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Project Evaluation

At the start of this unit, I found the whole brief quite overwhelming, especially considering the fairly short amount of time that we had to do it in. However, as time went on, I realised that once I got the hang of creating the moulds and pieces, it was not as hard, nor time consuming as I thought. I kept up to date and before I knew it, the unit was coming to an end!

My main problem that I encountered throughout this unit was just coming up with an initial idea and then transferring this to pen and paper. For example, when deciding on a hybrid animal, it took me while for my mind to suddenly click and realise what I wanted to do, but then once I did figure it out, I found it quite difficult to explain and show my idea to anyone. However, I managed to overcome this by creating several face charts that demonstrated what I meant, and then by creating the pieces, it started to become clear, and everything else fell into place. On the other hand, this is one of my favourite parts about SFX - you can think of a totally individual idea that no one has every seen before, and then you are able to actually create it! 

Overall, I have really enjoyed this unit and it has taught me so much in such a short space of time - it is definitely something I will think about pursuing in the future!

Technical Evaluation

Throughout this project, I have learnt so many new technical skills and a lot of knowledge, that I can continue to reuse and build upon. I feel that I can now confidently create a mould and know the things that will impact how successful it will turn out, e.g. are the edges of my sculpture as smooth? Have I sealed all of the sculpture, to ensure no silicone leaks out? I can also now create prosthetic pieces using my moulds, and am more than able to apply and remove them successfully. I found this unit both very interesting, and at times challenging. At first, I was very weary as to if what I was doing was right, but now, I know what I need to do when working in this particular field of work. 

When working on my wound, I liked that I was able to create a prosthetic piece that had something attached to it (the glass), because I now feel confident in doing that, as well as the standard pieces, like I created in the hybrid part. I liked the variation between creating something realistic and something extremely creative; I found the realistic part slightly harder because I knew exactly how it should look, and this was the first prosthetic piece I created. 

I have learnt there are a lot of health and hygiene factors that I needed to be aware of; one of the key ones being not to contaminate any of the silicones - this means you had to  ensure you were labelling things up, and changing gloves. Also, throughout the process, you are spraying a few different things (e.g. petrolease and fixing spray) therefore you need to ensure that you are spraying these products by an open window, and have a mask on. 

Creating My Hybrid Instructions

1. Apply the prosthetics to the face using prosaide - ensure that it is clear on both the piece and the model before sticking it to the face
2. Using alcohol and cotton buds, remove the excess areas of boldiez and try to create a seamless transition between the piece and the skin
3. Apply purple eyeshadow all over the eyelid
4. Using purple supracolor, create a winged liner
5. Apply foundation all over the face (not worrying too much about going over the prosthetic pieces)
6. Using the supracolor palette, create the butterfly pattern on the face
7. Colour the pattern by mixing purple and white supracolor, making the purple fade out as in comes into the centre of the face
8. Using a very small brush, apply foundation between the lines of the butterfly pattern to give it crisp, clean edges
9. Fade the purple out using foundation
10. Powder lightly using Illamasqua translucent powder
11. Apply a small amount of highlighter to the tops of the cheeks
12. Contour lightly, using purple eyeshadow, around the jawline and neck
13. Apply mascara to top and bottom eyelashes
14. Apply supracolor to the lips, creating a slight ombre
15. Curl hair and brush out to be quite wavy
16. Create a quiff, and twist the remaining hair at the back, and grip into place

When removing, ensure to use prosaide remover.

Creating My Final Hybrid

Tools/equipment needed:

Prosthetics with no paint job

Prosthetics with paint job

Final images

Practicing My Hybrid

Now I had created my pieces successfully I wanted to get the make-up down to a T. Therefore, I decided the best way in which I could do this is by creating more of the prosthetic pieces using the moulds, to quickly apply and then practice the make-up to give me an idea of completed look.

However, I did not have any Petrolease at home... I tried to create the pieces anyway, to see how they would turn out, and even if they were not very successful, I hoped that I could still use them to give me a gist of the full look. The problem I found when I took the pieces out was that the actual piece (not boldiez), became very tough to take out as it was stuck and I had to really pull it to get it out. When doing this, it caused some of the pieces to stretch and move out of place, and left a lot of dents and gaps, which meant they did not look how I wanted, but still I thought they would be usable for a practice run (as at this point I was running out of silicone A and B!).

The pieces without using Petrolease

With this in mind, I decided to still go ahead and use them because I was not practicing applying/using the prosthetic pieces, they were just there to give me a rough idea of how the face will look. I am only going to half of the face for this practice, and I am doing it on myself so I will not be able to see it from all angles/perspectives like I will be able to do when I am doing it on my model.

Reminder of my face chart

Tools/products needed to create the look

This shows the prosthetics roughly placed on the face, and the butterfly pattern painted on using the supracolor palette 

Lip colour added, also using supracolor

Purple/lilac eyeshadow added

I feel from this angle you can see the butterfly structure that has been combined into the face to create the hybrid

I then added supracolor and eyeshadow under the piece to really make the butterfly structure stand out

Hair style added - slight quiff, with relaxed wavy hair

After carrying out this practice, I can really imagine and see my hybrid coming to life. I feel that the prosthetic piece and make-up work quite well together, especially around the cheekbone area, when you catch it from the side (as shown in last 2 images). Obviously, I will do the prosthetics as best I can for the final thing; ensuring that the edges are blended as seamlessly as possible, and that it looks like it really is part of the face. I think I may also tone down the butterfly pattern on the forehead slightly as well, just because I feel it is slightly too large and dark for the forehead. Also, I will ensure that the nose is much more precise, sharp and clean. I have also decided that I am definitely not going to use antennas in the look because I think it would just be too much, whether it was in prosthetics or even drawn on, other than that, my look reflects the face chart exactly. 

Overall, this practice run has helped me a lot because I now feel more confident in my idea and I know exactly what I am doing. As long as the prosthetic pieces go to plan, I think this could potentially produce a very good, unique and interesting outcome! 

Creating My Prosthetic Pieces

When creating my prosthetic pieces I wanted them to be quite soft and flexible; the reason for this is because I think they will be more realistic like this, and will make the concept itself more believable, because if it was completely solid it would have been excruciating when it was growing out of the skin. Therefore, I ensured that I used 70% deadener. 

I chose to use the skin colour pigment, because the majority of the pieces will be skin colour with a coloured butterfly pattern on top, therefore, making them skin coloured gives me the freedom to see how much colour and exactly where it will be on the pieces. 

I casted the cheek and forehead pieces twice, using the same mould - this meant that they would be exactly the same which is good, and definitely an advantage of using the moulds!

I followed the instructions in a previous post to apply the boldiez and create the pieces...

Moulds after being cleaned with alcohol and sprayed with Petrolease

The pieces setting

The first 2 pieces taken out of the moulds

Overall, I was quite happy with how the pieces turned out - they all took the shape that I wanted and I managed to remove the whole piece without ripping any part of it.