'LEOPARD'

Leopard Final Image

This is my Final look for the Leopard design, Overall i am extremely happy with the outcome. I feel that the Hair is the strongest feature within the look. The neatness an evenness of the lines and and plaits is strong. I feel that i made the right decision choosing this hairstyle for this look. It compliments it extremely well. I could have tidied up the stray hairs, however, but I'm not too disappointed with this aspect. They almost give the look a bit more authenticity, wildness and kind of look like they belong.

The Makeup, I find, could be alot better. I followed the face chart perfectly, but I feel that it could do with alot of improvement an i should have invested more thought and time to perfect the details. The Leopard design could be better. The first improvement that comes to mind would be to have carried the pattern further down the neck past the shoulders instead of ending it at the neck. I didn't take into account that the frame of the shot would be of the shoulder up. So i feel that this aspect ruins the visual effectiveness of the design. Also, i feel that the actual pattern itself could be improved by focusing more on the detail of the spots. Taking time to give the design more depth and realism. Although, that is not immediately noticeable. The rest of the makeup in general is Effective, i am happy with the colours and outcome of it. I think that that dark eyes and lips add to the look and project a fierceness to the look; which was my intention. I love the Eyes, however they aren't quite what i had intended for them. I wanted the eyes to be more copper, bronzey orientated, with undertones of Orange. But the outcome for this is more Yellowy Brown. I think i could have also spread the makeup down under that eye more to make the shape of the eyeshadow slightly better, and to make it look more blended. 

Although, lots could be changed, I feel that I did produce what I envisioned to a good standard, and am happy with the outcome. 

The smudged neck from the SupraColors

I used Kryolan Supracolors to create the leopard pattern, and i feel that they worked really well. However, they do tend to get greasy and harder to work with under lights and in a warm environment. As i didn't powder them, and also applied them to the neck, they did smudge quite badly on the neck before I had a chance to shoot my look. So, I had to remove the smudge, and tidy up the pattern, which was very inconvenient because it inhibited the neatness of the pattern on the neck slightly. 

As you can see on the neck, the area where the leopard pattern was compromised, the skin is slightly dark where the darkness of the supracolour stained the skin. I have, however, learnt from my mistake, and am confident that if this was to happen again in the future, I would be able to fix it properly. 

Spreading the pattern down the neck onto the Shoulder would have made the design close to perfect in my eyes, and I regret not noticing that. 

I absolutely love the Hair, and I feel that the eyes look really effective in this image a well. 

My Model, Mihaela Solomei, was the perfect choice for this look. Her was the perfect colour for this look. I was two colours; a dark brown almost black shade  on the lower portion, and light blonde on top. Mihaela is from Italy with Moldovan roots, so is naturally very tanned and has  beautiful striking appearance; which could not have made a better fit for this look. 

A timelapse Video of the makeup application process.