Mask Project

I picked these three images as inspiration for this project because I like the colors used in them. I like the primary colors in them and how they play together. I also like the detail, but also how they look complex at the same time. They are all exaggerated masks but I like the way they look.

I like the colors in all of these masks because the colors all compliment each other. I also like the lines in each of them that form the different designs on the masks and make them each unique. They either have simple lines or more complex line formations. the space between the colors works out well and distinguishes  each different shape on the masks. The first mask has the most texture than the rest with the detail with the hair and also around the mouth, nose, teeth, and the rest of the face.

They all seem to have balance, neither side of the masks out weighs the other side. The first one and last one both have emphasis on the eyes which can be seen by the distinguished lighter colors that form the eyes. The first mask has rhythm and pattern in it with all the marks and dots that form the design on the mask. I think the last one has a sense of rhythm because the colors and lines create a sense of movement in the mask; at the top of the mask my eyes are more directed up.

These are my sketches, I tried to add some of the same oddities to them. I did like the last one with its lines and designs on it, so for my last sketch I tried to do that too. I also liked the animal concept with the first mask that I chose so for my first and last sketch I tried to incorporate something like that. The second sketch I tried to base it off of the second mask that I chose for inspiration because I liked the simplicity of it, but how it looked so odd at the same time.

 This is the mask that I created. I didn't really follow any of my sketches, I just let myself do whatever. I chose to stick with the primary colors like the inspirational masks that I chose. I think the hair gives the mask a sense of movement because they are curved in different directions. I also think that there is balance to my mask because everything seems to be symmetrical, or at least slightly asymmetrical. There is also line creating the different shapes in my mask and the hair. The hair seems to be the thing that stands out to me most just because they also seem to give a sense of texture to it too because I used different scissors which were jagged giving it a textured look.
I like my finished mask but also I hate it at the same time because I had no idea what to do. I also didn't really have much around the house and couldn't go out and buy anything. The thing that puzzled me was how to make it seem 3D, but the hair does give it a sense of 3D which I like. I think that if I were to spend more time on it and try to be more creative than I could have come up with something different. But when I was thinking of creating a mask I was thinking of the masks that you buy at the stores or even like a wooden mask because those seem 3D to me compared to just paper.