I have taken inspiration from the elves in 'Lord of the Rings'. I was drawn to their ethereal beauty and this is something I would like to capture.
One character I have particularly looked at is Lady Galadriel. Tolkien describes Galadriel as "the mightiest and fairest of all the Elves that remained in Middle-earth". She is of royal blood and is one of the most powerful women in middle earth.
I am going to use her description from the books and Peter Jacksons film series where she is portrayed by Cate Blanchett as inspiration. Therefore I will be create a hairstyle that is long and curly and pinned back. I am also going to add some fake ivy with glitter on it to the hair to enhance the elven look and create a visual link to nature.
Tuesday, May 10, 2016
Monday, May 2, 2016
A Song of Ice and Fire
A Song of Ice and Fire is a series of epic fantasy novels by the American novelist and screenwriter George R. R. Martin. The first volume of the series, A Game of Thrones, was begun in 1991 and first published in 1996. Martin, who initially envisioned the series to be a trilogy, has published five out of a planned seven volumes. The fifth and most recent volume of the series published in 2011,A Dance with Dragons, took Martin five years to write. The sixth novel, The Winds of Winter, is still being written.
A Song of Ice and Fire takes place on the fictional continents Westeros and Essos. The point of view of each chapter in the story is a limited perspective of a range of characters growing from nine, in the first novel, to thirty-one by the fifth. Three main stories interweave a dynastic war among several families for control of Westeros, the rising threat of the supernatural Others in the northernmost reaches of Westeros, and the ambition of Daenerys Targaryen, the deposed king's exiled daughter, to assume the Iron Throne.
Martin's inspirations included the Wars of the Roses and the French historical novels The Accursed Kings by Maurice Druon. A Song of Ice and Fire received praise for its diverse portrayal of women and religion, as well as its realism. An assortment of disparate and subjective points of view confront the reader, and the success or survival of point of view characters is never assured. Within the often morally ambiguous world of A Song of Ice and Fire, questions concerning loyalty, pride, human sexuality, piety, and the morality of violence frequently arise.
As of April 2015, the books have sold more than 60 million copies worldwide and have been translated into at least 45 languages. The fourth and fifth volumes reached the top of The New York Times Best Seller lists upon their releases.
With the popularity of the series growing, the HBO network optioned A Song of Ice and Fire for a television adaptation in 2007.A pilot episode was produced in late 2009, and a series commitment for nine further episodes was made in March 2010.The series, titled Game of Thrones, premiered in April 2011 to great acclaim and ratings . The network picked up the show for a second season covering A Clash of Kings two days later.Shortly after the conclusion of the first season, the show received 13 Emmy Award nominations, including Outstanding Drama Series and Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for Peter Dinklage's portrayal of Tyrion Lannister.
The Lord of the Rings
'The Lord of the Rings' is an epic high-fantasy novel written by English author J. R. R. Tolkien. The story began as a sequel to Tolkien's 1937 fantasy novel The Hobbit, but developed into a much larger work. Written in stages between 1937 and 1949, The Lord of the Rings is one of the best-selling novels ever written, with over 150 million copies sold.
The title of the novel refers to the story's main antagonist, the Dark Lord Sauron,who had in an earlier age created the One Ring to rule the other Rings of Power as the ultimate weapon in his campaign to conquer and rule all of Middle-earth. From quiet beginnings in the Shire, a hobbit land not unlike the English countryside, the story ranges across Middle-earth, following the course of the War of the Ring through the eyes of its characters, not only the hobbits Frodo Baggins, Samwise "Sam" Gamgee, Meriadoc "Merry" Brandybuck and Peregrin "Pippin" Took, but also the hobbits' chief allies and travelling companions: the Men Aragorn son of Arathorn, a Ranger of the North, and Boromir, a Captain of Gondor; Gimli son of Glóin, a Dwarf warrior; Legolas Greenleaf, an Elvenprince; and Gandalf, a Wizard.
For economic reasons 'The Lord of the Rings' was published in three volumes over the course of a year from 29 July 1954 to 20 October 1955. The three volumes were titled 'The Fellowship of the Ring', 'The Two Towers', and 'The Return of the King'. Structurally, the novel is divided internally into six books, two per volume, with several appendices of background material included at the end of the third volume. Some editions combine the entire work into a single volume. The Lord of the Rings has since been reprinted numerous times and translated into 38 languages.
Tolkien's work has been the subject of extensive analysis of its themes and origins. Although a major work in itself, the story was only the last movement of a larger epic Tolkien had worked on since 1917,in a process he described as mythopoeia. Influences on this earlier work, and on the story of 'The Lord of the Rings', include philology, mythology, religion and the author's distaste for the effects of industrialization, as well as earlier fantasy works and Tolkien's experiences in World War I. These inspirations and themes have often been denied by Tolkien himself. The Lord of the Rings is considered to have had a great effect on modern fantasy; the impact of Tolkien's work is so common that the use of the words "Tolkienian" and "Tolkienesque" have been recorded in the Oxford English Dictionary.
Peter Jackson directed the live action The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, produced by New Line Cinema and released in three instalments as The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001), The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002), and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003). All three parts won multiple Academy Awards, including consecutive Best Picture nominations. The final instalment of this trilogy was the second film to break the one-billion-dollar barrier and won a total of 11 Oscars (something only two other films in history, Ben-Hur and Titanic, have accomplished), including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay.
The title of the novel refers to the story's main antagonist, the Dark Lord Sauron,who had in an earlier age created the One Ring to rule the other Rings of Power as the ultimate weapon in his campaign to conquer and rule all of Middle-earth. From quiet beginnings in the Shire, a hobbit land not unlike the English countryside, the story ranges across Middle-earth, following the course of the War of the Ring through the eyes of its characters, not only the hobbits Frodo Baggins, Samwise "Sam" Gamgee, Meriadoc "Merry" Brandybuck and Peregrin "Pippin" Took, but also the hobbits' chief allies and travelling companions: the Men Aragorn son of Arathorn, a Ranger of the North, and Boromir, a Captain of Gondor; Gimli son of Glóin, a Dwarf warrior; Legolas Greenleaf, an Elvenprince; and Gandalf, a Wizard.
For economic reasons 'The Lord of the Rings' was published in three volumes over the course of a year from 29 July 1954 to 20 October 1955. The three volumes were titled 'The Fellowship of the Ring', 'The Two Towers', and 'The Return of the King'. Structurally, the novel is divided internally into six books, two per volume, with several appendices of background material included at the end of the third volume. Some editions combine the entire work into a single volume. The Lord of the Rings has since been reprinted numerous times and translated into 38 languages.
Tolkien's work has been the subject of extensive analysis of its themes and origins. Although a major work in itself, the story was only the last movement of a larger epic Tolkien had worked on since 1917,in a process he described as mythopoeia. Influences on this earlier work, and on the story of 'The Lord of the Rings', include philology, mythology, religion and the author's distaste for the effects of industrialization, as well as earlier fantasy works and Tolkien's experiences in World War I. These inspirations and themes have often been denied by Tolkien himself. The Lord of the Rings is considered to have had a great effect on modern fantasy; the impact of Tolkien's work is so common that the use of the words "Tolkienian" and "Tolkienesque" have been recorded in the Oxford English Dictionary.
Peter Jackson directed the live action The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, produced by New Line Cinema and released in three instalments as The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001), The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002), and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003). All three parts won multiple Academy Awards, including consecutive Best Picture nominations. The final instalment of this trilogy was the second film to break the one-billion-dollar barrier and won a total of 11 Oscars (something only two other films in history, Ben-Hur and Titanic, have accomplished), including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay.
Saturday, April 30, 2016
Wednesday, May 20, 2015
Final Assessment
Today was the day of my photo shoot. My concept was a high fashion make-up to represent the Greek goddess Hera with an eighties inspiration . The hair was based off of a statue of Hera but with an eighties crimp. To fit in with this concept I decided to dress in a strapless top to give a nude look with bronzed skin.
As I wanted my models hair to be on a middle parting I started but setting it in rollers on a middle part just taking the two front sections. Before doing this I put some setting spray into my models hair so that it would hold better.
I then moved on eye make-up. I applied the eye-shadow in the same way I had on my third trail. But this time I took the blue colour from my Revolution pallet slightly higher than I had previously. I also added a very pale green from my revolution pallet as a highlight under my models brow bone. I found that when I blended the colours together the teal got a little bit lost and so I had to go back in a re-establish this.
I then applied my base using the same technique I had in my trial. This time I used Clarins skin illusion foundation mixed with plenty of 'Sun Beam'. This is a medium coverage satin finish foundation so it mixed really nicely with sun beam and gave me the perfect base.
I used the same technique I had for my trail to apply my contour using a darker tone from my la maquillage pallet and being sure to blend well. I then added the lilac shadow as I had in my trail to the contour. This time I used Mac's soft and gentle for highlighter which worked much better as it's a lighter tone.
I then applied the lip colour exactly as I had in trials only this time I mixed clinic's 'grape' lipstick with the Mac 'up the amp' as this lipstick has a slight sheen to it.
