Below are the final images from my shoot for my Mrs Laderman character.
I'm quite proud of how the final images have come out, I think that the makeup looks really good and shows the character quite well. I think that if I had shot her on a white background then she wouldn't look as dark or evil.
The entire look did take a while to do, I started her hair about 9am and finished the makeup at around 2pm with breaks. I did have a bit of an issue with her hair, as she has so much of it it was very time consuming to curl the whole thing and I was slightly worried that I wouldn't be able to get the hair to look that way that I wanted it to- however I quite like the smart yet messy curls that are in the final look.
I was very worried about doing the Hexanbiest mouth as I thought that I wouldn't be able to replicate it to how looked in my practise. I am quite surprised with the final result, I did change my method to do it slightly- I blending in the edges more so that they looked less like tubes and more like stretched skin. However I did have a lot of issues with blending it in, I blended out the edges as best I could so that it didn't look as 'stuck on'. I also think that my colouring is a bit better than my practise- I think that it blends in quite well with the lipstick colour as I didn't want it to be two separate blocks of colour. One problem I did have was that some of the wax tubes did start to stick to each other, I think this is because I probably didn't put as much latex on in fear that they would fall off as they were so delicate, and I didn't powder over the top either which might have not helped.
Once I had taken some of the 'Normal' shots, I wanted to take some more 'Character-driven' photos just to capture the character I wanted to show. Below are my favourite images from the ones that I took.
I really love the picture below because of how it only highlights the half of her face that has the Hexanbiest smile on it- even though the picture is underexposed I think that it is really beautiful because it has a sense of mystery to it. I like to think of it like she has been waiting in the shadows for Claudia and Quentin and this was taken just as she is emerging.
The entire look did take a while to do, I started her hair about 9am and finished the makeup at around 2pm with breaks. I did have a bit of an issue with her hair, as she has so much of it it was very time consuming to curl the whole thing and I was slightly worried that I wouldn't be able to get the hair to look that way that I wanted it to- however I quite like the smart yet messy curls that are in the final look.
I was very worried about doing the Hexanbiest mouth as I thought that I wouldn't be able to replicate it to how looked in my practise. I am quite surprised with the final result, I did change my method to do it slightly- I blending in the edges more so that they looked less like tubes and more like stretched skin. However I did have a lot of issues with blending it in, I blended out the edges as best I could so that it didn't look as 'stuck on'. I also think that my colouring is a bit better than my practise- I think that it blends in quite well with the lipstick colour as I didn't want it to be two separate blocks of colour. One problem I did have was that some of the wax tubes did start to stick to each other, I think this is because I probably didn't put as much latex on in fear that they would fall off as they were so delicate, and I didn't powder over the top either which might have not helped.
Once I had taken some of the 'Normal' shots, I wanted to take some more 'Character-driven' photos just to capture the character I wanted to show. Below are my favourite images from the ones that I took.
I really love the picture below because of how it only highlights the half of her face that has the Hexanbiest smile on it- even though the picture is underexposed I think that it is really beautiful because it has a sense of mystery to it. I like to think of it like she has been waiting in the shadows for Claudia and Quentin and this was taken just as she is emerging.
The picture below I thought also shows her waiting, but more waiting for Quentin. There's an element of seduction in this image, almost like she is using her sexuality to lure Quentin in- however she doesn't realise that she has Woged and is in her Hexanbiest state.
The picture below was taken at the very end of the shoot when the wax had started to rip. I wanted to pose it almost like she is screaming and her mouth is ripping because she is so angry- possibly at Claudia or at Quentin. I thought that this could be her screaming at Quentin before she pushes him into the 'pile of thorns' so this is the last thing he sees.
For the final image, I wanted it to be almost like she is trying to look 'innocent' and 'sweet' to Claudia however there is a sinister look to her because of her mouth and the way that she is posing. I thought that the cocked head makes her look almost doll like, but there is a very creepy element to it.
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