Further Primary Research

The next thing that I decided to do was to get a smaller number of people to do a range of small, quick drawings of what they thought of when thinking of a particular character. The first form of drawing I asked them to do was a 30 second drawing using only a pen, which meant that they would draw the main and most important features first as they wanted to fit in it. I also did this as I didn't want the drawings to be too refined, just a simple look into their perception of them. The second drawing I asked them to was a blind drawing using a colour pen of their choice. This would be a much more abstract, raw drawing of what is in their head.

I urged them to pick characters from history that they found to stand out visually and would be potentially recognisable from the small, quick drawing they had done

Some examples of the type of drawings I was looking to achieve:

The feedback I got was generally that people enjoyed drawing mainly comic and cartoon characters. When thinking about this I realised that pinpointing that specific genre of cartoons and characters would be something interesting to do as development as they are the most recognisable and over the top people I could work with. Superheros and recognisable cartoons were also well received in my group tutorial as something that would be more effective to focus on.

                        Development  -  Secondary Research

To develop on this idea I decided to research and begin to practice exact comic and cartoon makeup that almost appears as an illusion, this would allow me to learn how to portray a character on someones face through makeup which is very realistic to the original character. I could then use this to generate my own interpretation.

To do these makeup practice pieces i used a paint pallet rather than typical paint pots which I normally use when doing smaller makeup pieces. Two of them I done on myself as it was for practice, however I used a male model for my third piece as I wanted to attempt makeup that is so precise on someone els' face. I found it very helpful to do this as it made me realise that I wanted to makeup that would cover the neck and face, to almost dehumanise the person.