Kate Garrett
Make-up Exploration
Gender transformation.
Drag Queen makeup.
Analysis.
I found this a really hard look to create. It took me a while to get my head round enlarging the proportions of the socket and eye area especiallt as she has such small eyes. My colour choice/placement needed to have been less rounded and more triangluar at the ends. This looks a bit like a raccoon. I didn't like creating the new socket line with gel eyeliner I found it was very hard to blend out and make less liney with pressing in the colour technique.
I am really happy with the nose contour but the cheekbones and jaw needs to be alot stronger next time. The foundation colour is a good choice warming up her skin slightly but still looking natural. I needed to draw the right cupids bow in slightly higher to balance out the lips.
The eyebrows were a disaster I used poweder which was a massive mistake, i didn thi sover unpowdered cream so the foundation was moving all over the place. I need to poweder the base realy well prior to drawing on the brows and to use a pencil to sketch in the shape before using powder. This is a new skill I learnt as I have never drew in eye brows completey from scracth before. The shape was okay just too thick for her face.
But this was a good experience as it has allowed me to highlight some strengths and weakness' I haven yet seen inmyself, giving me room to improve.
Drag King.
Analysis.
As i did with the drag makeup look, I wanted to complete the look without adding anything 3D to the skin, I wanted to test my skills with creams/powder products only. As a whole I have no used a great deal of product in total but i was surprised at how easily they made a big impact on the proportions of my face. The placement of this shading has allowed me to further my knowledge of bone structure and the differences between female and male faces, however they (shadows) have not comepletely made me masculin looking I still have a femine look. Which as a male I think this makes me appear younger looking than I am.
I was so happy with the eyebrows I created, I used a brow gel to create a sparse spike look to my brows then drew in tiny little hairs into them to thicken and created busier look. The product I used was a brown cake eyeliner from kryolan which worked really well as it dried it had different depth which make them look more realistic. For the stubbles I stippled cream product however I used a lager spittple sponge which gave me larger dots than what i was hoping for next time I would used my smaller one which produces tiny dots that will look realistic. However drag king make is for performance so from a far it did not look unrealistc.
For shading I made my nose wider and chnaged the shape of it at the end to enlarge it slightly. I shaded under the brow to make it appear heavier and more prominent which has worked, however with cream products I think I could have got a more drastic look.
As you can see I tried two hair looks; on the left a rocker long hair look and a then a shorter haired look. They both really affect how the makeup is percieved and change how even my makeup appears. This links in really well with concept 2.
Still looking at exploring what is identity, here I have explored the key features of turing a female into a male. I wanted to see it by adding facial hair and making the stucture appear more masculin you identified with her differently. Which explores my question is identity mind or aestheics?
Links to identity & improvements.
Stippling on colour.
I really like this technique, it is perfect for theatre work as it it quick to apply and remove. I have got an even coverage on both sides I could however gone a little higher on the side up towards to side burns so it flowed when looking at it from the front. But over all this is a good method for non close up work.
Laying on Hair.
This is a little tricker as I seem to get in a tangle with the tail comb it goes very sticky after laying on the 1st layer (seen on the right) So when I apply the next it sticks to the comb rather than the skin. I need to work on this technique to make my application smoother and more efficent. For close work this could be used for small pieces such as a gote but it can be time consuming so isn't suitable for quick theatre changes but prior show prep it can be good. It would be hard to have a whole beard of it on stage as apply such a large amount of glue day in day out could irritate the skin so other techniques would be more suitable if this is the requied look.
Lace Stippling hair technique.
I really liked the realistic texture and look this method however I need to use a mixture of dark and mid tone brown for a better natural colouring. This would be perfect for a one of Tv look, for continutity it would not be easy to recreate. I want to also try this using prosaide instead of mastix because it easily stuck to the lace meaning you had to work really fast otherwise it became very messy.
