Hi there! Welcome back to my blog, this week I am going to be discussing digital face charts vs paper face charts, enjoy!
Face charts for makeup artists are like paint brushes for artists - they are an industry staple and are very useful tools that every professional makeup artist should be using.
Traditionally, face charts are done on paper and real makeup is used on them to create makeup looks. However, the world is evolving and so the beauty industry must evolve with it, meaning that digital face charts are now becoming more apparent with at least 32% of makeup artists now using digital apps to create face charts (McAulay, 2018).
Sketching, however, is useful in makeup and wig design because they are done quickly and allow the artist to get their initial ideas down on paper, so that they can then be developed into a full final image (Salwey and Squirrell, 2017).
When the brief was given, a sketched face chart was designed to get initial ideas down on to paper (Figure 2). The sketch was good for the initial idea, however, there was not as much detail in there as there should have been. This is quite often what happens with sketched face charts; detail gets missed. Digitally creating face charts allows for mistakes as they can be easily deleted, however, on paper the mistakes cannot be erased.
By the way it has been drawn, the rhino appears quite angry which is not the effect wanted. The face chart was revisited, however, this time it was made digitally. The app 'ProCreate Pocket' was downloaded onto the mobile and was then used to create a fresh face chart. The mobile version had to be used since the iPad had not been delivered yet. It was still very easy and simple to use, it was just a smaller screen. This app produced an effective face chart because of all the different brushes and tools that were available. Any colour was available to use, and there are at least 3 different colour wheels to use. The figures below show the process that was done when creating the digital face chart for the Rhino-Human Hybrid look.
Figures 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 & 8: Digital Face Chart Process (O'Connor, 2021).
The process was started with a blank face chart, with the nose erased as the nose was being redrawn on but in the shape of a rhino.
To do this, an image of a rhino was layered on top of the face chart and the features of the rhino were traced onto the face chart layer using a pencil tool. The ears, nose and horns were drawn first, followed by the head wrinkles and wrinkles around the eyes.
Once this was all done to a good standard, the colouring could begin. A cool toned grey colour was used as the base colour, which was then gone over with a more muddy brown toned grey to create a realistic rhino colour. Every wrinkle was shaded and highlighted creating depth to the image. The eyes and lips were then coloured, which made the face chart appear 3D. Pro Create has lots of different tools and brushes which allows creatives to get textures and details easily. There was a brush/tool which created the effect of dry and rough skin, which was perfect for the rhino that was being made. The final digital sketch is very effective because of the depth and details that have been created. The app ProCreate has been used well and has allowed for lots of textures and detail to be added, the app allowed for creativity and experiments.
Thank you for reading this week's blog! Come back next week for the beginning stages of creating this rhino-human hybrid: Life Casting.
See you then,
Alysha :)
Reference List:
McAulay, K. (2018) The End to Paper Face Charts [Online]. Available at https://www.beautypackaging.com/contents/view_experts-opinion/2018-02-01/the-end-to-paper-face-charts(Accessed 5 April 2022).
O'Connor, A. (2021) Digital Face Chart Process Images [Images]. York.
O'Connor, A. (2021) Final Digital Face Chart [Image]. York.
O'Connor, A. (2021) Paper Face Chart Example [Image]. York.
O'Connor, A. (2021) Rhino Sketch Face Chart [Image]. York.
Salwey, J. and Squirrell, L. (2017) About Sketching, New York, Dover Publications Inc.
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