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Review of Claudia Shoot

To be perfectly honest I found
This shoot fairly challenging in terms of the make up application, however I only have myself to blame since up until the night before the shoot I had planned to use another design which was far more simple and which I had practiced. Because of this last minute decision I did not get to practice my final chosen design beforehand and carrying it out under assessment conditions was not easy.
The base application and eyeshadow were fairly easy to apply and I managed to do both of these within a reasonable time frame, however when I came to painting on the detailed areas such as the black feathery lines from around the eyes and the red lines on the cheeks everything started to go down hill rather swiftly.
Painting on these stripes and making them appear feathery, whilst keeping the design symmetric and blending the black under the eyes was very time consuming and I did not account t for this due to my lack of planning.
I think the look I was going for would have been easier to achieve on a model with a slightly longer face but seeing as I my model was selected for my previously chosen design this was not an option at such short notice. not only would my design have benefited from a longer face but my model also had a very childlike and innocent look about her, again perfect for my previous design but not entirely suitable for a dominating, power tripping and seductive femme fatal.
I was pleased with how the hair turned out although this was the easiest and most simplistic part of my look. It could be argued that I should have designed a more intricate hairstyle for this character but I really wanted the hair to represent the unpredictability and insanity within the character and felt that hair (that is quite frankly a mess) illustrated just how out of touch with reality Claudia really is. The make up was to reflect the fantasy, powerful character that Claudia wishes and aspires to be, however the hair is the reality of someone who does not care for themself, is unstable and slightly crazy. Although simple and basic I think the hair portrayed this element of the story well.
Overall I think the images could have been alot better had I been prepared and stuck to my initial decision instead of chopping and changing my mind at the last minute, however this is a lesson I can learn from and take to my next assessment.
In addition to but still relating to the above statement chosing a suitable model for the look I an aiming to achieve would make life a lot easier and I will remember this in future planning.

Review of Quentin Make up and Shoot

I feel that this ideas worked pretty well, both in terms of make up styling and the poses I chose. Although the make up wasn't the most difficult to apply I think the over all effect looked good on camera and was suitable for the character, being a romantic and mysterious vampire, snd in terms of mood he is rather sad, reflective and deep in thought.
On the left eye (right on camera) the eye make up did run a little whichever appeared a bit panda like in the shots. The models eye did run alot on this side during the shoot which I can only assume is down to the fact that they are not used to wearing eye make up. Although I did attempt to amend the make up between shots I think this smudging of black under the eye is more noticable in the pictures than I thought it would be looking at the small image on the camera screen.
The clothes I think reflected the character well who I wanted to look smart, attractive and gentlemanly.
I was most pleased with how Quentin's hair turned out as I wanted it to be modern and stylish, and although my models hair was very short on the sides already which was perfect for my look, his hair on top is naturally curly and I wanted a sleek straight comb over which I think I achieved well only using wax and hairspray without the use of straighteners
If I was to re create this look I would definitely give myself more time to do the shoot and perfect the make up as I felt a bit rushed trying to take the pictures as my model had a busy schedule on the day and needed to get away. Also finding a day when we were both free during the easter holidays to shoot proved rather difficult.

Claudia

So I decided at the last minute to revert back to my original idea for Claudia as I felt the design I was going to use previously was far to simplistic and boring. I already created a rather simple character in terms of make up for Quentin so I wanted Claudia to be slightly more challenging and complete opposite in terms of mood and style to that of Quentin. I styled my Claudia in a gothic black vintage jumpsuit as it reflected the theme of power and darkness, the delusions of her mind which I was basing my character on. The style of hair I created was a simple back combed mess which represents her psychotic, unhinged  behaviour.

My Model cleanses tones and moisturises daily using products containing natural products, she has normal skin with no apparent dry or problem areas and does not complain of any skin sensitivities.

List of Products used

• Kryolan foundadtion plus white supra colour for a pale base
• A mix of purple and blue Kryolan eye shadows
• A mix of red Krylolan lip colours mixed with Black Supra colour
• Black Supra colour 
• Black Eyeliner
• And the models own Mascara

• To create this look I painted on the stripes of the cheeks and eyes to create a fine painted effect and used the mixture of eye shadow colours to blend to create a smoky eye look
• I darkened the lashes using a brown eyeshadow
• I used a thick black eyeliner to define and darken the eyes

 Below is my idea for Claudia's hair it is a wild messy backcombed disaster which represents her unstable and crazy nature I used a backcombing brush and comb to backcomb the hair and add volume I also used my hands to position the hair and mess it up as much as possible.