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This unit was a very enjoyable introduction into prosthetics, which explored a range of processes such as of sculpting, mold making and casting. As prosthetic make up is an area that I am eager to explore, I found this first unit very interesting.
I found life casting initially daunting and found myself panicking when applying the alginate. After several different life casts, I felt much more at ease and confident with the process. When life casting my model, I forgot to apply alginate to his septum which resulted in a poor quality cast. I decided to life cast my model again and made a conscious effort to make my cast as neat as possible. I was much happier with the result of the second cast. I had some difficulty when running my flat pieces as the cap plastic would not adhere to my silicone, which is known as delaminating. Although I found this irritating, it was useful it encouraged me to find out what the problem could be. I realised that I had not been applying Vaseline to my mould and my cap plastic layers were too thin.
There were some areas that I had not researched prior to my assessment for example postiche. If I had adequately researched this before my assessment, my end make up would have been more successful. In particular, I did not research the application of facial postiche and during my assessment I applied excessive amounts of spirit gum onto the lace of my moustache and eyebrows which was then highly visible. If I had researched this, I would know to apply directly to the skin. In future I will be sure to research all aspects of my design in the initial stages.
After studying anatomy books, watching many tutorials and sculpting my own wrinkles on my old age plasterline face, I feel I have a much better understanding of wrinkles. I feel that perhaps if I was to resculpt my eyebags now, I would sculpt them differently. One eye bag in particular I feel was too big and should have been more subtle.
Overall, I felt disappointed with my assessment and feel there was a lot I could have improved. I was happy with the edges of my eye bag however the placement of the appliance was far too low and did not look natural. I also had difficulty matching the colour of the eye bags to my models skin which looked odd. I did practice with colour several times however I should have practiced and developed the colours further to ensure I felt confident with them. Similarly, the colour of my final image was far too anaemic in comparison to the yellow based portrait. I did try to recreate this tone however I underestimated the amount that the lights in the photographic studio would bleach the colour. I also struggled to blend the edge on my gelatine nose during my assessment however during my practices I had not had problems with this. I collaborated with a photographer and a costume student for this project who helped me create the look that I desired. Although I was initially disappointed with my assessment, I felt that my final image did look effective; particularly with the costume and using the background from the original painting.