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Technical Folder Evaluation

This term we learned how to make flat moulds using Silicone. First we had to make a sculpture from clay to make our wounds and later the pieces we needed for our hybrid. When working with clay it is important to do a lot of research before you start to make sure your piece will look realistic. Pay attention to details! When spraying fixing spray and petrolease you have to wear a mask covering your mouth and nose and do it in front of an open window. When you start working with the Silicone A, Silicone B and Deadener you must always wear gloves and change them anytime you switch between the different Silicones. It is from most importance to also keep the Silicone containers clean and use different sticks as you will otherwise contaminate the Silicone and then have to throw it away. Also remember not to have any Aloe Vera or garlic on you as the Silicone stops working when it gets in contact with those. I had many problems with the Silicone throughout this unit. Either it didn’t dry properly or the air bubbles caused unwanted texture in the Silicone piece or generally when working with bigger pieces it was sometimes hard to guess how much Silicone was needed so I had sometimes not enough and had to react quickly. But I also had to change and redo sculptures because they were probably contaminated (or too big), even though I stored them safely in the sandwich box, but it helped me to understand how important it is to keep everything really clean for the Silicone to work. I believe I learned a lot of useful skills for my future life and career, for example mould making, sculpting and creating characters through flat mould pieces. I also learned even more the importance of research (especially that not everything is true what’s on the internet), detailing and accuracy.

Evaluation

This unit we learned how to create different characters using silicone flat moulds. We learned how to make sculptures with clay and how to make moulds using Silicone A, Silicone B and Deandener. We also learned the factors that influence silicone like Aloe Vera and garlic and how to behave when working with fixing spray and the appropriate health and safety for working with Silicone. Throughout this unit I had to do a lot of research regarding the wound I had to create and especially for the hybrid project. I noticed for both that you have to be careful with the content from the internet. Especially if you look for wound references. I also had to overcome a lot of problems with the silicone. I had a lot of times when the silicone didn’t dry properly and I had to throw away the whole mould and sculpture as I suspected that something contaminated it. Then I had to redo my wound sculpture as I did not pay attention when it came to the sculpting and instead of making it come outwards I made it go inwards and that cost me a lot of silicone for moulds as it took me forever to realize what was wrong. For my hybrid I had to carefully thing about my design and had to change it a few times as I had to keep in mind if I actually would be able to do it in a certain amount of time and had to make sure it looks realistic. Therefore it was very important to me to do a deep research on the anatomy of human and the vampire squid (my chosen element). What I found a bit difficult was to imagine how my pieces would look on the model and if it would actually work out.

Final Shoot: Hybrid overall character

Evaluation after paint job:

The paint work for this character wasn't too complicated so I managed to get the painting done quite quickly, But even though it is easy there are still things you have to pay attention to. For instance is it better to work here with a sponge and dab the colour on as I noticed before that when I used a brush to apply the supercolor onto the silicone pieces it turned out very patchy . Also even if you use a sponge just really dab the colour on otherwise you will pick up the colour again and it gets patchy as well and my design is supposed to be as very smooth even look so I can't have unevenness in the colour. Also it is important that the different red tone nuances are gradually going into each other. no hard edges. I kept adding more darker red tones on the lower side of the cheek bones pieces to make them even more outstanding and it worked quite well. I did the same with the fore head pieces only that I here applied the colour on the sides.  It is a bit unfortunate that the silicone came off above the eyes because with the colour on it enhances the edges even more. When I took the images for just the application it didn't look like this. I also like how the colored contact lenses work so well with the blue around the eyes Because I wanted to give the  impression that all of the blue is the eye I am glad the blue I choose worked so well. It would have been even better to get full eyed lenses but I have only seen them in black so far. But that would have been awesome. I am very relieved how the decollete part turned out as it was very patchy during the practice. Also I have noticed that the food colouring and latex don't mix well, I first thought I could just pour red food colouring into a bit of latex and would get red latex which I then could easily apply but as soon as I poured the food colouring into the latex the red turned into blue clumbs. Then I tried applying the red first and over it latex but the latex turned out patchy and had this blueish hue as well, In the end I dabbed on the latex with a sponge real quickly- and you have to be careful not to pick it up again- and let it dry.When dry I stippled on the red with a sponge as well and I got this really nice shiny texture.Also I applied the same red supercolor tone the neck has on decollete and shoulders so it would match later on. I didn't do it during practice and it was obvious that there were different red tones.With the latex and red food color I wanted to create this really shiny transparent skin which the Vampire squid has between his tentacles. Another important thing was to blend in the red colour into the hair. This was especially important as the part I needed for blending the forehead piece into the hair line was flooded by the silicone and I couldn't really blend it in. So I was thinking what to do to still make it look edge less, I already decided to put in red into the hair but I decided it would be even more important to intensify the red around the hair line and then blend it out down the hair. I am quite satisfied with the end result. The only thing which annoys me is that I didn't pay attention to the arms. I covered all of the shoulders with the red and latex combination and went down to armpits height but  when I was taking the mid-length images I noticed that it wasn't enough so I quickly went and got the supercolor. But the application was patchy and the red tones don't match and you obviously see it in the mid-length images. And that really angers me because I should have kept that in mind. It was an obvious thing to do like it was obvious that I would have to cover the inside of the ears with red as well to match it to my character but in case with the arms I completely forgot. But well now it is too late but I learned from it. That's at least something.

