Hexenbiest Mouth

Before I made the decision on what look I wanted to do for Mrs Laderman, I wanted to test out one of my ideas to see whether I can do it with the supplies I have to hand. I used the same technique that we were taught when doing cuts. 

PRODUCTS USED

- Wax

- Liquid Latex

- Moisturiser

- Fake Blood

- SupraColour

- Foundation Palette

- Powder

TOOLS USED

- Palette Knives 

- Palette

- Baby buds

- Cotton pads

- Brushes

-Cape

I did find it quite difficult at first to get the wax to spread evenly and into the shape that I wanted, but after it warmed up a bit on the skin it was definitely easier to spread. I think another thing that made it more difficult for the wax to spread, was that it kept building up slightly on my knife causing the rest of the wax to pick up as a result. Once I cleaned off my knife it was much easier to spread the wax. Initially I wanted to use latex to create the 'stringy' look, however once I tried doing this, I couldn't get the look that I desired- so I decided to try using rolls of wax to create the look instead. I think that it looks really effective, and is much better than my original idea of latex. I definitely need to work on blending out my edges a lot more so that they are seamless with the rest of the skin, and I think if I used slightly bigger pieces of wax it might be easier to do so. I think that using more wax in the rolls will be easier to work with as the rolls will be less flimsy and less inclined to break- which I was very concerned about especially when applying the layer of latex over the top and drying it. I am very happy with how it looks, I think that from a distance it will look very effective in photographs and I think this will be the look that I do for Mrs Laderman. As this is a very delicate and slightly uncomfortable for my model, I think that when doing the makeup for the look I will do this last so that my model isn't sitting there with this covering her mouth for so long. 

Below is the photograph of the final look. 

Initial ideas for Mrs Laderman

I had three initial ideas for what I could do for Mrs Laderman. 

As I wanted to draw out the 'zombie smile', I didn't want to mess up my face charts so I traced the face and used pencils rather than makeup so it does not show up as well as the others. This look is the most complicated out of the three and involves light SFX. To do the smile, I would use the technique that we used to do cuts; by applying wax to the outer corner of the mouth and bringing it out into a triangular shape. I think that in order to get the 'stringy' look that the Hexanbiest's typically tend to have, I would apply liquid latex in strips across the patch of wax. I will need to test this to make sure that it can work properly, and if it doesn't I will have to think of an alternative or choose another design. I did also want to use liquid latex to age around the eye area, as that is what Hexanbiest's look like. 

For the second face chart, I decided to do a more 'normal' makeup in comparison to the first. I thought that purple would be a nice contrast to the typical grey smokey eye, and I added extra 'darkness' with the dark purple lip. I thought that even with this simpler makeup, she could still look quite terrifying as it will show the 'human side' to her and that she is acting out of her own volition rather than the magic being the cause. 

For the final face chart, I wanted to show a combination of the human and magical side to her character- using the same smokey eye and purple lip as before but adding black 'veins' under the eye. I thought that the black veins would add a sense of mystery to her character, and be another alternative to using SFX makeup. However I think that this would be too theatrical and doesn't keep in as much with the look that the Hexanbiest's have in the show, so I wonder if this isn't the best look to choose. 

I would like to style her to look very professional, as in the show the Hexanbiests are shown to dress very nicely and quite smart. This usually creates a contrast between them and every other character in the show, almost to make it seem as though they are better than them. In the case of Mrs Laderman and Quentin, she is of much higher status to him so I think that the clothes will reflect this. My model has a navy blue lace dress which is very smart that I have asked for her to wear for the shoot- I think that dark navy with create a contrast between her and Quentin as I want to style him in white. 

Final ideas for Quentin

After the presentation, I did a lot more thinking and research into how I can present Quentin in his photographs. Initially I did have the idea to go down the route of showing him very obviously as a 'Prince', with him wearing some sort of crown. However my idea was to have him wearing a crown made of thorns, which could have been seen to have him almost a symbol for Religion coming to save Claudia from her distress, but after asking the opinion of those around me I decided against this because I thought there was the chance of offending some people- which I don't want to do. As I didn't want to do just thorns, I thought about sourcing a crown and lacing it with thorns- however the ones that I found looked very fake and cheap, so I needed to re-think my idea again. 

Upon reflection of my original idea of having a crown, I think that it might look over the top and I think that having him as a symbol of the Prince might be better. I came to this because if he was to be seen in the TV series, he wouldn't be seen with a crown on his head - as none of the 'royal' characters do. I thought that instead I could use the idea of a bloodied bandage over his eyes or pulled down around his neck. When I shoot the character, I will take multiple images showing both and then decide which I like better. 

In my initial face charts I did use the idea of contact lenses, however upon deliberation I decided against them due to not being confident putting them in, and also my model not being confident in wearing them. So I have done a final face chart of the look showing this. 

