FINAL EDITORIAL SHOOT

YAY! 

It's finally completed! 

Here are the best shots from my editorial shoot. Even though there was a bit of stress, I am so pleased with the final outcome and it was exactly as I hoped!

Take a look...

I love the contrasts on both the black and white background, but I have to say I think the white backdrop is my favourite! It really makes the image stand out strongly and draws attention to everyone aspect of the model. The accessories stand out beautifully, and the head piece is bold up against the background. I think its a much kinder background, and personally I think that it compliments the makeup better because white dots on the models cheeks become a lot more vibrant, but also help the whole image blend together.

I am so pleased with the outcome of this shoot. As you can see though there were a few changes. Such as, I got rid rid of the black line down the chin because it made the makeup look too harsh and mish-mashed. I also changed the lip colour from being dark to pale because the attention of the image wasnt all over the place. With the dark lips it seemed much too over crowded, in my opinion.

Practice Editorial

Here are some shots of the editorial shoot I am doing. I had a practice on a dolls head to prepare myself for the real deal. 

Head Wrap

I created the head wrap in my own way to make it more fashionable as opposed to traditional. 
Before wrapping the scarf, I styled the models hair up in a bun, using a doughnut. The doughnut was placed on the top of the models head to give volume underneath the scarf, otherwise it could look quite flat.
Step One: Place one edge of the scarf (the width) over the front hair line and bring the rest down around the sides to the back. Pull out tightly to get rid of any bumps or creases.
Step Two: Then, form the lentgh of the scarf thats left behind the back of a head into a a bunch - as if you were creating a low pony tail.
Step Three: Twist the top of the pony tail and fold it upwards to sit on the top of the head.
Step Four: Once the scarf is in place, bunch out the remains on the scarf that sits on the top of the head. Then, tie a hair tie around it as if you were creating a bun with normal hair.
Step Five: Finally, loosen out the rest of the scarf to form shape and volume on the top of the head.
And that was it! Sounds really easy and looks really effective (I think!).

This was the final look that I am hoping to use for my shoot (if all goes well). It obviously looks a little different on the dolls head as opposed to the real model, but its just a brief idea!

FACECHART

My face chart tries to express the makeup on the face and down to the shoulders.The makeup on the face is quite simple because I didnt want to overcrowd the look when it came to applying the jewellery and the scarification. Editorial is supposed to show beauty and creativity which I do think I will achieve with this look.

It was said that we had to include a technique within our makeup idea. My technique is going to resemble the african tradition of scarification. I want the scars to look really red and raw, as if they are new to the skin. I also want them to be in the style of african patterns, to bring in the influence of the tribal patterns I have previously looked at.
These are the pactice shots and makeup drawings for the tribal technique I will be applying to my look:

Practice Patterns on Paper

Practice Technique on Paper

Practice Scarification on Skin

The scarification is a really effective technique. I created this look by using Tuplast (a glue substance that is easy, and suitable, to draw with on the skin) and Supracolors (a face paint product that is suitable under light and creates amazing colours and blending techniques).

CATWALK

The shoot is nearly arriving! On Wednesday, I'll be producing the outcome of my catwalk shoot. So its time to get everything thats in my head and written on random bits of paper down on this blog! 

I am so excited for the outcome of my Catwalk look but a little worried that there will be problems! For example, I'm nervous that the fact I am doing two completely different tribes instead of just two different looks from the same tribe. I'm worried that this wont show a connection between my looks and my tribal inspirations and my idea wont look underpinned with research!!

BUT, this is something that I will have to wait out. So here is my FINAL Catwalk idea:

FACECHART

The idea for my makeup has come from the Native American/African tribal theme. For this, I am going to be using very earthy colours, which will show a complete contrast between my catwalk and editorial shoot. The makeup is going to be very bronzed on the face to darken the skin, and then smudged red across the eyes and up the forehead. This will represent the scarification, which is big in african tribes. The colouring wont be bright red, itll be a pinky red to look like freshly burnt skin. The lips will be deep purple/brown with a black line down the bottom of the chin to represent the native american and maori body art.

