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Overall I have really enjoyed creating this blog on the my interpretation of ... WILD KINGDOM

I have been through quite a lot these last few weeks due to family issues, i'm sure this blog could have been a bit better but in the same respect I am happy with the outcome.

Researching through different the history of tribal art, beauty, body art has opened my eyes to the rest of the world as cheesy as that sounds; especially as I have got family around the world and have chosen to focus on the middle east where the bulk of my family are.


I feel I have achieved what I wanted to achieve with this project, yes I have been stressed but now its complete worth every minute of it because it has made me realise what I actually want..

To push through stress and reach the goal I intended originally.

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Timed assessment based on tribal BEAUTY 


for the timed assessment we were paired up and basically designed a tribal makeup look and gave it to our partner to create. we benefitted from this in many ways.

Firstly being timed would make us keep an eye on the time so in the future we are aware on how long we are taking. also creating someone else's idea is a little harder than creating your own design idea because you don't know where the thoughts have come from to do so.

This is the face chart that I got given to recreate -

 the design idea isn't has hard as I would have expected but I had a really good time recreating this idea. I did struggle making the dots on each side of the face similar, but apart from that I felt I didn't to a too bad a job. I really enjoying re recreating the hair design as I favour hair design. over all I didn't think I did too bad!

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image that inspired my editorial idea 

 



 This image was the main image that inspired my editorial idea. I really liked this image as I was able to take parts from it that fitted the brief brilliantly. I love the composition of it and the fact that it is very seductive - if you like with out being 'in your face' sex.

Again I was going with the Arabian theme, so the gold/ bronze colours are perfect in this case. I really like that she has her eyes covered. as I have mentioned in previous posts Arabic women have to cover their hair and bodies to retain their sexuality for their husbands. so I chose an image that would relate to this, keeping the tradition there with out loosing the fashion, editorial aspect.

I also liked the gems on the lips, I felt that added the effect of wealth to the image. which is what I was looking for.

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Main inspired image...

this was one of the main images that inspired me in which direction to go into, as the image tells a story. there are three fashion models, in the desert with a camel and they are making it look very editorial.

I have mentioned that I have family in the middle east and as soon as I came across this image it was like putting 2 + 2 together ...

although this image can seem quite 'bland' is the word I would use, because there is lack of colour, whitish colour sand, white Arabian dresses, whitey colour sky etc, I believe this was created with a purpose. the camel stood there behind them ties in the fashion styling; the dresses, bare foot, hair design. and in my eyes believe it or not although the camel is the only thing that really stands out it brings the entire image together.

 

 

 

 

 

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main catwalk image that influenced my ideas..

this image has dark eyes, slick hair, contoured cheek bones and gold leaf. although my running theme has been Arabian I have chosen this subtle look as my catwalk image. as I have mentioned in previous posts catwalk makeup and hair design has to be fully functional so that they can change outfits in quick time. 

I believe this image has all the components that my theme needs so I developed my thoughts and ideas to produce my final image.. which is yet to come. 

 

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putting my second design together..
 
so this second look is all about it being editorial, as I have explained in other posts, I am allowed to be free in terms of my creativity here. I wanted to keep the design creative but still with that fashion edge.
 
again I kept my self to a strong base image...
 

 
dark eyes, strong contoured cheekbones and some dark colour on the lips, with out forgetting the dark brow.
 
too develop my look I wanted to incorporate some sort of materials. I thought and thought about this - it did take me a little while to be honest but then it came to me. >
 
in the middle east women tend to cover their hair, yes?
 
so I wanted to do so but with out taking the fashion edge away from the image.
 

 
as you can see from my annotated image I have tried to incorporate all aspects that I wanted to create. I have also added a large gold statement necklace.

here is a digital face chart that I have created..

 the black part over the face is going to be black netting where the model can just about see out but no one can see in, this is what I wanted to create - mystery.
 
 

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putting my 1st design together...


so after researching deep into tribes, jewellery, makeup and hair design I have come up with a design idea that would fit into a catwalk show.



the face chart above shows the basic template that I am hoping to create. I have chosen dark eyes with a strong brow, contoured cheekbones and colour on the lips.


Development:

 the gold dots on the face either side of the black stripe down the centre of the face are to incorporate the jewelling effect that the middle eastern/indian cultures tend to use. the black stripe down the center of the face is to add definition and mystery with out covering the actual face.

 I haven't actually changed much to the facial makeup becuae I wanted to keep a strong, contoured face with out over powering the design.

 

I used bronzed colours over the whole of the face to contour the face

a very bronze colour on the lips

dark brown/black eye shadowing

dark brown eye colouring

gold/bronze gems either side of the black centred line

I used 'Fullers Earth' over the hair to add texture on to the hair where I bled the gold/bronze colours on too.
I then created a fish tail plait to the to tie in tribal effects but then keeping it simple again.

I used a lot of jewellery with in this image because as I have previously stated in my other posts jewellery has been a big part of tribes histories.



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