Miss Havisham inspired look

In class we have been learning makeup which entails such things like bruising and ageing. Of course for our Gothic Horror theme term this would be perfect not only for what the creations of characters but also Miss Havisham. Part of the brief for us first years at Solent is recreating a Miss Havisham and Estella look that fits in with the portrayals throughout film and television. Later on in the project we will look at a more fashion based inspiration of the characters. Right now we are mastering the art of continuity..... i.e. when you watch a film and the hairs one side one shot and in the next on the other BAD CONTINUITY.

For my Miss Havisham look on a face chart I started to research and look into the way her skin would be affected by its twenty years of abuse. Not going out for twenty years would deeply effect not only the essential victims the skin needs but also its colour. Her teeth would be rotten and she would be disgustingly dirty due to the lack of hygiene. Her skin also would be dry and blotchy because of dehydration and the fact she must sweat in that dress the makeup on her wedding day has long been sweated off and added to her pores.

In class we tired out my look with a partner doing my makeup for the lesson using my face chart as inspiration.

Oh haha a true beauty I have become. This look is extremely sleep deprived. The use of eyelash glue on my lips also worked really well.

As part of my time on my partner I decided instead of focusing on her face to look creating a burnt/aged hand maybe like one Miss Havisham would have very close to her untimely death.

Testing out the Face Chart look further 

As a extra practice and understanding of my own creation I decided to do it on myself, this time I made the look more dramatic then my partner did and added the effect of severe lack of looking after herself.

The original face chart design, I mainly focused on the ageing in this design.

This experiment was a lot of fun, I starting looking into how to create a peeled skin like effect on myself. I think the look to someones eyes is dramatic but when you realise how much the character of Miss Havisham actually took on as a tole to her body was dramatic, even though it spanned over twenty years. I think I look quite terrifying 

I look at padding the face out slightly due to the ageing process usually meaning that the lips became slightly thinner. I also thought about the fact that this lady had spend the past twenty years doing not much, maybe her face would plump up? not only from age but from her lack of activeness. 

As you can tell from my expressions I enjoy going into character ha. I'll probably regret putting this one one but hey ho. Its just a shame the tissue was revealed in my mouth, Miss Havisham madness.