Mock FMP

Mock FMP

Final piece and evaluation

03/03/16

For my final piece, I decided to incorporate fashion photography and makeup into my work for fashion illustration and floristry.

Rather than using actual flowers, I decided to create makeup based off of flowers and using bright colours against a plain background.

The aim of these two final pieces was to show the beginning of a new interest in fashion photography. Based off of numerous makeup designs from people such as Eric Madigan Heck and Ben Hassett, who both use simplicity and bright colours within their photography.
The photographs were very simple and are very slightly edited so that the complexion of the skin is smooth, much like in the photo's you see in most magazines.

This image had slightly more editing than the other because of how the white face paint had actually settled onto her face during the application process. It was a lot harder to smooth it out than on the other photo, however, I still feel like it isn't overdone to the point that the person is no longer recognizable. So while it is edited, there is no drastic change done to the actual person within the image, and in comparison to the images seen in media, is still almost natural and is still distinguishable as she is without the makeup.

As with the previous image, this is also slightly edited so as to remove some of the patchy tones from the face paint and to also neaten it up a little bit. None of the colours within the images and the one above are edited, so it is still relatively close to the original.

I decided to take these photos as I did so that I could properly show the bright colours on the face. I also did it against a white background that that I had nothing else to take attention away from the bright colours. 

Overall, I would say that it turned out well and also allowed me to decide on what path to follow in terms of improvement and development within further work

Illustration Piece

Composed of an old photo, some illustrations of flowers and a photo of some of my earlier idea development, I made this image because I wanted to expand my project away from just photography, and incorporate illustration back into it. It has both elements of fashion in it, since the material draped around the model is something I was working on at the time, and because the flowers take me back to the roots of what I was hoping to achieve for this project. 

I like the composition of this image, since there is an element of symmetry because of the placement of the flower drawings, but also because of the actual background I used for the image, which I think fits the clothes the model was wearing at the time.

From creating this image, it has given me some ideas for my actual FMP, and so I definitely will be extending the idea onward, however will be developing it.

Mock FMP

Mock FMP/FMP

Bold Makeup

02/03/16

Mock FMP

Mock FMP

Fashion Photography

19/02/16

Eric Madigan Heck:

Juco:

Ben Hassett:

Thierry Le Goues:

David Lachapelle:

Mario Testino:

Nick Knight:

Mock FMP

Mock FMP

Flower Bombs

11/02/16

Flower bombs are created using a material that is biodegradable. you put the seeds within the material and then plant it, and because the material breaks down within the ground, the plants then grow out of it. alternatively, you could hand the flower bomb, and the plants would just sprout out of it, hence creating a spherical hanger.

For my Mock FMP final piece, I am doing a photo shoot, and to incorporate the floristry side of my idea into it, I want to take inspiration from flower bombs, and create a headdress that, when finished with, I can plant into the ground so that it will grow, and will be completely safe for the environment. 

To do this, I will be using some biodegradable containers that once held printer cartridges, and will be planting some seeds into them, letting them grow and then placing them within the photo shoot for the models to wear, whether then have grown or are still growing. 

Flower Bulbs take around 15 weeks, depending on the type of bulb, to grow and have to be within 35 to 45 Fahrenheit (1 to 7 degrees celcius) but will start sprouting after 1 to 3 weeks, and so are somewhat unsuitable for the photo shoot, however, I can still plant them and document them as a side project, while still incorporating them as headdresses, or incorporating the empty cartridges alone as headdresses. Seeds take 4 to 7 days, however sometimes take 3 to 4 weeks. Seeds are more suitable for my project.

Mock FMP

Mock FMP

Artists Research

11/02/16

to further my research and ideas for garment making, I am taking examples from artists who make clothing with unusual shape and form

Guda Koster:

Erwin Wurm:

Bart Hess:

Lucy McRae:

Walter Van Bierendonck: