Quentin Face Chart #2 - Final

   For my second Quentin design I wanted to kick it up from the first design, making this one a lot more gory and intense to show what Quentin could look like after being involved in Claudias outbursts. As you can see I would have a lot of open wounds across the face that are dripping blood, partnered with scars across his body to show old fights the two have had. Red, sore eyes and eye bags are going to be a big feature of this look as well, the whole aim is to make him look as gory and ugly as possible. Again, to create these wounds I would use gelatine to create the raised and irregular texture along with possible use of wax to create raised scars.

Quentin Face Chart #1

   For Quentin, I wanted to show the effects of when Claudia has an emotional outburst which can lead to him being psychically effected by her actions, even though he is imaginary she can still touch, feel and smell him. For this design I wanted to show that he had been recovering from an episode, so he would have a few large and small scratches and scars across his face and body along with a rather large wound on his forehead. For all these wounds I would either use wax or gelatine, gelatine especially for the head wound to create the irregular and raised texture a wound can have. When creating the scars I want to make them look raised and pale which I could create using gelatine and a stipple sponge to add the pore texture of skin, also once the mould is created and you've powdered the mould it starts and have that skin texture. For the rest of his face I would have his eyes looking tired and irritated a long with a few bruises in different healing stages, scattered around his body and face focusing it around wounds and hallow areas of the face.

Character Profile: Quentin

   Quentin is Claudia’s imaginary boyfriend, who has been in Claudia’s life since she was in her teens. Quentin is in his mid twenties and doesn’t age like a normal human, as he is imaginary. At the very start when Quentin would ‘visit’ her, he would only show when sh was in distress and needed comfort or a friend, however Claudia has since then fell in love with Quentin and they now see each other regularly, even though she has been in an asylum  for the past few months, he can just appear whenever she so desires him. To Claudia Quentin is very much real, as sh can see, hear, touch and feel him whenever he is around which means he can be affected by her emotional outbursts, which could be though psychical or emotional. As he is part of her imagination his appearance can change to suit her mood. In his normal state, he is a tall with messy dirty blonde hair, almost a Kurt Cobain look alike, with a dashing smile.

Claudia Face Chart #3

   Inspired by 90s grunge make-up, this is the kind of 'natural' vibe I wanted to achieve, although asylum isn't set in the 90s I thought this hollowed out grungy look would still fit within the 1960s theme just like when Girl, Interrupted. Although this isn't a very bright and cheerful look that someone would have as there 'natural' face, I wanted this look to be very natural and minimal but still sticking with the theme of hallowing out the features on her face. Again, she will still be rather pale, however that is also to do with the fact she probably hasn't been outside in a while or not been outside for very long if she has gone outside. This kind of look would also be how Claudia would look when she's with Quentin, so at her happiest.

Claudia Face Chart #2

   This second design I wanted to keep a little more subtle than the first look but still have a few elements of the first design such as the red, irritated eyes and hallow face. I decided to do this because I wanted to try and show different stages to Claudia, as she has many different stages to how she feels and they all have different looks to match. In this look this isn't her everyday, happyish self, she's a bit upset/down about being in the unit and wants to see Quentin, hense the irritated eyes. She will sill be very pale and with very extreme bone structure and possibly a few scratches, switches or bruises on her yet not as intense as my first design.

Claudia Face Chart #1 - Final

    For my first face chart for Claudia, I wanted this design to be the one when Claudia has had one of her emotional episodes towards Quentin or another patient and this is her in the come down from that. I wanted to show how distressed she can get by hallowing out her face and her having irritated eyes to make her look like she has been crying for a long period of time. What was a huge inspiration for this character was Angelina Jolie's character in Girl, Interrupted (Lisa Rowe) which is set in a mental unit in the 60s. One scene that Jolie performed was when she got bought back to the unit after escaping for a period of time where she looks completely drained and, some could say not even alive looking, like something has taken over her body and left her in a venerable state. For this look also, I was considering having bruises and scratches/scars down her body and to then have busted knuckles to show her outbursts and how physical she can get when she has one.

  

Character Profile: Claudia

   It's 1964 and this is Claudia a girl in her twenties and is a patient in a mental unit. Claudia has a very worn-out, 90s grunge vibe about her, with her unbrushed hair, pale skin, hallow cheeks and eyes and her oversized, miss matched fashion choices. As a child she was left alone to develop with little parental guidance and through her relationship with T.V movies developed an unhealthy relationship with Horror films, believing this to be the way life really is. This relationship with horror movies and her distant parents has also impacted the way she has future relationships, making her lash out and have emotional outbursts causing anyone around her and also herself to be possibly harmed. However another big factor of these outbursts are due to an imaginary boyfriend Quentin which is mainly why Claudia has been put into a mental unit. Claudia started to see Quentin when she was in her teens and he has stayed with her since. He only used to appear when Claudia was distressed and needed comfort, however in the recent years Claudia has became madly in love with him and has figured out how to make Quentin stay almost permanently.  

   All the scenes take place in various parts of the mental ward, including the common room, Claudia's room and work rooms. She is diagnosed as psychotic due to her creative imaginary of Quentin, but also receives treatment for her antisocial behaviour. She is kept in touch with the outside world by her neighbour in the asylum who is 100% sane but was wrongly accused of a crime 15 years ago.