Showcase; My Concepts on the Night

Live Model

 My male model had his army uniform on, and I had given him a sling for good measure, with his hand bandaged and covered in blood, where the blown off hand would have been. 

On his face I spattered him with dirt and mud using an old paint brush with the ends chopped off. I mixed brown dirt pigment with sealing gel, and spattered it all over the face and neck area. As this piece was made for TV I ensured I didn't miss details such as spattering his other hand with dirt, and the back of his neck also. 

I was very pleased with this look overall, as it caused a real shock factor for people when they walked past, and it stood out from the crowd. And where was his hand you ask?...

The hand prosthetic piece which I had made of the soldier was on the plynth on the floor next to my soldier, holding my business cards!

Perhaps this soldier was about to give me a call before his hand was tragically blown off... who knows.

My female model, the 1940's housewife character was also very successful I felt. I tried to keep as true to the era as I possibly could, and keeping it true to life for the purpose of TV. She was a glam housewife doing the cooking and cleaning, waiting for her man to return home from war.

I even put the hair in rollers which I felt was a nice realistic touch, and stays true to the era.

The overall look of this piece I feel would be great for TV. One thing I would improve is the lip line which I had to rush. As I had been at the venue all day alone setting up and still rushing around when we got to the venue sorting things for people, I only had a few seconds to apply the lip whilst our first guests were arriving. Perhaps if we were to do it again I would be more selfish and put my own work first. 

The Happy Couple

As an overall concept I feel that this was a complete look, with details considered; which made it in my opinion stand out. It was a lot of fun for me to create, even if it wasn't as arty or Avant Garde as I would usually tend to go with my make-up looks. It was something fresh for me and showed my skills as a period and special effects make-up artist. I am extremely proud of what I achieved here. If I were to do this again I would go even further with the special effects on the male model - I would have liked to have created a full arm prosthetic.

'Change' Concept

When it came to displaying my image, I was worrying because I didn't have the pictures of the model taking selfies of herself like I initially wanted. So to get around that issue and still incorporate the Instagram theme into my work, I printed off an Instagram border to put around my image. This meant that the image actually looked like an Instagram post on the news feed, with the 'like and comment' buttons underneath the picture.

I also sneakily made it my own make-up Instagram name, because you know... free publicity. Why not?

I was really happy with how this concept looked overall. I felt that it was really quirky looking due to the Instagram frame, and really stood out from the rest. 

Birthday Timeline Concept

I loved how my Birthday timeline piece looked at the showcase. I felt that it was such a striking final image, which captured attention. The issue was that as my image was already quite dark, and the venue was also quite dark - you struggled to be able to see the details which went into it. Therefore this piece is nice to go into a portfolio but didn't translate as well as I wanted it to in the flesh.

Fashion Film Concept

So the post apocalyptic film we'd created was projected on the screens in the White Room at Tiger Tiger. It looked amazing as it was being shown on the three projectors in the room. It was looped so that it played on repeat throughout the whole night. This really gave the feel of it being a Vogue style exhibition which was an added bonus.