Context

Just wanted to write a quick post explaining the thoughts behind my final looks, putting them into context..

For the Girl/Babysitter in the clown statue gothic urban legend I wanted to show how she was trapped and surpressed on the outside from going crazy due to her memories/experiences from the clown but how she was still colourful and her old self in the inside trying to get out, I used a bright colour on the lashes and for the tear drop to show her/the colour trying to get out.

I used the cord to show how she was mentally and physically trapped by her memories, I thought about using all black contact lenses but decided that to see that she was still trapped inside it would make more sense to see her eyes. 

I used a wet look fabric as a top because I wanted something tight, leathery and black because I took slight reference from Bondage clothing because of her being tied up etc and fitted with the monochrome exterior I wanted to create.

The hair was crimped and backcombed to make it look messy on the bottom section as a fashion interpretation of her struggle to get out of cords. 

For the Clown Statue/Doll I decided on a checkerboard pattern on the eyes because it is a common pattern on clowns clothing but a change from the normal black cross or splodge eye in clown make up without straying too far away. It came about because I didn't think just black on the eyes (in the first test) looked very good so I wanted to break it up a bit and so a black and white checkerboard seemed appropriate.

I imagined that the clown was dressed as a clown because it was trying to relive a childhood and chose a clown because it is assumed that most children like clowns but that isn't the case and the staples were frightening so when the children children didn't find him funny he felt he had to kill them. I know a part of my fear of clowns is because you cant see their emotion because its painted on and hidden so that could also be a reason it chose to be like a clown to hide who they actually were.

I wanted to have fairly classic clown curly hair but give it a fashion trist so made it a bit more tousled and messy/fluffy. I also felt like I had to have a red nose (but smaller) on the clown because it is such a significant feature of what makes a clown look like a clown.