I decided on doing the scratches from the thorns over his eye area and down his body, with grazes on his knuckles also. In my initial face charts I did have bruises on his face and chin, however I thought it would be too much. However when I do the look, if it looks like it needs a bit more adding to it, I may add in some defensive bruising to his hands and arms, to show that he is protecting Claudia from Mrs Laderman.

When I shoot him, I want him to be wearing a white shirt that I will rip and add fake blood to. I wanted the styling for him to be very plain and simple because the makeup is quite full on and I don't want to make the photo look over the top. Furthermore the white from the shirt would give a connotation of innocence to the photo, making it seem as though he a victim of Mrs Laderman.  

Modern Victorian inspired by AHS

TOOLS 

- Heated Rollers

- Clips

- Bobby Pins

- Hair Pins

- Pintail Comb

- Hairbrush

PRODUCTS

- Heat Protectant

- Hairspray

STEP BY STEP

- Spray heat protectant onto the hair.

- Do a deep side parting in the hair and section it off to just behind the ear.

- Use the red heated rollers in this front section, curling the hair away from the face to create volume.

- Then 'brickwork' the back of the head to just halfway down the head using the blue rollers.

- Finally use the white rollers to curl upwards from the nape of the neck to the blue rollers. 

- Let the hair set.

-Once set, let the hair down.

- Pin the two front sections away, you won't need them yet.

- Backcomb the crown lightly.

- Section the back into three, roll each section up and bobby pin into place just at the nape of the neck. Once each section is pinned up, use hairpins to perfect them so they look like one roll. 

- Take the two sections at the front out of their pins, use the natural curl to pull back and pin into place above the rolls.

- Hairspray to finish.

MY INTERPRETATION

I'm quite proud of the final hair look, I think that it still has the kept look with the messiness as well. I did find it difficult to get the rolls right, and I did need Lottie's help with getting the hair to roll up on itself, and then I used hairpins to make sure it looked neater. Another thing that I found difficult was making sure that the bobby pins were placed so that they couldn't be seen, which was tricky with the rolls. However I think that being able to see some of the bobby pins added to the messy look of the style, but if it was less messy then it wouldn't look very good. One element that I do really like about the style is the volume that the red rollers gave the hair, so that there is a lift at the root at the front. 

Creating Light Scars using Moulds

PRODUCTS

- Mould: which you can fill with Gelatin/silicone

- Petrolese : release spray, which you need to spray onto the mould before 

- Pros-aide : prosthetic glue, a flexible glue. 

- Pro- Clean: remover of the glue. THIS IS THE ONLY THING THAT WILL REMOVE THE GLUE.

- Kryolan Foundation palette

- Kryolan SupraColour palette

- Fake Blood

- Witch Hazel

- Powder

TOOLS

- Makeup Brushes

- Baby buds

- Cotton pads

- Puff

- Scissors 

HEALTH AND SAFETY

- Make sure that hands are clean before touching the model's skin.

- Make sure to cover over the model so that none of the products can transfer onto the clothes. 

OTHER TIPS

- Pros-aide is a contact glue, which means that you have to apply glue to the skin as well as the mould. 

-You have to make sure that both sides are dry (they will go completely clear) before you stick them together.

- You may have to trim the edges of the mould slightly. It's better to have some rough edges as they won't show up as much on camera in comparison to straight edges. 

STEP BY STEP

- Use a baby bud to apply glue onto the mould and the skin.

- Wait until clear, then stick the mould on. You need to press down hard to make sure that it is stuck properly.

- Use Witch-Hazel on a baby bud to melt away the edges of the mould. Use a downwards motion to do this as this will melt the edges better.

- Powder the area to see what edges need melting away. 

- Clean away any excess glue around the edges, making sure not to go under the mould as it will cause it to unstick. 

- Colour the wound. Make sure that the colour is translucent and not heavy. If the edges are too hard, bring lightly over the edge.
- To remove the mould, just peel off and wipe the excess glue from the skin using the Pro-Clean. 

MY INTERPRETATION

The wound after I applied it to the skin.

The wound after I coloured it.

I did find it incredibly difficult to get all of the edges melted away and I don't think that it looks very good because of this. I did try to blend the red colour out and around to make it look like it was blended in more, but I think that it made it stand out a lot more. I think that adding the fake blood to the wound foes give it an extra element of depth to the wound, making it look a lot better than just using the normal SupraColours. I do think however that I went slightly overboard with trying to blend the black SupraColour into the wound, so that instead of a hint of blackness to the wound it became slightly purple which I don't think looks very realistic.
Another thing that I found slightly tricky to remove was the glue from my arm, I did have to use quite a lot of the Pro-Clean to make sure that it was completely removed from my arm. This makes me wonder if I used a bit to much glue on my arm so that it became more difficult to remove with more product. 

