Design idea
Experimenting with scarification and felt eyebrows.
Today i wanted to experiment.The colours are very much inspired by African sunsets the beautiful pinks glowing from the skin and merging into the yellows of the sun.I really like the warmth that comes from the skin.
For this look i began by sketching out where i wanted my brows to go.I wanted the look to be very avant garde so decided on felt eyebrows.after looking back on this now i'm thinking the look could work better without the brows and just by using scarification instead.
I am very happy with how the look turned out and am happy to now do my final look.
The colours for this look are strongly influenced by an image i found early on in my research of some pots.I loved the vibrant reds and oranges.Also a strong influence came from African sunsets.
African sunset.beautiful oranges!!!
I love the oranges and the yellows together!!! really a warm feeling!!
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some African pots
Face template
Creating the hair-the hair is an African wig.I wound thread around the hair and added feathers to create more interest.Tribes people love putting things in the hair and i really enjoyed experimenting in this way.
Creating the brows and scarification
Adding texture
When i removed the beans from the models face i was left with a rather interesting pattern.Maybe a look i could use in my final piece.Its very effective and can be made to look like scarification.
African tribes man
I really liked the scars around the eyes,and for my model this look would work really well as she has striking eyes .
lack of eyebrows.also i really like the hair.
the detail of the eyebrows is beautiful