Death Mask 2nd Attempt

My second death mask was so much more successful than my first attempt and I feel that it actually reflects a deathly person. For this version I added more dramatic contours around the sides of the head, eyes, folds of the mouth, jaw and collar bones in grey tones so that it looks as though the colour has been lost from my face. In addition to this is the fact that the wax used to create the death mask would have been grey/brown in colour and therefore to reflect that it was important for my face to be of similar tones.

That being said there are still improvements that I can make to the makeup to make it appear even more deathly. This can be done through fading out the eyelashes and brows so that the face appears lacking in real hair. As death masks are made from wax they would capture the textures of the hair on the face but would be lacking in colour therefore this is something that I want to develop on my final version. For my third attempt I want to create a more dramatic version with heavily contoured shadows around the mouth and eyes, by doing so the face will appear even more sunken in and sickly. Although I was pleased with how this makeup look turned out I feel that it can be more dramatic as this is still rather subtle, I think one of the elements that I struggle with in creating makeup for realism is that of being heavy handed. Continuously within creating realistic makeup I have to build up the layers and application until I am comfortable with the look I end up with, through doing these death masks I feel that my ability to be more confident in applying makeup with a more dramatic flare has improved.