Thursday, 14 April 2016

The Walking Dead (TWD)


The Walking Dead is an American horror drama television series developed by Frank Darabont, based on the comic book series of the same name by Robert Kirkman, Tony Moore, and Charlie Adlard. Andrew Lincoln plays the show's lead character, sheriff's deputy Rick Grimes, who awakens from a months-long coma to confront a post-apocalyptic world overrun by zombies. Grimes reunites with his family and becomes the leader of a group he forms with other survivors. Together they struggle to survive in and adapt to a world filled with zombies and some humans who are even more dangerous than the zombies themselves.
The first season through to the first half of the fifth season are at first set within the Atlanta metro area and then the surrounding countryside. Beginning with the second half of the fifth season, the series mainly takes place in Alexandria, Virginia.
The Walking Dead premiered in the U.S. on October 31, 2010, on the cable television channel AMC and internationally in November 2010 on Fox International Channels. AMC has renewed the series each year because of its consistently increasing Nielsen ratings, which have been unprecedentedly high for a cable series, including averaging the most 18- to 49-year-old viewers of any cable or broadcast television series during its third through sixth seasons. The series has been renewed for a 16-episode seventh season which will debut in October 2016. An AMC companion seriesFear the Walking Dead, debuted on August 23, 2015.
The series has been well received by critics and nominated for several awards, including the Writers Guild of America Award for Television: New Series and the Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series – Drama.

Ref: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Walking_Dead_(TV_series)

Monday, 21 March 2016

Contemporary Victorian hairstyle inspired by 'American Horror Story'



Products:
-hairspray

Tools: 
-hot rollers 
-hairbrush
-comb
-hair grips

- Center part the front hair to just behind the ear. 


- Fix the red hot rollers on these two sections in order to create volume. 
-Then, using the blue ones, make a brickwork, but only with half of the hair. 
-After that, using the white ones, curl upwards the back hair. 




-Let the hot rollers do their job. 
- Backcomb the front hair. 

- Then, section again the front hair, and with the back hair, create a bun made from 3 sections.



- Roll the front sections and fix the in pins. 



- Spray the hair and that's it!



Wednesday, 16 March 2016

Light scars using moulds


Step-by-step

-Using a baby bud, apply the prosthetic glue on the the area where you want to apply the gelatin. Also, apply the glue on the gelatin as well and stick it on the skin and press it.
-Get rid of those edges by using a baby bud and witch hazel. Rub the gelatin across (from interior to exterior) and the edges are, in this way, burnt.
-Using baby powder , powder the area.
-Start coloring the wound using supra color in red and black. 
-To look more realistic, apply wound filler in the hole with a hair grip, pencil or baby bud.
-Then, with a stipple sponge, apply fake blood all around it. 

It can be removed by pulling off and clean the edges with surgical spirit.


Products used:
gelatin
prosthetic glue
wound filler
fake blood
supra color
surgical spirit 
baby powder 
witch hazel

Health and safety: 

- Make sure the model does not do eye contact with the powder, surgical spirit or witch hazel. 

Monday, 14 March 2016

Continuity assessment -s.w.o.t. analysis-



I believe this assessment was a lot harder than the Elizabethan one. I'm saying that because I, personally, have struggled with precision and details because it's really complicated to make the same makeup or hairstyle, especially, to look the same. The only difference between the first and second assessment I think it was the bun, probably because my model's hair was freshly washed the second time and it was harder to style the hair.
Anyway, I am not complaining because I'm sure the next time it's gonna be better and I had to learn from that. But I have to admit that no matter how hard you try, it's impossible to create exactly the same hairstyle or makeup.




Wednesday, 9 March 2016

Continuity assessment 2


Comparing both assessments, I must say that I did my best in the first one. I'm saying that because there is a small difference at the bun, but overall I tried to do everything as in the first place. 

Wednesday, 2 March 2016

Continuity assessment 1


The first assessment went unexpectedly good and I'm personally pleased of the result.It helped a lot that my model was communicative, patient and on time. Because the makeup and the hairstyle were simple, it took me one hour to transform her (more or less) into Jane Eyre. 



Thursday, 25 February 2016

Practice for the Continuity Assessment

For this assessment, I was lucky of finding a suitable model for my character. I needed a beautiful blonde girl for Jane Eyre's character and I found one. Anyway, before the assessment we met once to practice. I didn't need to practice on my model more than once because the looms are quite simple.

HAIR





MAKEUP





Everything took me about an hour and after that I knew everything I had to do in order to achieve a better version of the look for the assessment.