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.