CREATIVE RESPONSE TO WEEK THREE

Face painting has always been escapism for me. If i've had a tough days work I like to paint a new face on and immerse myself in a new form.

I'm a great fan of make-up and the effects it can have on peoples' personalities, as well as clothing. 

I decided to transform myself into new characters using makeup,  and document how it made me feel. 

I wanted to know how easy it would be to fool myself into thinking I really was this new character.

And if it would affect the way I dressed.

no.1 Drag

• I immediately felt flamboyant.
•  I wanted to show people my face to see their reactions.
• I moved my face slower and held any faces I pulled for a longer amount of time.
• I felt extremely comfortable in my actions. 
• The make-up felt like a mask and I could act like someone else, become someone else, without being accused of being fake or strange.
• I felt ridiculous in the casual clothes I was wearing. I wanted to dress fabulous. I felt I could wear  extravagant clothing but feel a lot more comfortable than usual.
• I chose to use webcam to document this because it allowed me to view myself as the photo was being taken, to insure I looked the best I could.

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No.2 Clown

• I felt fickle and changeable.
• I pulled my hair up into a mop so it could hang around my face. 
• I wanted to pull strange faces and scare.
• I chewed a disclosing tablet to make my tongue go pink, because it seemed right.
• What I was wearing didn't seem to matter. 
• I used an SLR to document this because I preferred to act the character without seeing myself. I could then look at the photos afterwards. I used a shallow focus and different effects. Afterwards I was quite shocked at the pictures.

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No.3 Mutton dressed as Lamb

• I linked 'looking old but pretending to be young' with a drunken feeling.
• The wrinkles made me feel uncomfortable but pretending to be drunk felt similar to being drunk, and boosted my confidence.
• I picked silly items of clothing from my wardrobes and tried them on, but didn't want to show anyone.
• I used the glare protecter (created the ring) to take pictures. It felt like I was distancing myself from the pictures by viewing them through a tunnel.
• Looking back at the pictures was uncomfortable, I looked ridiculous  in a lot of them and the makeup looked out of place.