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Tuesday, 19 April 2016
Project evaluation
This semester's project theme was Make-up in Motion - Gothic Horror. When I first thought about it it
seemed to be pretty scary, literally, because I just don't like horror movies, books, I completely dislike
zombies or creepy TV series, or even violent and gory film scenes! So this unit was not only
psychologically challenging me, but the skills required to create such characters were completely
missing. Despite all of these, I looked at this project with enthusiasm, mainly because we had to
choose from various books and TV series. I have to admit that I have never watched any of the TV
series given, but some of the books from the list were my all time favourites, which really helped me
to keep my motivation and creativity levels high.
The picture of Dorian Gray being one of my all time favourite books, made me enjoy the first part of
the unit more. Also, researching about the Victorian times, even though for most of the students was a
pain, for me was a pleasure. I've always had an interest for history and being given the chance to
research into England's history was something that I really enjoyed. I've never knew that make-up
and hair had such a big impact in history until now and I thought that these things being "a thing" was
something typical of modern people.
The fact that we had to design our first character accordingly to the book description and to the
fashions of the time was quite challenging, first of all, because it was hard to find a suitable model, and
in my case the model did "most of the work", and secondly because we had to limit ourselves to get
the hair and the make-up done in only one hour and almost a half for the timed assessment. But what
I've learnt from this experience is how to simplify and yet make the design more interesting, keeping
the commercial timings, which is very, very important in the industry. At first, getting both hair and
make-up done was a problem, but with practice I managed to solve it. Another problem that I have
encountered doing Dorian Gray character was taking notes when doing make-up for continuity and
using the same products and same techniques everytime, to achieve the same result. After the first
assessment I ran out of HD foundation and I didn't have enough money until the next one to buy
another so I had to use a different foundation with a different formula and coverage and make it look
like a HD one which, to me, was very difficult. The aim when creating Dorian Gray character was to
keep the flawless compexion without any trace of make-up use, except on the lips and probably
eyebrows, which were the two focal points, or "effects", of my design. The thing that I have missed
though was to take notes of the camera and lighting setups used when taking the first pictures from
the first assessment. This led to me being unable to replicate the exact pictures taken first time, and
this could confuse the assessor, especially because everything in my design was about the skin and the
subtle contour, and changing where the light comes from results in unwanted shadows. Next time I
will pay more attetion to these details as they really matter when shooting for continuity make-up.
Despite of that, I really enjoyed this project and I consider the final result a success.
I feel like I've learnt so many new techniques this semester, especially special effects ones. Even
though I will study Digital Beauty and Editorial Writing next year and not Special Effects, the
techniques I've learnt are very useful even when creating fashion designs. Now that I have these skills
I just need to use a bit of creativity and I have a variety of new options! I have never done a scratch
before, so me being able to do something like a third degree or acid burn was something unachievable
until now. I had to research a lot on the internet too about acid burns and scars like that too, and one
of the artists that I consider a wonderful inspiration in Powdah FX, a sfx artist and youtuber which
gives really helpful tutorials and advices. The techniques I've learnt at uni helped me a lot as well, and
making my own gelatine was super fun, even though I failed first time and had to try it again! If given
the chance to complete the second project again, I will have something to change tough, such as my
time management when working at it and my products stock, because when doing Quentin, my
second character, I quite ran out of blood. And I will change that if I had to complete the first part of
the project as well so I wouldn't ran out of foundation in between the assessments!
Overall I feel more confident in my skills and knowledge and this term has been great, not only
because I have learnt so much but because I had made new friends when working at it too! And
because my Quentin photoshoot was done outside, I had the chance to improve and play with my
photography skills too! I am satisfied of the final images even though they could have been better, but
I think that the essence of improvement is not being completely satisfied with your own work!
seemed to be pretty scary, literally, because I just don't like horror movies, books, I completely dislike
zombies or creepy TV series, or even violent and gory film scenes! So this unit was not only
psychologically challenging me, but the skills required to create such characters were completely
missing. Despite all of these, I looked at this project with enthusiasm, mainly because we had to
choose from various books and TV series. I have to admit that I have never watched any of the TV
series given, but some of the books from the list were my all time favourites, which really helped me
to keep my motivation and creativity levels high.
