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[happiighost]

A blast from the past with a messy redraw~!

From the bowels of my bedroom i found a very old drawing that could be from 2013-2014. I'm no longer into Hellsing but it was neat to try. I have no clue/memory of the original picture in all honesty lol!

[maplezbacon]

just thought id post some of the creative process behind the design of my characters costume, child in eurydice (by the wonderful sarah ruhl)

↑↑↑ since it's already been a couple of weeks into rehearsal by that point & the fact that the cast have creative freedom of their characters design, i created a sort of inspo board (made from images found on Pinterest) and showed it to the director & costume designer. they not only loved the fact i created a board but also loved the designs i had in mind.

ive researched other productions and wanted to do something different from the cartoonish cap, oversized shorts, suspenders, & high socks i often saw. eurydice takes place in the 40-60s era and my vision of the character was an unsettling uncanny sailor boy. the child is the same person, or more so a different side of the same coin, as the interesting man. apparently they both had envisioned for the man to have a navy suit so the sailor boy coupled w that fit perfectly. it sort of gave off a " the grown up " version vibe. Now with a more concrete design, our costume designer went online shopping and personally asked us what we'd like to purchase :D

First Photo — First draft, it's out of view but my pants were on the floor and the sweater vest seen on me was tight >_<

Second Photo — The Final <3 All the pieces were sewn so that they'd still be a little oversized but not on the floor. Gold Buttons were added & I got a cute collar n_n The shoes were found in our theaters infamous " hot box " and it took me hours to find the full pair.

I was also given freedom on what to do with my makeup! I'm already somewhat experienced in theatre makeup & was able to do it myself. I used a brown eyeliner to draw / accentuate the aegyo and widen my eyes with a white pencil to make me look 👁️‍🗨️👁️‍🗨️ like I was always staring in awe. I used a liquid cool pink blush to exaggerate the redness of my nose and the apples of my cheeks. I then used a brown liner to draw upper corners of my mouth to make it look like I was always smiling. The result was. Uncanny. Very uncanny valley. My cast members were very put off by it XD (success!) For the 'manchild' scene, I used some contour and power to darken my features and look similar to my counterpart. I even slathered a fake stubble / 5 O Clock shadow on!

I did NOT need to write that much but I love the creative process behind every decision in theatre, and I'm glad we were given a lot of freedom with our characters design. Being able to express our vision allowed a very whimsical production and im overall super happy with the show. I'm so grateful to be able to contribute my ideas like this. I love my silly creepy LORD OF THE UNDERWORLD tricycle riding freak.

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