THE DESIGN: Bald Pate

HEMISHERES: The Left and Right Brain

CHARACTER AND DESIGN: HEMISHERES

This character is inspired by the functions of the left and right hemishere's of the brain. The right brain is responsible for creativity and artistic processes. The left brain performs logical thought. The character is inspired by model, Josie, an aspiring scenic artist. She is a talented young woman in her junior year of college. Her ethnicity is incidentally white. She that is showing the duality of the designer's brain in it's artistry and intellect.

I am expressing the duality of the brain, by creating a split face look. I will use a bald pate to paint an artistic representaion of each side of the brain. I will create contrast in the use of color vs. black and white, as well as soft flowing shapes vs. geometric patterns. The right side will be brightly colored in brainlike folds of color in a painterly fashion to represent artistry and creativity. The Left side will be a black and white look utilizing the shapes and interconnecting lines of a flow chart to represent logic and systematic thought.

RESEARCH

This is an image depicting left and right brain functions. I like the creative side being colorful.

This is a spit face look that uses human tones and bright color on one side, and a black and white look on the other. I like the greyscale shading on the left side of the face.

This is the work of Ay-O. They use rainbow colors in screen printing to create human and other figures. I like how the bands of color contour the shapes of the figure.

This is a make-up look that emulates heat mapping. I especially like this color palate.

This is another split-face make-up look contrasting color with black and white. I like the rainbow eye make-up on the right.

This is an artistic representation og the hemispheres that shows circuitry for the left brain, and a colorful floral right brain. I like the interconnected shapes that show sytematic processes.

This is abasic flow chart structure. Ovals, rectangles, diamonds and rounded squares are used here. I like these simple recognizable shapes.

This is an optical illusion tatoo that looks like a hole. I like this idea, and may apply something similar to the left eye socket with the idea that it leads into her head.

This is an illustration that demonstrates where the brain sits within the head. I like this reference to the placement on the skull.

This is an image of a brain with multiple colors. It is intented to appeal to people with ADHD. I like it because I think people with ADHD have some of the best artistic minds.

This is a painted bald pain look that uses bright saturated colors, as well as a split with a beauty make-up. I like that the brows have been covered by the bald pate, and the artwork etended onto the face.

This is an image representing left and right brain with artistic and logic imagery. I like the color palate, and the contrast to the black and white.

Makeup:

White liner pencil
Mehron cream make-up for model's skin tone, hightlight and shadow.
Athena Pallette cream make-up
NYX Ultimate Shadow Palate-Brights
Translucent powder
Black liquid eyeliner
Black mascara

Other Products:

Rubbing alcohol
Prosaide
Acetone
Isopropyl Myristate
Film grade Bald cap

Tools:

Water spray bottle
Comb
Cotton swabs
Paint brushes
Foam wedges
Beauty Blender
Powder brush

THE PROCESS

BALD PATE

PREPARE THE HAIR

Dampen the hair with a spray bottle.
Comb the hair back flat
Braid the length of the hair at the base of the neck

APPLY THE BALD PATE

Stretch the bald pate over the head
snip center front to the bridge of the nose
Apply prosaide at the bridge of the nose and just under the brows. Allow to get tacky, and lightly stretch the pate to ahere.
repeat prosaide to adhere the back of the pate below the hairline on either side of the brid on the neck.
Use a swab with Acetone to open a small hole for the ear and gentle pull the ear through the hole.
Repeat prosaide to adhere the remaining edges of the pate.

TRIM THE BALD PATE

use a swab with acetone to roll over the pate just at the edge that is glued down to remove the excess pate.

THE MAKEUP

Use a white liner pencil to lightly bisect the face and head into left and right hemispheres.

THE RIGHT

Apply midtone, with natural hightlight and shadow to right face, neck and head to about 1" past the natural hairline.
Apply undulating ribbons of color to the right skull in a bright rainbow pattern with wide paintbrushes.
add shadow and highlight to the ribbons to create a 3D effect.
Powder the face and head.
Use vivid eyeshadows in matching colors to the skull to create a rainbow winged eye.
Add black winged liquid liner and mascara.
Apply a fuscia lip with lighter pink highlight.
Powder.

THE LEFT

Apply white cream makeup to entire face , neck and head with paint brush or sponge.
Powder face, neck and head.
Apply black cream make-up in an oval within the eye socket over the eye and completely fill with black.
Draw on shapes flow chart shapes all over the head and connect with thin lines with sharp angles. These are randomly placed, except for a rectangle over the location of the natural brow.
Shade the edges of the shapes with grey to create depth.
Apply grey for facial shadows under the cheekbone, along the side of the nose, under the bottom lip, and along the jawline.
Apply a black lip with grey highlights.
Powder.

Model Josie

Placing the bald pate

adhering around the braid

adhering over the right brow and left eye

adding makeup

white side base

split face with base color

REFLECTION AND CRITIQUE

I was pleased with the ability to create this look. I think that the bald pate was smooth with well blended edges. It was fun working with a model that was not a student in the class, as it helped me practice explaining what I was doing to my model, who has no prior knowlege of the process. I did feel rushed to get the final touches of make-up on. The amount of painting in this design needed more time. In the future it would be wise to simplify the design when the application time is limited.

SCHEMATIC

PHOTO OF FINISHED PROJECT

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