Editorial Story Board

My story board for 'Day of The Dead'

Tick List so far...
> Research into tribes                                                                               complete
> Decide on two different look, 1 editorial, 1 catwalk                                complete
> Development of Editorial                                                                       complete
> Development of Catwalk                                                                       complete
> Include images from practical lessons                                                     complete
> Begin to develop story boards                                                               only editorial
> Create 1 mood board for over all Tribal Theme                                       incomplete

A Day of Drawing...

Magazine Images

Today I ripped out lots of pages from magazines and painted over them with a few design ideas I came up with for my Day of The Dead editorial look using my Supra colours. They weren't the best tools to use, but it gave me an idea of what I liked and what I thought will work!

This idea is simple and would be easily produced, but for editorial it is just too simple and boring, I would like to create a design with a lot more colour and depth so it is a lot more exciting. I do like the lipstick colour though!

I tried out some different patterns here, particularly the flowery edge round the eyes which I like. This idea is different but again I find it too boring and red.

what I like about this design is the eyes and lips. The turquoise and orange supra colours work well together. 

 This design is more what I had in mind for the Day of The Dead look. It is more colourful and bright. There are also a lot of different patterns going on which is good, as I have found the looks to be very busy and colourful and that is what I want to achieve.

British Museum

A collection of images from the museum

On Wednesday me and my course went to London for the day, we visited Somerset House and the British Museum as well as being treated to 25% off at Illamasqua!

The British museum was very beneficial as I collated many images from the 'Africa' and cultures exhibitions. I was excited to read about the 'Day of the Dead' as I am basing my Editorial look on this. I also gathered many other images as they all inspire and interest me in different ways.

This is fabulous book I found in the Gift Shop at Somerset house. It was filled with the most exciting and decorative images. I managed to sneakily take a few photos!

Day of The Dead Exhibition
I found these images and stories so fascinating and interesting and gave me a better insight into 'the living dead'. The colourful model in the right of this picture is known as 'the tree of death'. Everything is so colourful and decorative. There is such fine and close attention to detail which is what I will try and achieve with my look.

Tree of Death

When looking around the British Museum, I noticed that hanging from the ceiling were 'day of the dead' related skeletons and creatures. I really liked the use of colour and texture and I feel that the images are very exciting and lively. 

 Native American Influences 
It is really interesting to see all the different tones and shades used, they are all very similar. There are a lot of browns, beige's  creams and oranges and this will be the colour palette I will be working from when constructing my face charts and styling looks. Also the different patterns and textures are interesting to see too. There is a lot of fringing which I rather like!!

Native Americans

Native Tribes

The Sioux tribe are Native American and first nations people in North America. The Sioux traveled freely, but today most Sioux people live in the Dakotas. The women would build their home and were in charge of it and would drag heavy pots whenever the tribe moved. Men were hunters and warriors, responsible for feeding and defending their families. Usually only men became Sioux chiefs, but both genders took part in storytelling, artwork and music. 

Sioux women wore long deerskin or elkskin dresses. Sioux men worse breechclothes and leggings and buckskins shirts. The Sioux wore moccasins on their feet and buffalo-hide robes.

Sioux Warriors and chiefs were all well-known for their impressive feathered warbonnets, but they didn't wear them in everyday life. This is what interested me about the Native Americans, I wanted to style my Catwalk look around the giant feather headdresses that the warriors wore. Men and women both wore their hair long and had long braids and plaits in their hair. I think this would be so good to re-invent and base my catwalk look on.

                             

Men often wrapped their braids in fur or tied quillwork strips around them. On special occasions, Sioux people painted their faces and arms with bright colours and animal designs. they used different patterns for war paint and festive decoration. 

Development:

I absolutely love this giant feather headdress. This would be suitable for my catwalk look, as this headdress can easily be fastened on. I could design it for the purpose of the catwalk too, allowing quick and easy access. 

Native American inspired looks:

I love how bright and colourful this look is. The hair is braided and coloured, this is bringing the traditional native american look to the modern day.

I really like the different colours and textures in this image.

Textures & Fabrics

These are some different fabrics and objects that are I think are inspiring for my native american catwalk look, as I have to think about the whole outfit, accessories, hair, make-up and clothing. 

Scarification and practice techniques

An insight into scarification

Scarifying involves scratching, etching, burning or cutting designs, pictures or even words into the skin. It is a permanent body modification. In the process of body scarification, scars are formed by cutting or branding the skin by varying methods.Although infection may be a risk with most forms of scarification, this is still a common practice.

There are also aesthetic, religious and social reasons for scarification. For example scarification has been used widely used by many West African tribes to mark milestone stages in both men and women's lives such as puberty and marriage. Scarification is also used to transmit complex messages about identity to emphasize social, political and religious roles.

Scarring the abdomen of women in many tribes is used to denote a willingness to be a mother. Her ability to tolerate the pain of scarring was an indication of her emotional maturity and readiness for childbirth.

" A tattoo is painful and bloody" said Vince Hemingson, a writer and filmmaker who has studies body-modification practices worldwide " In almost all hunting and gathering cultures, shedding of blood summons gods, and good and evil spirits."

Crocodile Men

Tribes in the East Sepik province of Papa New Guinea to this day still practice an ancient initiation ceremony. A way of introducing adolescents into manhood. It is a strenuous and painful process, that leaves the men's skins scarred all over, the effect resembling the crocodile scales. The meaning behind this ceremony has deeply spiritual and symbolic connotations. 

Scarification techniques in practical lessons.

After looking at tribes who use scarification, we looked at how to create similar effects in out practical lessons. We used things such as rice, split peas and popcorn to create the bumpy textured looks. We used Liquid latex as an adhesive to stick to the skin. Once it had dried we were then able to paint over the rice etc with supra colours. 

Rice and split peas

 Rice and latex mixture (applied with a spatular or tweezers)

 After the glue had dried (we used a hairdryer on a cool setting) paint over with supra colours

 The result

These objects add texture and patterns to the skin, and can look quite effective.