EQUIPMENT:

- Illamasqua Foundation

- Illamasqua Bronzing Duo

- Supracolor Pallette

- Duo Glue

- Face Clay

- FULL KIT

Combination of Tribes: African, Native and Moari

HAIR:

The hair looks pretty simple and plain, but there is more to it than meets the eye. I am going to have the hair down, which is accompanied by a feather large head piece. Some of the hair will have smell plaits within and little dreadlocked pieces. The dreadlocks will just be done by bulking up the hair and applying a clay mask over the top. The clay will also run through other parts of the hair and then over the neck and shoulders. 

STYLING:

The body will be made from a animal print scarf wrapped around the body. Then, around the neck will be a fur piece. Each of these pieces will be earthy colours representing the native african styling. Obviously, there will be the feather head piece which will be the main focus of the look and this is why I dont want the hair to be too extravigant underneath it.

Here are some images of the accessories I will be using within this look:

Fur Shoulder Piece - Primark £4.00

Fur Shoulder Piece Worn Backwards

Leather Animal Skin Bracelets - £3.00 each, Cambridge Market Stool

Long Feather Earrings - £3.00, Primark

Tribal Inspired Wooden Necklace - £7.50, Cambridge Market Stool

Tassle Vest Top - Primark, £7.00

Native Indian Feather Headpiece - Ebay, £29.00

Overall, I spent £53.50 on the accessories for this shoot. It might seem a little expensive, but that was just because of the head piece! However, because my hair isnt overally extravigant and I wanted a large head piece to be the focal point of my catwalk shoot. The headpiece is made from real feathers which bumps the price up even more. But, I think its well worth the money and hopefully it'll really bring together the catwalk styling!

Once adding the cost of the makeup I will be using, I am going to estimate that it was around £100 overall for everything. However, the outcome will proove that this is worth it - and lets be honest, decent fashion and makeup isnt cheap!!

FACE CHARTS

EDITORIAL AND CATWALK FACE CHARTS

Based on many different african tribes but mostly the african zulu tribe. The look will be made up of a headscarf around the head (held up with a beehive), large coloured jewellery around the neck and on the ears, bold coloured eyeliner and lip colour, deep bronzed cheeks, scarf around one shoulder and body accompanied by necklaces.

The catwalk look will be made from earthy colours, animal prints, fur, feathers and red face paint.

Here are the face charts I have done so far! Under each image I have captioned whether its editorial or catwalk because otherwise it'll get confusing! Some of the face charts were done before I had finalised my idea, but hopefully you will see the evolution of my ideas and then eventually there will be the final two I hope to follow!!

EDITORIAL

CATWALK

EDITORIAL

EDITORIAL

EDITORIAL

CATWALK

Overall Moodboard - African VS Native

To referesh memories, I am just going to show the moodboard I created at the beginning of the project. On the moodboard youll see both african tribes and native tribes. This shows that (although I have made it pretty confusing) I have been looking at both tribes, just focusing more on making them african inspired. This is where my idea of colours vs earthy comes in. See the difference in editorial and catwalk now!?

AFRICAN TRIBAL MOODBOARD - EDITORIAL and CATWALK

 

EDITORIAL:

African Tribe inspired look made up from colours, beads, jewellery, scarves and patterns.

CATWALK:

Native Tribe inspired look made up with earthy colours, red tribal smudged makeup, feathers, large headpiece, animal prints and wooden jewellery.

FINALISED IDEAS!!

Okay! This is the final blog post blabbing about ideas! After so much confusion and problems with this project. I have now come to a full conclusion on both ideas and here it is.

Originally, I had both my models picked early. However, last week they both decided to pull out! So now I am left stressed and panicing over the face that I have to find someone else so short notice to stand in. AND this changes a lot of my ideas! Because I was going to have two different models, I was going to use the same african theme. This was because a difference would have easily been shown between the two due to the face that a) I had one black and one white model and b) the models looked extremely different. However, this is now no longer the case. So, instead I ave now decided to split up my theme and instead of going for the TRIBAL MASHUP OF NATIVE AFRICAN (my fancy idea) I am now just going to be plain and simple. Editorial = African. Catwalk = Native. The ideas arent completely random because they are still exactly as I have researched, it just means that they are no longer combined and they are seperate. BUT THIS WILL WORK!!!!!