The picture of Dorian Gray being one of my all time favourite books, made me enjoy the first part of
the unit more. Also, researching about the Victorian times, even though for most of the students was a
pain, for me was a pleasure. I've always had an interest for history and being given the chance to
research into England's history was something that I really enjoyed. I've never knew that make-up
and hair had such a big impact in history until now and I thought that these things being "a thing" was
something typical of modern people.
The fact that we had to design our first character accordingly to the book description and to the
fashions of the time was quite challenging, first of all, because it was hard to find a suitable model, and
in my case the model did "most of the work", and secondly because we had to limit ourselves to get
the hair and the make-up done in only one hour and almost a half for the timed assessment. But what
I've learnt from this experience is how to simplify and yet make the design more interesting, keeping
the commercial timings, which is very, very important in the industry. At first, getting both hair and
make-up done was a problem, but with practice I managed to solve it. Another problem that I have
encountered doing Dorian Gray character was taking notes when doing make-up for continuity and
using the same products and same techniques everytime, to achieve the same result. After the first
assessment I ran out of HD foundation and I didn't have enough money until the next one to buy
another so I had to use a different foundation with a different formula and coverage and make it look
like a HD one which, to me, was very difficult. The aim when creating Dorian Gray character was to
keep the flawless compexion without any trace of make-up use, except on the lips and probably
eyebrows, which were the two focal points, or "effects", of my design. The thing that I have missed
though was to take notes of the camera and lighting setups used when taking the first pictures from
the first assessment. This led to me being unable to replicate the exact pictures taken first time, and
this could confuse the assessor, especially because everything in my design was about the skin and the
subtle contour, and changing where the light comes from results in unwanted shadows. Next time I
will pay more attetion to these details as they really matter when shooting for continuity make-up.
Despite of that, I really enjoyed this project and I consider the final result a success.
I feel like I've learnt so many new techniques this semester, especially special effects ones. Even
though I will study Digital Beauty and Editorial Writing next year and not Special Effects, the
techniques I've learnt are very useful even when creating fashion designs. Now that I have these skills
I just need to use a bit of creativity and I have a variety of new options! I have never done a scratch
before, so me being able to do something like a third degree or acid burn was something unachievable
until now. I had to research a lot on the internet too about acid burns and scars like that too, and one
of the artists that I consider a wonderful inspiration in Powdah FX, a sfx artist and youtuber which
gives really helpful tutorials and advices. The techniques I've learnt at uni helped me a lot as well, and
making my own gelatine was super fun, even though I failed first time and had to try it again! If given
the chance to complete the second project again, I will have something to change tough, such as my
time management when working at it and my products stock, because when doing Quentin, my
second character, I quite ran out of blood. And I will change that if I had to complete the first part of
the project as well so I wouldn't ran out of foundation in between the assessments!
Overall I feel more confident in my skills and knowledge and this term has been great, not only
because I have learnt so much but because I had made new friends when working at it too! And
because my Quentin photoshoot was done outside, I had the chance to improve and play with my
photography skills too! I am satisfied of the final images even though they could have been better, but
I think that the essence of improvement is not being completely satisfied with your own work!
Tutorial feedback
Today was my first tutorial with Kat for this second semester and I have to admit that I feel really bad about not going to more of them, but my work wasn't finished yet. I just wanted to make sure that I have what to show to her so I planned a tutorial at the end of the unit, just so I can get some feedback of what I've done good or wrong or what I can still improve etc. Today's tutorial was really helpful because Kat helped me realised some of the mistakes I've made when creating Claudia and Quentin, so next time I won't repeat them again.
For example, here's a photo from the final Quentin shoot that I really liked because it can show the details, but when making his trousers and shoes dirty as if he digged a grave for Mrs. Laderman, I forgot to take care of the end of his trousers to look the same, and for continuity this is not good. In the future I will be more careful when it comes to details like these.
For Claudia's make-up and photoshoot, I decided to do something else than simple scars and go for something more complicated like an aci burn but unfortunately I didn't think that if she was thrown acid on her she would have touched her face with her hands and she would have got scars on her hands too. That is something else I've realised after today's tutorial, and now I feel kinda bad for not thinking about this as this would have made my make-up more realistic and not like a massive slice-of-pizza on the face haha. Also I've got a couple of nice shots with her hands in it and I wanted to submit those but Kat advised me to submit some in which her hands weren't showing because I forgot to do her hands too, which I found very helpful.
Now I know what kind of mistakes I should avoid in the future and I hope that next time everything will turn out better and more realistic!
For example, here's a photo from the final Quentin shoot that I really liked because it can show the details, but when making his trousers and shoes dirty as if he digged a grave for Mrs. Laderman, I forgot to take care of the end of his trousers to look the same, and for continuity this is not good. In the future I will be more careful when it comes to details like these.
For Claudia's make-up and photoshoot, I decided to do something else than simple scars and go for something more complicated like an aci burn but unfortunately I didn't think that if she was thrown acid on her she would have touched her face with her hands and she would have got scars on her hands too. That is something else I've realised after today's tutorial, and now I feel kinda bad for not thinking about this as this would have made my make-up more realistic and not like a massive slice-of-pizza on the face haha. Also I've got a couple of nice shots with her hands in it and I wanted to submit those but Kat advised me to submit some in which her hands weren't showing because I forgot to do her hands too, which I found very helpful.
Now I know what kind of mistakes I should avoid in the future and I hope that next time everything will turn out better and more realistic!
Monday, 18 April 2016
Sunday, 27 March 2016
Testing for Claudia's make-up
Thursday, 17 March 2016
Contemporary Victorian Hairstyles inspired by 'American Horror Story'
PRODUCTS USED:
Other products that can be used:
TOOLS USED:
HOW TO:
REMOVING:
Simply remove the hairpins and brush the hair.
MY RESULTS:
REFLECTION:
Loved this hairstyle! Whish I had more time to work at it but I will definitely do it again!
- Styling foam;
- Hairspray.
Other products that can be used:
- Heat protector.
TOOLS USED:
- Heated rollers;
- Roller pins;
- Hairpins;
- Pintail comb;
- Hairbrush.
HOW TO:
- Start by sectioning the hair in three sections and then do a centre parting at the front section;
- Insert the red rollers on the sides of the centre parting, doing medium lenght pieces of hair rolled on them;
- Clip the rollers in place;
- Start doing brickwork with the second section of the hair with the blue rollers in the direction of the hair, starting with one or two bricks and ending with three or four;
- Clip the rollers;
- Roll the back and the last section of the hair on the white rollers upwards;
- Clip the hair;
- Once set, let the hair down;
- Pin the front section, we will need it later;
- Backcomb the crown section;
- Roll the remaining hair upwards just as we did with the white rollers to create something like a pretzel bun;
- Comb the front section and place the end of the hairs, curled, on the sides;
- Finish with hairspray.
REMOVING:
Simply remove the hairpins and brush the hair.
MY RESULTS:
REFLECTION:
Loved this hairstyle! Whish I had more time to work at it but I will definitely do it again!
Tuesday, 15 March 2016
Creating scars using moulds
These days I've been really ill and I've missed some classes but I came today at Sue's lesson because I really didn't want to miss the technical stuff as I don't think I'll make it to the catch up session due to a collaboration with Winchester School of Art. Today could have been way more fun if I wouldn't have been late, but I tried to do my best in the time that was left.
PRODUCTS USED:
TOOLS USED:
HEALTH AND SAFETY:
Other information:
HOW TO:
REMOVING:
MY RESULTS:
REFLECTION:
I know. I know. My results don't look real or anything and it just looks like a bad joke but I haven't got enough time to blend the edges as I was really late to the lesson. Next time I will focus more and do my best, this time was just a failed trial.
PRODUCTS USED:
- Gelatine mould (can be filled with gelatin/silicone);
- Petrolese - a release spray that you need to spray the mould before;
- Pros-aide: prosthetic glue;
- Pro-clean: special remover;
- Witch hazel;
- Powder;
- Supracolour;
- Isopropyl alcohol;
- Dark blood;
- Wound filler.
TOOLS USED:
- Baby buds;
- Scissors;
- Brushes;
- Fibrous orange sponge;
- Bowls;
- Powder brush/puff.
HEALTH AND SAFETY:
- Always gown the model to prevent dirt on the clothes or accidentally spilling of blood;
- Ask your model if she/he is allergic to one of the prducts, especially the glue (latex).
Other information:
- To blend the edges, use witch hazel on a baby bud in downwards motions.
