt look like anything i would to do for a character or in a design i would create.

Health and Safety

When using the surgical spirit to remove, be careful not to swallow.

Cut using a mould

 Products used

Gelatine mould
Cheap paintbrushes
Blood
Kryolan Supracolor Palette
Kryolan foundation Palette
Illamasqua White powder.






For this was given a gelatine mould and using prosad to stick into the skin, using it on the back of the mould, as well as the skin, then press it down hard to stick into the skin, then using witch hazel to melt the edges away, so it blends in. Then used the Kryolan Foundation to match my skin tone, then using Kryolan supracolor to make a red, sore sort of colour, but didnt work as well blending that in as it is on top gelatine and i couldnt blend it as well, but using blood to put on top of it made it look wetter and not as flat.

I think i would do this again to get the skin tone to match and the cut to not look so fake, the blood helped it a little, but melting the edges better would blend it into the skin more.



Health and Safety


Apply a barrier cream to the skin before application.

Burns

Products used 

Gelatine
Cheap paintbrush
Kryolan Supracolor Palette

To make the burns i used Gelatine that you heat up in the microwave to melt, then using a cheap paint brush, place on to the skin and create a burn like texture. then i coloured with Kryolan Supracolor, but i added to much colour to it and it didnt look right, but after removing most of it off, it looks more realistic and shows the burn. The way it is put on the skin looks good, where it is overlapping and raised, which i think makes it look more natural and not over done.

I think if i did it again i would look at images of them, as there are all different types of burns and then  can create one without using so much colour on top of it. I like this as it shows a horrible burn and i learnt a that you use gelatine to create it.








Health and Safety

Always check the gelatine is a suitable temperature to apply to the skin

Always ask if someone is vegan, because they might not want to have the product applied to them.

Health and Safety.

Health and Safety


In the studio:

Always make sure someone isnt allegic to one of the products.

Always clean up after you have finished for the day.

Always make sure you're brushes are properly cleaned after you have used them.

Always turn off electrical objects you are using.

Always ask if someone wears contacts, be careful around the eye area.

Always use the right remove for each products you are using.

Always test if the gelatine is to hot, when using it.

Use barrier cream or others that can be put on before latex and other products like that.

Always be careful of Surgical Spirit and do not swallow.

Gothic in Fashion

 Products Used

Blending Brush
Eyeshadow Brush
Kryolan Supracolor Palette

When making this i first used White from kryolan supracolor for the face to make it white in places, the black from kryolan supracolor for the shape, i looked at the shpae of the black on the other photo to how i would interpret it on the face. I think that it worked and i like it more than the second one did, but this was a lot easier to do and i like the wat the pattern is in the middle of the face and is the first thing you see, and even looks slightly tribal, but still gothic with the pale face and the black.
































Products Used

Kryolan Supracolor Palette
Blending Brush
Eyeshadow Brush










For this i used kryolan supracolor for the white of the face, then the kryolan supracolor black and red, smeared around the eyes and the lips, and i like this one as it looks random, but it is not, even though i dont like this one as much, i think i have interpreted it well and shown i have looked the photo and seen how i would see it on the face. I think if i did it again i would not make the black so smeared and messy, as thats not how i really see it in the other image, and the black is a lot thicker and even a different product completely. Even may have used to much white and done it all of the face, which it isn't how it is in the original image it is from.

Scratch and cut

Products used

Candel wax

Blood

Kryolan Supracolor Palette

Sponge

Wooden spatula

 This is a cut that it is made using hard candle wax that you mould you put onto the skin, i pressed onto the skin, then blended it into the skin to look realistic, then using a wooden spatula cut a line down the middle of it, to create a cut, then using a sponge i scattered around it red and black colour to make it look like scratches. Then the blood then added to the cut.

I think it went well but if i did it again i need to improve the blending in to the skin, as it to white,and not coloured enough properly, so that it matches the skin tone. I like the blood and i would want to work with that again and using candle wax is interesting and i think it is easier to use than latex, as it feels more putty like and better to blend in the skin, and when colouring it.

Health and Safety

Apply a barrier cream

If any reaction remove straight away

Test the product before use.

