The shape of the face has been made up of two sections. Starting with the top half, I folded into the paper to make a brow, cutting into it to sculpt the nose and eye sockets. I added a separate cut piece of paper for the end of the nose. The eyelids were cut out and black paper was stuck to the back then cut into to create eyelashes. The eyelids are facing down as I want to portray the character to be looking down at the ship in a bottle. The second section of the face was scored into to create high feminine cheek bones. I also cut into it and folded the cut piece back into the section to create an upper lip. I have since been told the upper lip is too prominent, so i may need to look over that tomorrow.
For the character's hair, I wanted to keep it incorporated with my previous work, therefore I decided to use black paper. This also fits into the gothic approach I have been aiming for, reminiscing on silhouette art of the early 1800s. I started adding hair to the face on the brow. I attached piece of black paper but slicing into the top section and weaving the paper in. However, the eyebrow hairs looked more liked stubble and was a little weird for my liking.
I experimented with a number of hairstyles, trying to find an appropriate fringe. At the same time, i wanted this section to frame the face well. I experimented with some different shapes, working back into them, i.e. curling the side parts of the hair. As you can see, the curls do not photograph well...
The final fringe experiment was most definitely the most successful. This was achieved by cutting into an oval piece of black paper to create hair strands. Then i folded it back to model a curled fringe. I also decided to add curls coming down the sides of her face separately. The position of the fringe also meant that i didn't need to add eyebrows. One less thing to worry about. For the rest of her hair i wanted a bun. I tried creating a ball shape by gluing together oval shapes but it too long. I do intend on going back to this tomorrow.
For the top of the character's dress, I wanted to use the paper cutting techniques I have been using for the characters. I didn't want the details to be too fussy. Therefore I decided to create a simple dress design to relate to the text. I came up with a pattern with eight leaves. Reflecting on the character 'losing her bloom' (entering the autumn period of her life) and the reference to eight years passing since being persuaded against marrying her lover. I have also incorporated some imagery reflective on regency classicism.
Overall, I am very happy with the progress made in today's work. I plan to add arms and hands with the ship in a bottle tomorrow then photograph and edit. I need to also consider type, something which i left far too late in the last poster I did for the university. I also have an alternative idea for a poster that I may try to create during the weekend.
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