- You may have to trim the edges of the mould slightly. It's better to have some rough edges as they won't show up as much on camera in comparison to straight edges;
HOW TO:
- Apply glue on both the place where it's going to be stuck and the back of the mould (it is a contact glue);
- Make sure that both sides are dry - they will be completely clear;
- Stick the mould on the skin - you have to press hard to make sure it is completely stuck on the skin;
- Blend the edges with a baby bud with witch hazel (or with latex);
- Powder the area to see what edges need melting away;
- Clean away any excess glue around the edges, making sure not to go under the mould as it will cause it to unstick;
- Colour the wound. Make sure that the colour is translucent and not heavy. If the edges are too hard, bring lightly over the edge;
- Apply supracolour to colour the scar, you can dillute it with IPA;
- Play with colouring (add black into the hole);
- Add wound filler into the hole;
- Apply generous amounts of blood and let the hand hangind down a bit so the blood will look like it was flowing naturally.
REMOVING:
- Easily gently peel of the mould and then use make-up cleanser to remove anything left.
MY RESULTS:
REFLECTION:
I know. I know. My results don't look real or anything and it just looks like a bad joke but I haven't got enough time to blend the edges as I was really late to the lesson. Next time I will focus more and do my best, this time was just a failed trial.
Saturday, 12 March 2016
Final hair chart for Quentin
This is the final hairchart for Quentin, he will have mud and blood on his hair especially on his fringe, which will be longer than the rest of the hair. He will have kinda messy hair because he founght with Mrs. Laderman before he killed her.
Final face chart for Quentin
So this is my final facechart for Quentin. He will still look beautiful but sinister and creepy, he will have blood splatters and finger traces with blood on his face from the victim (Mrs. Laderman). He will be dirty with mud on his face/hair and especially on his hands wich will be the main focus of the make-up, because my character supposedly killed Mrs. Laderman stabbing her and then buried her with his own hands in the forest. He will have very dark inner corners to suggest that he was very upsed and didn't sleep a lot and he will have tears in his eyes made with glycerin. For the mud I will use fuller's earth and other colourants such as hairspray, food colouring, fake blood etc. I will use a perfume-spray like to spray the blood onto his face and clothes, because the clothes have to be dirty too. He will have nice eyebrows and blue eyes though, because he is Claudia's imaginary boyfriend and he has to look still nice.
Final face chart for Claudia
Friday, 11 March 2016
Claudia, Quentin & Mrs Laderman final moodboards
Claudia Moodboard
Quentin Moodboard
Mrs. Laderman Moodboard
Claudia, Quentin and Mrs. Laderman characters, final story and inspirational words UPDATE
Claudia - Glass prison
Claudia is a girl in her twenties, suffering from multiple mental disorders: she is agoraphobic and schizophrenic. Because she never leaves her home, there aren't many people who know about her problems and who she is friend with. She knows that something isn't quite right with her. She often feels like she is trapped in her own apartment, in her own mind and body, like in a glass prison, but she tries to ignore those feelings and keeps living her life in constant fear and anxiety.
Even though she is agoraphobic and schizophrenic, she has a beautiful soul and beautiful phisycal features as well. She lives in big city and that makes her more anxious and fearful that if she will go outside to discover Miami, something bad will happen to her. Despite of that, she talks with a few of her neighbours whom she considers to be her friends, but only two of those people know about her problems. One of them is Debrah Morgan, Dexter Morgan's sister, who knows about her struggles and wants to help her by being close to her. But the only person which she considers to be her friend and confidant is Mrs. Laderman, her neighbour.
Mrs. Laderman - White rose
She is a lovely lady in her 40's who always gives good advice, cooks nice food and is keeping Claudia in touch with the outside world. Or that's just what Claudia thinks of her...
Claudia doesn't have a boyfriend, as she never leaves the apartments she's living in, but she imagined herself one.
Quentin - The woods
She named him Quentin and he does whatever she wants and loves her unconditionally. His appearance changes to suit her moods, but he is most of the time tall, blonde, with beautiful blue eyes and smart dressed. Because Claudia imagines him being really handsome, she often thinks that other women see him like that too, and every woman who meets him falls in love with him instantly. He is, though, just a project of Claudia's imagination and no one else but Claudia can see him. He is real just to her, while to others it doesn't exist.
Claudia only talks to him on the telephone and lets him visit her only at night, when everybody else is sleeping, so no one can see him. She doesn't know that this happens only in her dreams at night and she believes all this to be real. She once told Mrs. Laderman about him, about how nice he is, but now she regrets it deeply. She thinks that since then, Mrs. Laderman's attitude towards her has changed, and that maybe that's because she and Quentin are secretly seeing each other.
In fact, Mrs. Laderman had designs on Claudia, but she never admitted this. Since she found that Claudia has a "boyfriend", she started feeling betrayed and heartbroken and she stopped visiting Claudia that often.
One day, she finally decided to express her feelings towards Claudia and visited her, bringing a beautiful bouquet of white roses, as a sign to express her "pure" love towards her.
When she entered Claudia's room, she found her talking at the phone with Quentin, and, surprised, dropped the bouquet. When Claudia saw her, she thought that she was secretly stalking her talking with Quentin, and started yelling at Mrs. Laderman to leave her house. Mrs. Laderman felt rejected and betrayed again, and promised herself to never visit Claudia again. She left her house and didn't pick up the white roses though, hoping that Claudia will see them and come to thank her and that they could reconciliate.
Claudia's thought that Mrs. Laderman and Quentin have a secret relationship grew bigger and bigger and she started hating her. She throw the bouquet of roses on the window right after Mrs. Laderman left, so she can see that she doesn't need her attention and she doesn't want to be close to her again...
Left with no other friend to talk to, Claudia started confessing to Debra about what happened, but she didn't really took her seriously.
Time has passed and she forgot Mrs. Laderman. She actually started missing her, so she phoned her to invite her over.
Meanwhile, Mrs. Laderman's feelings of love mutated into hate, and she kept building a plan in her mind to destroy the love between Claudia and Quentin. She didn't know that Quentin wasn't real...
As soon as she received Claudia's call, she started planning how to mutilate her so Quentin will no longer love her. She bought a bottle of acid and went straight to Claudia's home.
Mrs. Laderman rang the bell. Claudia, excited to see her, opened the door straight away, and Mrs. Laderman threw the bottle of acid on her face, reaching half of it and the shoulder and leaving her to fall on the floor. Happy that her plan succeeded, she yelled to Claudia: "So you'll never see Quentin again!" and left, leaving her devastated.
Claudia was left there, blinded and scarred by the acid that was burning her face slowly. She lost her consciousness and fell down...
Soon after this, Debra came over and found her lying on the floor, in the door. She immediately took her to the hospital and started investigating what happened with her. Claudia was unable to talk for days, but Debrah remember all that she said about the incident with Mrs. Laderman and started questioning her. She investigated the case with help from her brother, Dexter, and found Mrs. Laderman guilty, but they couldn't imprison her and and left her free despite the frustration and the obviousness of the case. There were no witnesses. Mrs. Laderman's younger brother was a successful lawyer who managed to help her escape the sentence, with the reason that Claudia's mental health was precarious.
Dexter saw the injustice and couldn't bear it. He decided to go himself after Mrs. Laderman and punish her for what she did. And he did so. He killed Mrs. Laderman a night before the morning when Claudia killed her in her hallucination, in her dream, from her mind.
Meanwhile, Claudia was slowly recovering but her mental state became more unstable. She was hospitalized in a mental health centre, where doctors were taking care of her. But she couldn't find her peace. She wanted revenge. She wanted to tell Quentin what happened, but she only could "speak" to him on the phone. Luckily, Debra came to visit her and brought her a few of her belongings, her lapton, her favourite pillow and her phone.
That night she finally could call Quentin. She hid herself in the hospital's bathroom and "called" him, telling him everything that had happened. She felt that he was the only one that believed her. And he was, because, he was in her mind. He existed there and he knew everything that she knew. He was completely real, but only in her mind. So he wanted to show her how much he loves her and seek her revenge. That morning, Quentin killed Mrs. Laderman and buried her in the woods outside of the hospital. That was the last thing that Claudia saw, and the last morning sunshine that she felt through the hospital bathroom windows. Right after she "saw" this, she couldn't take it anymore and she killed herself taking all the medications that she had for her mental illness and her acid burns. She was found dead on the bathroom floor by a nurse. Did she die, or did she just escape from the glass prison where she was captive all her life?
Claudia is a girl in her twenties, suffering from multiple mental disorders: she is agoraphobic and schizophrenic. Because she never leaves her home, there aren't many people who know about her problems and who she is friend with. She knows that something isn't quite right with her. She often feels like she is trapped in her own apartment, in her own mind and body, like in a glass prison, but she tries to ignore those feelings and keeps living her life in constant fear and anxiety.
Even though she is agoraphobic and schizophrenic, she has a beautiful soul and beautiful phisycal features as well. She lives in big city and that makes her more anxious and fearful that if she will go outside to discover Miami, something bad will happen to her. Despite of that, she talks with a few of her neighbours whom she considers to be her friends, but only two of those people know about her problems. One of them is Debrah Morgan, Dexter Morgan's sister, who knows about her struggles and wants to help her by being close to her. But the only person which she considers to be her friend and confidant is Mrs. Laderman, her neighbour.
Mrs. Laderman - White rose
She is a lovely lady in her 40's who always gives good advice, cooks nice food and is keeping Claudia in touch with the outside world. Or that's just what Claudia thinks of her...
Claudia doesn't have a boyfriend, as she never leaves the apartments she's living in, but she imagined herself one.
Quentin - The woods
She named him Quentin and he does whatever she wants and loves her unconditionally. His appearance changes to suit her moods, but he is most of the time tall, blonde, with beautiful blue eyes and smart dressed. Because Claudia imagines him being really handsome, she often thinks that other women see him like that too, and every woman who meets him falls in love with him instantly. He is, though, just a project of Claudia's imagination and no one else but Claudia can see him. He is real just to her, while to others it doesn't exist.
Claudia only talks to him on the telephone and lets him visit her only at night, when everybody else is sleeping, so no one can see him. She doesn't know that this happens only in her dreams at night and she believes all this to be real. She once told Mrs. Laderman about him, about how nice he is, but now she regrets it deeply. She thinks that since then, Mrs. Laderman's attitude towards her has changed, and that maybe that's because she and Quentin are secretly seeing each other.
In fact, Mrs. Laderman had designs on Claudia, but she never admitted this. Since she found that Claudia has a "boyfriend", she started feeling betrayed and heartbroken and she stopped visiting Claudia that often.
One day, she finally decided to express her feelings towards Claudia and visited her, bringing a beautiful bouquet of white roses, as a sign to express her "pure" love towards her.
When she entered Claudia's room, she found her talking at the phone with Quentin, and, surprised, dropped the bouquet. When Claudia saw her, she thought that she was secretly stalking her talking with Quentin, and started yelling at Mrs. Laderman to leave her house. Mrs. Laderman felt rejected and betrayed again, and promised herself to never visit Claudia again. She left her house and didn't pick up the white roses though, hoping that Claudia will see them and come to thank her and that they could reconciliate.
Claudia's thought that Mrs. Laderman and Quentin have a secret relationship grew bigger and bigger and she started hating her. She throw the bouquet of roses on the window right after Mrs. Laderman left, so she can see that she doesn't need her attention and she doesn't want to be close to her again...
Left with no other friend to talk to, Claudia started confessing to Debra about what happened, but she didn't really took her seriously.
Time has passed and she forgot Mrs. Laderman. She actually started missing her, so she phoned her to invite her over.
Meanwhile, Mrs. Laderman's feelings of love mutated into hate, and she kept building a plan in her mind to destroy the love between Claudia and Quentin. She didn't know that Quentin wasn't real...
As soon as she received Claudia's call, she started planning how to mutilate her so Quentin will no longer love her. She bought a bottle of acid and went straight to Claudia's home.
Mrs. Laderman rang the bell. Claudia, excited to see her, opened the door straight away, and Mrs. Laderman threw the bottle of acid on her face, reaching half of it and the shoulder and leaving her to fall on the floor. Happy that her plan succeeded, she yelled to Claudia: "So you'll never see Quentin again!" and left, leaving her devastated.
Claudia was left there, blinded and scarred by the acid that was burning her face slowly. She lost her consciousness and fell down...
