I have really enjoyed the project ‘Brave New World’ as I
really feel that we were allowed creative freedom on this, and we really could
take it in any direction that we wanted too, and wasn’t limited with what we
could do. I really enjoyed looking at crocodiles when looking at my human
hybrid, especially looking at its origins, and learning in depth about its
history up to the present day as well as looking at different interpretations. The
thing I found the hardest about this project was the blending of my hand
pieces, and trying to make them stick, as they kept lifting in one area. I feel
this was mostly due to the fact that it was on the hand and the movement of the
hand in the way it bends made the piece lift. To try and overcome this problem
I tried using pros-aide, but this didn’t work very well, I tried spirit gum,
and this worked slightly better. In the end I had to leave it ad then stick the
piece on at the last minute and try and use my supracolour and the fishnet
tight to create scales over the pieces in an attempt to make my pieces work. Overall
though I am really pleased with my overall outcome of my hybrid as I feel
special effects is not one of my strongest areas, but I feel I did the best
that I could by dedicating a lot of time and effort into this project.
Saturday, 28 November 2015
Technical Evaluation
I have really enjoyed learning special effects, and I feel
that as an aspiring makeup artist that this is a skill not many have the
opportunity to explore. The part I feel I liked the most out of special effects
was the moulding element. I like the way you had to really perfect and smooth
your pieces for the best possible outcome. I also really enjoyed the process of
making the pieces by measuring out the A and B and making sure not to cross
contaminate as silicone is a highly sensitive material and will react to any
form of cross contamination, this includes not using separate sticks for the A
and B, as well as making sure to change gloves and always making sure to use
the correct amounts of measurement for each substance. With the silicone as
well, they reacted badly to aloe vera and garlic, so when sculpting and preparing
our moulds, we had to make sure to stay away from these substances. I feel
during the process of making of my pieces I was always referring back to my
notes, as the whole process is really time consuming and quite complicated.
Also there are a list of health and hygiene rules that you must abide by, for
not only our own safety but for the safety of others around us, this ranged
from using the correct equipment, e.g. scales, wearing old clothing, as wearing
gloves, to having to wear masks when spraying petrolease and fixing spray, and
also making sure to spray next to a window as not to contaminate the air in the
studio. One part I struggled with was using the alcohol palette to colour my
silicone pieces, and in the end resulting in using supracolour, as I feel I achieve
a better result.
Back piece (no makeup)
This is my back piece with no makeup on. I am over all happy with this piece considering it was such a large piece, However i feel i could of had more room around my mould so that i could of had more super baldiez to blend.
Making the top
Because of my back piece i knew that i would need a halter neck top, as a normal t-shirt would cover the piece on the back. In order to do this i made a top using two different types a fabric, one a silk brown and greeny material and then a laser cut faux leather top. I made a triangle out of both pieces of fabric and then sewed them to a hoop necklace i had, then on the day i would tie it around my models back.
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