Claudia and Quentin

For this project we have to design characters for Claudia and quentin and they have to be linked to a tv series that we chose, which i have chosen 

Claudia

Claudia is a girl in her twenties. As a child she was left alone to develop with little parental guidance and through her relationship with T.V. movies developed an unhealthy relationship with Horror films, believing this to be the way life really is.

 All the scenes take place in various parts of Claudia’s apartment, which is European in style with a great deal of kitsch décor. She is agoraphobic and is kept in touch with the outside world by her neighbours who provide her with her every day requirements.  She models herself on a variety of girls often twisting her look to suit whichever film she is watching at the time and there is often a nod to the main character in the current film within her appearance. 

The script portrays her as psychotic and there is always the feeling that although her character is scripted/can be seen as humorous, danger is just around the corner.   However all this is normal to Claudia and she is of a cheerful disposition in this mad world of hers.

Quentin

Claudia has an imaginary boyfriend, Quentin, who is long suffering and a constant disappointment to her. They don’t live together but he visits regularly and they talk on the telephone if he can’t get in to see her. As he is part of her imagination his appearance changes to suit her mood. Sometimes he will be a David Beckham looking guy, whilst in another scene he will appear as a Pete Docherty type, Daniel Craig type or a Hollyoaks Babe. If she is having a bad day he will morph into an uncouth couch potato chav with all that brings with it.

He is as into the horror film genre as she and into role-playing to suit her whims and moods.

Claudia has a paranoid suspicion that he is constantly having affairs behind her back and keeps him firmly under her thumb, sometimes restraining him or keeping him prisoner in one of the rooms.

Inspiration For American Horror Story Hotel

Videos i have found on youtube of the Tv series and a trailer of what it is about and just characters in it and how the setting is being portrayed.

Looking at inspiration for American Horror Story and i have looked around on online and found makeup, hair and fashion that reminds me of it.

I have found Pauline Darley's work for a magazine shoot she did, for Khube Magazine and it is called Requiem for a Queen. The people who were involved i have put on here.

Photographer : Pauline Darley

Art Director : Quentin Legallo 
Model : Claudia D @ Karin
Make up : MademoiselleMu
Hair : Pierre Saint Sever
Stylism : Sarah Delannoy

I think that these images relate to American Horror Story Hotel, with the way the hair and fashion is styled on the model, and reminds me of The Countess character played by Lady Gaga and i think it would be good to look at the hair and relate to my character for the tv series, as i think it could work.

I like how the images are so pretty, but the background is so dull and a creepy type of setting, which is why i thought this would relate to the hotel.

https://www.behance.net/gallery/9047559/Requiem-for-a-Queen

Accessed on: 15/03/2016

2nd timed continuity assessment.

Products used:

Latex

Blending brush

Eyeshadow brush

Angled brush

large foundation brush

small foundation brush

Skin base foundation

Kryolan Supracolor palette

Illamasqua white powder

For the veins i used latex to create them, then mixed blue and purple together from Kryolan Supracolor and i think the colours look much more realistic and show it fading into the skin, but still on the surface of it. When using the latex it was easy to use, then the Tuplast, and was better when mixing the colours onto the skin, had only a slight shiny layer, then the gel did, but didnt matter when the colours went on, but the look was to be more theatrical and i think i showed that, but still wanted the veins to look realistic.

The eyes again was Kryolan Supracolor, to look like the fever, i used a lot more red in the corner of the eyes near the nose, so it didn't look like eyeshadow.

The lips was Illamasqua Skin base foundation on then, Illamasqua white powder on top, so that it set on it, the inside was kryolan Supracolor red, to look raw and related to the fever effect around the eyes.I think that, it worked well like that to show the dry lips.


Overall i think the make up went well, and it looked had improved from the last time and did look slightly different, but that was because i should have practiced more, but was modellng issue, which was solved, but not in time to do the practice, which i would improve the next time i do and have learn't from that.

My victorian hairstyle idea of my character.

This is the one i want to use as the character of the sausage curls, that are on each side of the head, at the back there is a bun and a few others next to it. The front will be curled up into the bun.


I like it as i think it will relate to my character more

I will use the fringe,putting the curled hair into the bun. I think it will work and show the victorian style, but related more to my character, as she is controlled by Dracula and i want her to be less her self and do things she would not normally do.