SO, after lots of crying, stressing and probably some bad words (oops!) I have now come to my conclusions of ideas and a model. Here she is:

Olivia Newman, 19, Student Photographer, Essex

Her hair is going to be perfect for the idea I have for my catwalk as I want the hair down, but also for the editorial because it needs to be 'beehived' and you need a lot of hair for it to cover the doughnuts perfectly! I think her hair really will be the best feature for the catwalk though because this is where I am going to drift into the native theme. This will be focusing on native american tribe, BUT, this tribe is also looked upon briefly in african - known as the native africans (I have done a few posts on them). Feathers, beads, fur - all will work really well with her look. And a strip of red across the eyes to emphasise the native makeup. BEAUTIFUL IDEA!

Have a look at this website for some inspiring native american/african images - http://www.trendhunter.com/slideshow/traditional-native-american-renderings#5

And here is an image that might give you a visual of the catwalk look I am aiming for:

NATIVE AMERICAN

MASH UP - NATIVE AMERICAN/AFRICAN

NATIVE AFRICAN

Then for the editorial. This idea is going to be exactly the same as I have posted in the past. A headscarf, a beehive, lots of coloured jewellery and bold coloured makeup. Again, her pale skin shows the complete oppsite to the original african zulu tribal women, BUT isnt this really the idea of a mashup!? I have said all along that I thought it would be a good idea to mashup the look but changing the appearance completely. I mean, its not about me copied the idea of a tribal look, its about me being inspired by a trend and compsoing my own final idea!

Heres an image of what inspires me for the african tribal editorial look:

I have been  speaking to my lecturers about my ideas because I have been torn between which tribe should be for catwalk and which should be for editoral. I have been told to focus on the ideas that I have got and then, if necessary, change the ideas dependant on the outcome of the image. Although this is a bad thing to do I think this is something I am going to have to look at doing otherwise I am going to keep flipping back and fourth on ideas!! 

However, I do think that I want to keep my ideas as they are because my editorial has a lot more jewellery and accessorising than my editorial and this would be something restrictive when moving on the catwalk. The hair for the editorial also wont quite be as secure as the hair for the catwalk idea and this is also very important to consider.

Now lets look at some face charts!!!!

Summary of Editorial Ideas

Right! Research is over! I know my ideas and now it is time to put them across.

EDITORIAL

The idea for my editorial shoot is referencing the typical African Zulu tribe. This shoot will be focused on a lot of colour, patterrn and bold statements. There will be a large headpiece and lots of styling that will hold the look together - more so than the makeup. However this doesnt mean the makeup wont be focused on, it just means that the makeup will blend around my styling as opposed to the styling having to fit the makeup.

HAIR:

My idea for hair is the most creative part of my styling. Bascially, I want to reference the life of a typical African woman (from all african tribes). I want to show this referencing by creating a head piece that looks like a bowl being held on the head. This will be created using scarves, a beehive, tights and newspaper. The props sound odd, but it will all come together cheaply and easily!! 

The bowl on the head isnt necesserily going to be a bowl. The idea is more about representing this look and referencing the tribal styles, but not copying them. And becuase this is an editorial look I am going to make it a much more fashionable style.

Here is a step by step of how the hair will be created:

Step One: Using a clear pair of tights, stuff them with newpaper and shape into a circular shape. Create more than one of these shapes, and pile them up ontop of one another. To create more of a bowl shape, the circles need to go from narrow to wide all the way up the head. The structure needs to be pinned securely into the head:

Step Two: Wrap the models hair over this prop which will create an OTT beehive style! Pin the hair into the structure securely and make sure that all of the structure is covered:

Step Three: Wrap a scarf around the shape to hold the structure of the bowl and pattern. The hair can poke out of the top to see the style and the scarf can just be wrapped around the bottom half (which will allow me to reference both hair and accessories).

Step Four: Tie and pin the scarf into shape and then accessorize the rest of the hair style with a beaded headband around the forehead and beads into the hair.

I also had a go of using a more solid structure and then attatching it to the head and wrapping a scarf around it. This was the outcome of that: