Tuesday, 9 December 2014

Modern fairy adaptations in make-up

Prior to researching fairys in fahsion/photography etc. I imagine these images to be connected to children and the idealistic fairy child - which can be linked to childhood disney such as peter pan (tinker bell). I also imagine a lot of face paints will be found for the search of 'fairy make-up' which is not an ideal result, therefore I am just looking for contemporary high quality adaptations of this style.

Image from wheartit.com

This image looks quite wedding like to me. The model is holding only one large bouquet of flowers, and is in a large gown in a forest. It is slightly predictable, and there is too much pink,romance and 'predictable' feminism for this to influence me, however... I think the make-up is incredibly shuttle and natural and this is why i have included this image. I want my final images to be all about the natural influences of the fairies Shakespeare created and find the make-up from this image very appropriate to analyse and consider. The shuttle contour, and sheer eye and lip colours work really well with the models complexion and I only wish there wasn't as much pink to drown out the beauty of that!


Image from viona-art.com

This image is slightly more appropriate in the composition and relevance to nature. I love the long natural 'untouched' look of the models hair, which is really inspiring for my wig so that i could achieve a longer length of my models hair. The subtleness of the headpiece and lack of wings also works really well - the image is composed and directed in such a way that the audience still understand the mystery of this image and that it is a supernatural creature through setting, adornment and costume.
The make-up again is very sheer, fresh and natural and this echoes what I have already said about wanting to keep close to nature and the natural beauty of my model.







<<<^^^ Images from Pinterest

These images are more influential of my inclusion of natural materials such as flowers. The top left image has a large powerful plait, something which I believe Shakespeares's fairy queen Titania would of made appropriate from her descriprion and powerful position. The model looks very uncomfortable and the composition is not something that inspires me but the use of beautiful summer flowers in the hair and around the backdrop is an element i admire from this image. The right hand image (elfin forest) again uses a strange flower structure to associate the fairy element of the shoot with the fashion concept. I of believe the orchid headdress is photoshopped onto the image, which obviously will not be happening in my project but again the image is appropriate for the outcome i aim to create.
The bottom left image docent contain flowers so much however it was the use of shorter hair I wanted to analyse. It takes no attention from the beautiful clothing the model is wearing, which is beautiful and dainty much like the idealism of faeries. The white makes her look very pure, however the shadowy eyes and contouring, make her pop from the image, and I believe this make-up adds personality into her face, almost a 3D sheen to the image which works really well.

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