I dont the hair to be as delicate as this, but include some part of it and put that into it.














































http://mute-the-silence.blogspot.co.uk/2011/12/victorian-hair-styles.html

Accessed on; 15/02/2016

1st timed continuity assessment

Products used:

Tuplast

Blending brush

Eyeshadow brush

Angled brush

large foundation brush

small foundation brush

Matte primer

Kryolan Supracolor palette

Illamasqua white powder

For this timed assessment i was creating my character Mina in Dracula on the model, What i used for the veins was Tuplast, which is a latex type of product, but it is gel like when dried on the skin and gives it a raised surface,
 I mixed purple and blue together from the Kryolan Supracolor palette, but i think the colour is to bright and doesnt look as effective, as the gel does make it difficult to blend the colours and fade it into the skin, but still look as though it is at the surface.

The lther thing was the way the veins were created, were not what the veins should look like and looked to thick, but using the Tuplast, i think made it stand out and show how i wanted to protray this character.


For the eyes, i used Kryolan Supracolor palette, to create a fever look, and not look like eyshadow with the red, but blended towards the cheek area and the edge of the face, into the hair line, and up onto the forehead, i think it worked as a fever look, when she was being controlled by Dracula and she had been drinking his blood, for him to do so, and i wanted to show how it would make her feel and what would happen to her, as she is not turning in to a vampire, but it seems as though she is.

The lips i wanted to make look dry, so i put on matte primer first and then the Illamasqua white powder, so that it set on the lips, for the inside i used Kryolan supracolor again, to make the fever on them as well, to look raw like.

Overall i think that it went well and showed how i wanted to portray my character for a theatre type of setting, as i wanted it to be more theatrical. What i could improve is the colours mixed for the veins and and what other product i could use instead of the Tuplast.

For my character i want the veins to be blue colour to be more realistic, as though the veins have come to the surface on the face. Tuplast  would be used to do this, i have designed where they will be on the face and what colour will be mixed in together, which will be blue and purple from the Kryolan Supracolor palette to make the blue veins, i have mixed these colour together before so that i could get the right colour of what they look like.

This is actually someone who has made these veins, so that they show up more, and i chose it, as it is on the face, but i dont want to create it around the eyes, but this looks more realistic and i want mine to look more theatrical, as that is how i would see Mina in the story, and creating it that way i could use it for theatre.

For the lips, i want to make them look dry with the Illasmasqua powder and have the Kryolan dark red in the middle of the lips, to show it relating to the fever. I want to not make the lips so red,as though they covered in blood, but more pale,so that they are more drier looking than anything, but still show through the red, as i think it would make it stand out against the dryness of the lips.




This one is more beauty and fashion, but i think that it shows how i would want it to look, with the colours like this, I do want it to be less shiny though, because its not going to be for a fashion or a beauty photoshoot, but theatrical and showing how she would look in the situation with Dracula.

https://uk.pinterest.com/aubry69/veins-and-bruises-and-stuff/

https://uk.pinterest.com/nadeanstar11/selfharm/

https://uk.pinterest.com/source/topdrawerlingerieaustralia.tumblr.com

https://uk.pinterest.com/source/delicate-sole.tumblr.com

Accessed on:06/03/2016

Character Face chart design

For this face chart i looked at using something to make the lips dry with blood on them and for the eyes contact lenses, and veins would be on the face, i like it, but i think i would make it more simple and not have the blood on the lips, as she is not a vampire and just making them seem dry makes more sense, with the contact lenses, i have changed my mind, as it is about putting them in and some people can not wear them, and i didnt feel that comfortable doing it as i have never done it before. With the veins i looked at using latex and experimented with and it didnt show up that much and was more shiny, but using the Tuplast, it would be raised,as it is gel, and mixing the colours on top is easier and shows up.

This is the second face chart i did after that one and shows the design i want to do as the makeup, The make up around the eyes i used kryolan dark red, to make it look like a fever and blended it. The veind i used Kryolan blue and purple mixed together, but i want to put Tuplast on the skin, so it is raised and easier to colour. I only want them in certain places and not all over the skin, so that it is not over the top. For the lips i want to put matte primer on them, then using Illamasqua powder on top to make the lips look slightly drier and using the Kryolan dark red again in the centre of the lips, so they look slightly raw and goes with the fever around the eyes.