my chosen character

The characters mask I have chosen to make is capitano.
His looks include:

Colourful patchwork outfits(both trousers and tops)including a white ruffle under his shirt.I thought about making a clay hat to go with it.

He wears a curvy hat that may be either blue or white(depending on what the designer prefers) .In the play his characteristics are portrayed as being very self indulgent (to the point where it becomes negative).He will talk big but when it comes to a fight will try and avoid it usually cowering in the face of enemys.

Below is a image of the mask that Capitano weres:

The mask has a red/Orange tint to it.with a dark black moustache. 

The mask it's self looks angry which doesn't really go towards the self loving characters that I've read about.

This is my version(that keeps the shape but has had a slight bit of detail added to give it a bit of difference.

Pictures taken in my free time

Taken outside my house when my cat was sat on our gate.I think that the weather and darkness outside makes it look nicer.If I darked the image a bit I could make it out to be a monster on a gate.

Taken in Clumber park with slight sun beam in the left corner.

Taken in the outdoors when I went on a trip with my dad.The picture was interesting because of the fire that is setting off smoke in the back ground.

Taken in my bathroom

The picture's above were taken in preparation for class.Many had gone through Instagram filters put onto them.A lot of these pictures were a test to see how the different teqniques on them.Some used filters,saturation, light and dark.

Other effects are lost on me but I do remember Valencia pro.

hooves idea continue

For My idea I wanted to search up and become as familiar as I could with the hooves of both horses and deers.It bought hat by actually look at a diagram it would give me some actual knowledge on the anatomy. 

Shows the bone structure of the hove its self.

Accurate drawings of horses hooves

I also searched for a video hat would help me get a Ida if how horses moved as well.the video below is a horse trainer talk throughout he alerts of' training'  a horse.

https://youtu.be/eLkVjpOV01U

artist/designer influence (idea wip)

For my final picture I have in mind the idea of bring the monster sort thing that will be included in my picture/Polaroid.My ideas take massive influence from a costume designer (who I have followed for many years over facebook)who goes by the name 'Psychara'.Psychara herself attends festival's in all the costumes she makes herself.
Here is one of her main pieces that I want to take the biggest influence from:

The costume above heavily resembles a deer or fawn.This is shaped by the long fur covered legs.This main part is what I want o focus on as it really does make you go' wow'.Also I would like to make horns like this (although they Would  be black like the rest of my outfit) .

For my idea I already own a pair of platfotms.I will be aiming for this type of shape(though I may need to edit them slightly in photo shop as my shoes do not have quite a point to them

For this idea I will study further into feet and how I will complete the look.

I may consider wrapping tape around my feet and padding them out a bit to give them the shape.

clients thoughts on costume (design problems)

The review,from the persona whom wore my Toad head was that:
It was sometimes hard to see our of the mask as the eye holes were a bit further then her actually eyes.It would have been nice to have gotten a waist coat but I never found one while looking in charity shops.Mask was a bit narrow.
Was over computable and roomy.Costume was overall nice.

My designs generally looked like what I had in mind especially when it came to the eyes(which I was most impressed with).The mouth also came out quite well. The size of the head was a little to small for the client in certain parts and in the future I will make sure to do several measurements to ensure this doesn't happen again.The clothes themselves were the right size bit I wish I had had more time to try and make a belly (as toad was larger then how my design turned out).my design weight wise was fantastic as it was light and had juat the right amount of space so it was easy to move around with.There we're no problems in that department.
This asks o goes for stability which was not a issue with both the head and the costume.
If I could I would like to go back to colouring my toads head in and May be chose a lighter colour paint as it's skin came out a lot more darker then intened.Also I would have liked to make this mouth a bit smaller.
Would  be over easy for someone else reproduce if needed.

comedies dell'Arte meaning and general ideas

Commedia dell’arte  is a form of theatre characterized by masked “types” which began in Italy in the 16th century and was responsible for the advent of the actresses andimprovised performances based on sketches or scenarios. The closest translation of the name is “comedy of craft; it is shortened from commedia dell’arte all’improvviso, or “comedy of the craft of improvisation”. Originally, it was called commedia all'improviso. This was to distinguish the form from commedia erudita or learned comedy that was written by academics and performed by amateurs.
*Taken from wikipedia
Below are pictures that show examples of Comedies Dell Arte:

Shown in full colour.

All characters shown in the above pictures are from the play its self.These include those who are in masks and those who are not.We can see the level of detail in each characters design and how they are shown in different ways to express their character traits.The Comedies dell Arte is geared more towards 

Polaroid images and research

Below are images I have used as inspiration for my Polaroid picture.All pictures below are styled to be more creepy(including common hoax like ghosts and aliens).

I found this picture intresting because it showcases a mixture of diffrent faces that are showing in black and white.Some look more like printings