Final Evaluation

Project Evaluation

I have really loved working on a Gothic Horror brief this term. I’ve particularly enjoyed looking at the concept in both real life and fantasy. Creating characters from Great Expectations gave me the opportunity to research a different era and very diverse characters and use their varying qualities to create designs. Also, actively incorporating a continuity task within our assessments was something I felt I learnt from considerably. Lots detail in reference material is key to a concise replication in hair and makeup.

Claudia and Quentin was a lot of fun to work on because there was a lot of free reign to explore our initial concepts and ideas. There are so many different ways these characters could be interpreted so it was fun to take the brief into my ideal direction and work with ideas I enjoyed researching and designing.

The techniques I’ve learnt throughout the brief, in both hair and makeup, have been really useful and have definitely expanded my abilities as a hair and makeup artist. I have especially enjoyed the work I’ve done with creating wounds and illnesses as well as the silhouette work in hair classes. 

Quentin Assessment

I am pleased with the outcome of my Quentin. I opted for a dusty grey eyeshadow around the eyes and worked white supra colour into the eyelashes. I also used bronzer to give a stubble like shade around the jaw line.

Claudia Assessment

I am really pleased with the outcome of my Claudia shoot. She really does resemble a psycho little girl who could be ranked along the same lines as Esther or Wednesday.  

Quentin Designs

These are the designs for Quentin. I knew right away from my research, what I wanted to create. Simple makeup with a painted on moustache. Simple sleek hair in a discreet ponytail. 

Claudia Designs

Because my inspiration for Claudia are the characters of two young girls, I am using a young model (14 years old) and am creating a 'little girl look'.

This is my final makeup design.

 This is a hair design idea, I find it's a little too mature looking for a little girls hairstyle.

 This is the final hair design. Ponytails are iconic little girls' hairstyles. I've included ribbon too to emphasis her youth.

 This is another makeup look that I felt was a little too sophisticated/mature for the look I wanted to achieve. 

Quentin

Quentin is simply a figment of Claudia's imagination. He isn't real and his image changes as she pleases. Claudia doesn't socialise with anybody so I imagine she imprints these images of her ideal boyfriend onto her own face. Therefore, I have chosen to use the same model as Claudia to bring a deep rooted connection between the two characters.

For Quentin, I was inspired by Italian style villans in top hats with thin moustaches. For example, Dick Dastardly from Wacky Races and Goob from Meet The Robinsons.

The Bowler Hat Guy-Villain of Meet the Robinsons. 2014. The Bowler Hat Guy-Villain of Meet the Robinsons. [ONLINE] Available at:http://www.disneyvillains.net/BowlerHatGuy. [Accessed 05 May 2014].

Claudia

My horror film inspirations for my idea of Claudia derive from the character Ester in Orphan and Wednesday in The Addams Family. I see Claudia as somebody who suffers from multiple personality disorder which explains her alteration of image according to her favourite horror film.