Colour Charts

Character colour palettes: The largest circles show the colours most prominent in the character designs, and vice versa. 

Colour Chart: Shows the variation of colours from light to dark/ All colours used within the character designs. 

Rhino Video Examples.

Rhino Star from Lily Greenhalgh on Vimeo.


Rhino Twist from Lily Greenhalgh on Vimeo.


video-1481319157 from Lily Greenhalgh on Vimeo


video-1481319150 from Lily Greenhalgh on Vimeo.

Mask Prototyping (6)

I've begin experimenting with the eyes and their shape. I'd possibly like to make then appear slightly more droopy and sullen; This could be done with the model/ actor wearing dark makeup underneath, but also perhaps changing the shape of the circles that surround the eye holes?
On the right of the mask, I've pinned (and now sewn) a simple circle around the eye hole. I trimmed this down from the size of the rings in the foam mask prototype, as previously they were far too wide.
My next steps will be to experiment with the eye shape a little more, then focus on weathering and wearing samples of the fabrics I'll be using. After that I can move onto the final mask! I would like to get all experiments and prototypes done by Wednesday, in time for the presentations on Friday.

As a side note, I'm not happy with the stitching down the center nose seam here; I want the sewing to look messy and un-uniform but this isn't the look I'm going for. It could be the white thread that's putting me off, but it's definitely something I'm going to change. 

Mask Prototyping (5)

After cutting out the pieces, I began hand sewing them together. However, I soon realised that this fabric requires more consideration than the craft foam did. Instead of sewing the panels together in whatever order I picked them up, I figured out that I should first sew the underneath chin layer to the inside of the cheek pieces, then the middle nose seam, then lastly the forehead section to finish off. This makes handling the material and creating a good shape a lot easier. Above shows how the panels didn't match up and became lop-sided if I didn't consider the order of the steps needed. The second image shows this mistake rectified. 

Pictured here is the current 'Second mask prototype'. I used very rough looking hand stitching, as I want it too look as if Epops himself used his rugged stumps to assemble this mask, therefore the stitching would be messy and uneven. I also used a variety of colour in the thread I used, as I wanted to see which I preferred most next the base tanned tone of the mask. Currently I prefer the black thread as it stands out a little more, and I plan on weathering all fabrics used in making this mask, including the thread. 

Mask Prototyping (4)

Previously the foam prototype allowed me to see the construction, pattern and how the mask would hold itself together. Now I've seen this in 3D and have made some adjustments I can move onto the next prototype.

For this I'm using the kind of fabric that I'll make the final mask out of so I can see how well this material supports itself. I bought an old fake leather suitcase to strip down for this fabric; this gives me unique material that already slightly battered and was also a way of staying within my project budget! The fact that it's fake leather also means that it's much, much easier to work with than real leather would be; it's also softer so more comfortable for the wearer, cheaper and more readily available.

After stripping the suitcase of its panels, I began cutting out the mask pattern. The adjustments seen here are curved jaw/ cheek corner shapes instead of sharper ones, as I prefer this shape.

Mask Prototyping (3)

Final craft foam prototype; from trying it on I was able to see the size of the masks beak and eyeholes and check the proportioning's. The beak was actually a lot larger than I thought it would be and the mask fit quite well over all. However, it was a little tight in places due to the new bottom jaw panel so I fixed this by resizing this piece but slitting it open a few centimeters. This lets me know that in my next prototype I will have to add in these extra centimeters to the pattern piece.
I also wrote notes onto this prototype itself, such as lines around the eyes and notes around the chin indicating the fact that the sizes must be changed.

Mask Prototyping (2)

From left to right:

1) The finished base mask without a chin/ jaw piece. The circles around the eyes have now been affixed, and the entire pattern was used to create this.

2) Trying on the mask to check the fit. At this point, there was no fastenings so I had to hold it on.

3) Upon trying on the mask and realising that there was no bottom to it to completely encase the face, I decided to create a pattern piece to fit this. I did this using the curves from the mask to create the right shape, then experimented with the length and breadth of it.

4) This was then stuck together using PVA glue and clamps, then left overnight.