Evaluation of Final Quentin Images

In general I was satisfied with the way my Quentin images turned out. Originally my plan was to make my Quentin character very normal and contrasting to my Claudia character. However after I practised the look I concluded it was much too basic for the project. Therefore I tried to think of ways I could make his look a bit more interesting whilst still being fairly subtle in comparison to Claudia. For my final images I have made Quentin very pale with dark under eyes. I feel like this helps relate him to Claudia's character a bit more, as well as the brief. I feel his final look is quite basic but eery which I am pleased with. I pushed my technical skills with my Claudia character so for Quentin I wanted to tone it down a bit. I think the pale skin looks realistic and the dark eyes give him a scary edge. My thinking behind these new elements of the look were that as Quentin is a figment of Claudia's imagination he should bare a small similarity to her as he is representative of what she has been through and who she is today.

Final Quentin Shots

Evaluation of Claudia Final Images

Overall I was extremely happy with my final images for Claudia. When I presented my brief and ideas to my group and tutor my feed back was to make it more obvious that the character had been dead for many years. Therefore I took this on and began experimenting with different ways I could do this. In the end I decided to create a look that made the character appear to have skin peeling off her face. I experimented with lots of different ways I would be able to achieve this look, and I decided on using a single-ply of tissue paper and PVA glue. I feel that this looked extremely effective in making the character look scary and making it look like it was an actual chunk of skin falling off.
As well as this my model had quite tanned skin so I was pleased that I was able to make her skin paler without it looking to heavy or fake.
One of the technical skills I have struggled with the most is creating effective dark eye makeup, I lacked the confidence to create dark eyes as I didn't feel I was very good at blending the colour enough. However I decided to overcome this for this part of the project as I felt it would be an effective look for Claudia's character, and I was pleased that I did because in the end I think I did quite well in accomplishing it.
In the end I feel that my character brief and overall result fit perfectly with the TV series I chose as well as the assessment requirements, I am pleased with my Claudia.

Final Claudia shots

Quentin Moodboard

Quentin Brief

Quentin’s character in the series is as Claudia’s imaginary boyfriend, only appearing in the scenes she is in. However due to Claudia’s warped imagination he socialises with the other teens and acts as the basis for her jealousy and her plot for revenge on her old school friends.

As he is a part of Claudia’s imagination I want him to look like her idea of the perfect boyfriend that everyone wants.

So I would have him looking clean and flawless, the idea of a classically handsome modern day young man. Therefore I would use natural looking makeup with his hair swept to the side. This look is likely to appeal to the younger female demographic watching the show.

Red Rose

I chose this as Quentin’s keyword as a bright red rose is a symbol of love, representing Claudia’s love for him. However a wilted red rose shows a loss of love or that the love is over. Quentin represents both the bright healthy red rose and one that’s wilted, depending on Claudia’s mood and imagination at various times.

Claudia Moodboard