Makeup Designs

I had created three makeup designs to go with my body paint, and three were fairly similar. The main inspiration for the design was from an image I collected for a moodboard:

                                                                                                                    "I Am Crow" by Kirby Sattler. (Jones, 2013)

I just found this image very striking, and I know that the man is Native American, but I felt that I could make it fit in with my Celtic war Goddess theme by adding colour and texture.

This was my first design. Despite being happy with the way it looks, I was concerned that it might look clown-like, and lacking colour. I did however, like the slightly blurry quality to the lines, combined with the darker, sharper middle. 

This is my second design, and as you can see, it is quite different from the first. I tried to make it less clown-like by only having the lines going downwards. I think it looks too much like mascara running, more so than the first looking like a clown.

I really like the green around the temples and cheekbones as it ties the makeup in with the body paint, and also contrasts nicely with the purple lip. 

Because the first design reminded me of a clown, and the second of running mascara, I tried creating a similar look to my inspiration photo, whilst keeping the green on the face.

I think the lines on the face are too much, hence why I didn't apply a lip colour for this design. It still works, but I think it is starting to look less pretty, as I want to have a balance of pretty and striking. 

With that in mind, I decided to combine my favourite aspect from each to design to create a new one:

So this design has the lines from the first, and the green and purple from the second. I think this design works so much better overall, and would complete the look. 

I can't wait to test it out to see how I can translate it on to the face!

Jones, J. (2013). Why Not : A Blog: A Murder of Crows. [Online]. Available at: http://jartistt-whynotablog.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/a-murder-of-crows.html [Accessed: 18 March 2014].