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Anna M. O’Brien 

BA [Hons] Design for Stage + Screen Character MakeUp Design

My name is Anna O'Brien and I am 22. I am Creative and Passionate and hope to pursue a career in Visual Art. I have earned my degree in Design for Stage & Screen, specialising in Character Makeup Design. I was inspired to pursue this career as I have always adored film & theatre and was inspired particularly by the Classic Horror Films and Creatures, wanting to follow in the footsteps of the likes of Rick Baker. I am skilled in the Design and Making of prosthetics and throughout college I also discovered a passion and skill for more abstract, theatrical makeup styles such as Portrait Recreation or Body Paint.

This is an excerpt from my Process Work, it is a preliminary Conceptual Drawing exploring faces, figures and colours.
This is an image of the Melancholy Sybil Vane. She has a Sorrowful Expression and Red Hues. She is Dorian's Love Interest and has a Tragic end.
This is an image of the Melancholy Sybil Vane. She has a Sorrowful Expression and Red Hues. She is Dorian's Love Interest and has a Tragic end.
This is an image of the Melancholy Basil Hallward. He has an Anxious Expression and Red Hues. He is Dorian's friend and the Artist of his Portrait.
This is an image of the Melancholy Basil Hallward. He has an Anxious Expression and Red Hues. He is Dorian's friend and the Artist of his Portrait.
This is an image of the Sly Lord Henry. He has a Mischeavous Expression and Blue Hues. He is Basils friend and a Bad Influence on Dorian Grey.
This is an image of the Sly Lord Henry. He has a Mischeavous Expression and Blue Hues. He is Basils friend and a Bad Influence on Dorian Grey.
This is Dorian Gray.
This is Dorian Gray.
The Picture of Dorian Grey

My interpretation of the text focused on Hedonism. Dorian Grey follows hedonism and gives freedom to all his desires, seeking any kind of pleasure he can find. Sex, Drugs and Alcohol are among the vices Dorian explores while out on the streets of London with Lord Henry. I decided to find links between Wilde's Vivid, Seedy London and the Vibrant, Debauchery filled world of 1890's Paris, using the La Belle Époque Posters as my initial inspiration. I was inspired by the exaggerated, caricature style of the characters and the depravity explored in that world.

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