Soon after this, Debra came over and found her lying on the floor, in the door. She immediately took her to the hospital and started investigating what happened with her. Claudia was unable to talk for days, but Debrah remember all that she said about the incident with Mrs. Laderman and started questioning her. She investigated the case with help from her brother, Dexter, and found Mrs. Laderman guilty, but they couldn't imprison her and and left her free despite the frustration and the obviousness of the case. There were no witnesses. Mrs. Laderman's younger brother was a successful lawyer who managed to help her escape the sentence, with the reason that Claudia's mental health was precarious.
Dexter saw the injustice and couldn't bear it. He decided to go himself after Mrs. Laderman and punish her for what she did. And he did so. He killed Mrs. Laderman a night before the morning when Claudia killed her in her hallucination, in her dream, from her mind.
Meanwhile, Claudia was slowly recovering but her mental state became more unstable. She was hospitalized in a mental health centre, where doctors were taking care of her. But she couldn't find her peace. She wanted revenge. She wanted to tell Quentin what happened, but she only could "speak" to him on the phone. Luckily, Debra came to visit her and brought her a few of her belongings, her lapton, her favourite pillow and her phone.
That night she finally could call Quentin. She hid herself in the hospital's bathroom and "called" him, telling him everything that had happened. She felt that he was the only one that believed her. And he was, because, he was in her mind. He existed there and he knew everything that she knew. He was completely real, but only in her mind. So he wanted to show her how much he loves her and seek her revenge. That morning, Quentin killed Mrs. Laderman and buried her in the woods outside of the hospital. That was the last thing that Claudia saw, and the last morning sunshine that she felt through the hospital bathroom windows. Right after she "saw" this, she couldn't take it anymore and she killed herself taking all the medications that she had for her mental illness and her acid burns. She was found dead on the bathroom floor by a nurse. Did she die, or did she just escape from the glass prison where she was captive all her life?
Thursday, 10 March 2016
Collage photos from both timed assessments
Left picture: first assessment. Right picture: second assessment.
Claudia, Quentin, Mrs Laderman second face charts
Claudia:
After updating/changing the story I think that it's time to change the facecharts too. Claudia will have half of the face burned by acid, with her earsn and half of the nose too. On the still beautiful side of her face, she had beautiful eyeliner with soft smokey eye but then she started crying and smudged the make-up on the lower eyelid. Her eyebrows can be full and her lips slowly fading from deep pink to pale pink at the edges of the lips.
Mrs. Laderman:
Mrs Laderman will be stabbed by Quentin in Claudia's dream and buried in the woods, that's what explains the mud and dirt on the edges of the facechart and even on its face. She will look beaten and she will bleed from her mouth, nose and neck stab too. Her eyebrows are bushy but pretty and their colour will be grey.
Quentin:
He is Claudia's imaginary boyfriend and he killed Mrs. Laderman because she wanted "revenge". He had beautiful blue eyes with beautiful eyebrows as well. Stains on his face are made by the victim who was helplessy trying to escape and fight the attacked - Quentin. He has blood and mud in some plces, including his hair. He will be very contoured to make him look prettier.
Claudia, Quentin, Mrs Laderman first hair charts
Sorry for the bad drawings but I had no patience left at all to do tomething prettier. The description of the hair ideas is noted on the hairchart, there is nothing too complicated that cannot be achieved.
Really sorry for this Quentin.
Claudia, Quentin, Mrs Laderman first face charts
CLAUDIA:
Claudia is a beautiful girl with nice eyebrows and blue eyes. This facechart represents her after she stabbed Mrs. Laderman, with blood splashes on her neck and face and with tears running down her face. The eyeliner underneath will be a bit smudged and she will have a soft smokey eye. Her lips will be pink and faded from interior to exterior. Her face will be contoured. The tears can be made with glycerin and the blood splashed with a paint brush.
MRS. LADERMAN:
Mrs. Laderman is in her '40s but looks older than she actually is. She has fine but visible wrinkles at her eyes and on the forehead. She has her face contoured downwards to create the illusion of older, saggy face. Her eyebrows are bushy and have a grey/brown/ashy tint. Her lips are mixed pink with brown and she has her lips wrinkled a little bit. Her eyes are brown. The stab would can be on her neck and she will also have blood sprinkles on her face. and chest and obviously blood running out of her neck.
QUENTIN:
He will be portrayed as a monster that returned from hell. He has fire in his eyes and he is full of dirt and mud, he has blackeyes and his mouth is full of blood with rottenteeth and creepy overall.
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