I then took my models hair out of the rollers and crimped all of my models hair. I did this in sections regrettably due to a fire alarm the crimping was a bit inconsistent and struggled a little bit with getting the same sized sections. I then went in with the crimper at the roots of the hair as in some places I got gotten nice and close and others I had left a section straight. I then created my twists I did this by pulling the front section of the hair back and making a rope with it and securing it with a hair pin through the centre of the rope to conceal them. When my teacher came and checked my hair she pointed out that my middle parting was not straight and I think that's something that really let me down. I also achieved a lovely shape with my twist on one side but not the other we discovered that this was because the side that had the nice shape had been twisted up first and the side the other side I had twisted downwards first so I quickly rectified that. My teacher also noticed that the hair had a bit of separation in the back. Due to the crimping all it took was a quick comb to fix this.
My very last step was to bronze my models chest and place the peacock feather in her hair. Overall I am very happy with my look. I think something that lets me down is the fact that my middle parting is not straight as your eye is drawn to it.
As I wanted my models hair to be on a middle parting I started but setting it in rollers on a middle part just taking the two front sections. Before doing this I put some setting spray into my models hair so that it would hold better.
I then moved on eye make-up. I applied the eye-shadow in the same way I had on my third trail. But this time I took the blue colour from my Revolution pallet slightly higher than I had previously. I also added a very pale green from my revolution pallet as a highlight under my models brow bone. I found that when I blended the colours together the teal got a little bit lost and so I had to go back in a re-establish this.
I then applied my base using the same technique I had in my trial. This time I used Clarins skin illusion foundation mixed with plenty of 'Sun Beam'. This is a medium coverage satin finish foundation so it mixed really nicely with sun beam and gave me the perfect base.
I used the same technique I had for my trail to apply my contour using a darker tone from my la maquillage pallet and being sure to blend well. I then added the lilac shadow as I had in my trail to the contour. This time I used Mac's soft and gentle for highlighter which worked much better as it's a lighter tone.
I then applied the lip colour exactly as I had in trials only this time I mixed clinic's 'grape' lipstick with the Mac 'up the amp' as this lipstick has a slight sheen to it.
I then took my models hair out of the rollers and crimped all of my models hair. I did this in sections regrettably due to a fire alarm the crimping was a bit inconsistent and struggled a little bit with getting the same sized sections. I then went in with the crimper at the roots of the hair as in some places I got gotten nice and close and others I had left a section straight. I then created my twists I did this by pulling the front section of the hair back and making a rope with it and securing it with a hair pin through the centre of the rope to conceal them. When my teacher came and checked my hair she pointed out that my middle parting was not straight and I think that's something that really let me down. I also achieved a lovely shape with my twist on one side but not the other we discovered that this was because the side that had the nice shape had been twisted up first and the side the other side I had twisted downwards first so I quickly rectified that. My teacher also noticed that the hair had a bit of separation in the back. Due to the crimping all it took was a quick comb to fix this.
My very last step was to bronze my models chest and place the peacock feather in her hair. Overall I am very happy with my look. I think something that lets me down is the fact that my middle parting is not straight as your eye is drawn to it.
References.
http://www.cosmopolitan.co.uk/beauty-hair/beauty-trends/news/g3648/spring-summer-2015-hair-makeup-trends/?slide=6
http://fashion.telegraph.co.uk/galleries/TMG10309701/23/London-Fashion-Week-J.W.-Anderson-springsummer-2014-in-pictures.html
http://www.cosmopolitan.com/style-beauty/beauty/news/a21458/beauty-trends-of-1980s/
http://fashion.telegraph.co.uk/galleries/TMG10309701/23/London-Fashion-Week-J.W.-Anderson-springsummer-2014-in-pictures.html
Pagan Influence In Fashion
A fashion show I have researched is the J.W Anderson SS14 collection that was shown at London fashion week in 2013.
You can see the pagan influence in the clothing with the straight cuts and chunky knits.
The hair has been kept fairly simple in that it is parted on the middle and quite simply styled. The make-up is also fairly neutral with brushed up brows.
One reported has drawn on the pagan influence saying 'Folded and basked weave leathers were cut on the cross. As the models strode down the catwalk in their throat-lapping sheaths and calf length skirts they sometimes looked like a human extension of the parquet flooring. That's not to say there weren't some heart-stopping pieces, because there were.'
You can see the pagan influence in the clothing with the straight cuts and chunky knits.
The hair has been kept fairly simple in that it is parted on the middle and quite simply styled. The make-up is also fairly neutral with brushed up brows.
One reported has drawn on the pagan influence saying 'Folded and basked weave leathers were cut on the cross. As the models strode down the catwalk in their throat-lapping sheaths and calf length skirts they sometimes looked like a human extension of the parquet flooring. That's not to say there weren't some heart-stopping pieces, because there were.'
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