First Ideas for Quentin

Below are some initial face charts that I have done with my ideas for how I want Quentin to look. The top chart shows the idea that I had of his eyes bleeding as a result of being thrown into the thorns  like the Prince in the story. I wanted to add in the element of bruising and a cut lip to show that he is being affected by Mrs Laderman's abuse alongside Claudia. I did wonder about investing in some contacts that make the eyes look clouded and like he has gone blind, however I need to talk to my model about whether he can wear contacts and the logistics of using blood with them. 

The middle chart again shows the idea of him being thrown into the thorns in the story, with his eyes being scratched and bruised as a result of it. I think that using a pin to drag some fake blood across the eye area would look really effective to create the scratches from the thorns, I think with bruised eyes it would look really good. Again I was thinking about using the clouded contact lenses to give the illusion of blindness. 

The bottom chart takes out the element of the blindness and just focuses on the abuse of Mrs Laderman on Claudia. I thought that just having his face bruised would make him seem vulnerable and like he is the victim alongside Claudia. If I was to do both Claudia and Quentin then I would have them with identical bruising to show that he is being affected by what is happening to her. 

Horror and Fashion

In our lesson we were given the choice of different images from runway shows that have influences from horror. I chose the one below from the 2009 John Galliano Fall show. 

najeema (2009) Galliano fall/winter 2009 runway makeup. Available at: http://www.astylizedhysteria.com/galiano-fallwinter-2009-runway-makeup/ (Accessed: 9 March 2016).

I was really drawn to this makeup look because it was very pretty and was very fantasy-like rather than scary. Furthermore I loved the texture that it showed, I thought that the pigment on the cheeks adds a beautiful dewiness to the skin along with the shine that is on the lips. 

As I didn't have my liquid metal palette with me, I found it more difficult to get the same density of colour with just the gold from the SupraColour palette. However I used the pigment from Illamasqua on the cheeks to give the highlight, which I think adds a really nice effect to the skin and replicates the dewiness seen in the photo. 

I decided to use more purple and pink toned shadows instead of the black and grey, I thought that it would look a bit better with Justine's skin tone. I think that it still keeps in with the tone of the original image, especially with the different textures on the lip and cheeks, but adds a different look to the original idea. 

I did try to add some of a pearlescent colour to her lashes, however nothing that I tried worked which is down to me not having my Liquid Metal palette in my kit, which would've been the ideal product to use 

Another Practise...

Here is the final photo from another practise I did before the Timed Assessment. I wanted to make sure that I could do both the hair and the makeup in the time that I have in the assessment. It did take more time to do the entire look because I was also taking photos and making notes for continuity. 

I think that the scar looks  a lot better as it does stretch across the entire forehead, rather than just in the middle. 

One element that I didn't like about this practise was the darkness underneath the eyes. I think that the black under the eye is too extreme and doesn't look as 'natural' as my previous practise. I think to make sure that I make the eyes look as 'natural' as possible, I need to not over-apply the colour and make sure that everything is properly blended. 

I hope that all my continuity notes will enable me to complete the look during the assessment time and replicate each element to look the same each time. 

First Practise of Design

Below are the first images of the practise for my makeup design. I'm really proud of how it turned out along with how well it looks in the photographs. I was very apprehensive about where to put the facial scar, but thinking about where Frankenstein would've cut open the Creature it made sense to have the scar going horizontally across the forehead (in the place where he needed to access the brain).

I did experiment with adding colour to the scar, however I was so disappointed with it I just removed it and decided that it looked better being left. When I did colour the scar it did look slightly like I had just cut open the forehead which wasn't the look I was after. I will definitely need to make sure that I make lots of continuity notes so that I can get the scar looking exactly the same in each assessment. Furthermore I think that I need to bring the scar a lot further across the forehead so that it is seamless and 'blends' in well. 

One element that I think might be difficult is getting the colours and blending exactly the same each time I do it, so I do need to make sure that with the next practise I take lots of pictures with quantities and close ups of each element. Doing another practise before the assessment will make me feel a lot more confident with doing the entire look with hair for the two assessments. 

Practising with Collodion

I wanted to experiment with colouring the Collodion so I could create the look of a 'newer' scar on the skin. Initially I did just paint the Collodion onto the skin to create a scar, however I didn't think it looked that good so thought colouring it would be better for my version of the Creature. Below is the final result of my experiment. 

I used the SupraColour palette to add the colour to the scar- using the light and dark red colours. I think that the area around the scar needs  a bit of work to make sure that the edges are blended better and they look more seamless to the skin. I do like how 'angry' the scar looks, I think that just one of these going down the chest/across the neck of my model would look quite good for the Creature. However one element I am apprehensive about is whether it would be comfortable for my model to have this done as Collodion is not nice to remove in areas where there is hair. I will need to make sure in my practises that I cater to the comfort of my model along with not making it too difficult for myself so I can't complete the design in the allotted time.