Final Shoot: Hybrid Application

Evaluation Application:

Compared to the application during my practice this one is thousand times better. It took me longer than I planned on doing it but this time I payed a lot of attention to the blending. I wanted it to look seamless. And I wasn't so sure about it because when I was done with the application it wasn't partly as edge less as I wanted it to be but it looked so much better on camera which made me so happy^^.During the practice the Baldiez layer ripped right on the edge of the silicone and I couldn't really blend it in. To avoid that I did around 4-5 layers of Baldiez before I filled in the silicone and then when the silicone was set I applied another 2 layers on top of it. So it was literally covered in Baldiez layers all around .It worked out well for the cheek pieces even though I had a few bit where the silicone kept coming off as I probably blended too much but I managed to keep those bits down without glue. I just pressed them down really tightly for a minute or so and then usually they would stay down.If not I did the pushing down process a few times but in the end it stayed down. Also before you press it down make sure it is slightly covered in alcohol. It stays down better when it has a bit of liquid. But my biggest struggle was the forehead piece. After I noticed that it was too big, when I did the practice, I made a new sculpture and made it smaller and flatter. But when I poured the silicone into the negative mould it flooded on the side which points to the hairline. Unfortunately I only saw it after the silicone already set. I think the flooding happened when I quickly moved the mould while tidying up my desk when I was waiting for the silicone to set. Very annoying, because when I applied it the space that I needed for blending was gone. I applied it anyway and thought I would just have to come up with something. So I was cutting away as much of the blending layer as possible so it won't get stuck in the hair after glueing it on. I tried to blend as much as possible but the bits just before the hairline just kept breaking off. So I did the same as I did with some of the cheek parts. I just tried to press them down. I didn't look as nice but at least it would not come off anymore. But then again I wasn't worried too much about it as the forehead piece stand s out quite a lot and you don't see it if you look straight at the model. Of course it's not optimal but it was the best I could do during that situation. For the next time I really have to make sure that I have enough space for blending and that nothing is flooded. But overall I am quite content with the outcome of my application. I almost forgot another part that was a bit tricky was the eye areas as you have to be really careful because you blend with alcohol. So I told my model to really tilt her head back so none of the alcohol would run down her face or into her eyes. Also something I noticed is that again I had texture in my forehead pieces which I didn't want. I was really annoyed because my design is supposed to be really smooth and even so hopefully it won't show too much later when the paint is on. I was thinking about what the reason could be and I realized that it always happens the deeper my moulds are. So I thought I didn't give the practice mould enough time to dry as it was a really big and deep one and one hour wasn't enough. But for the assessment piece I left it to set all night and it still got texture in the end so that can't be it. Another reason could be that I didn't get rid off of the air bubbles and they caused the texture? I was looking into things that can influence silicone while it is setting , to not set or to give it texture but unfortunately I couldn't really find anything. Just the things I already know like working quickly and not to have been in touch with garlic and Aloe Vera.

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