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leia131My posting schedule is all messed up, because I had planned to get this one up yesterday, and then I had a post scheduled for today, but I didn't get to this yesterday, but I still want to get it up before tonight's Face Off episode, so the bottom line is you're getting two posts today.
From one difficult challenge to the next, this week the designers had to work with 'clients', aka kids, and create said kids' imaginary friends, based on the kids' descriptions, requests, and sometimes pictures. This went the same way as most client challenges, with the designers struggling to balance their own voice, the desires of the kids, and what was feasible to accomplish in the time allotted. Some were better at this than others.
Meeting the kids:
I loved this because they let the kids pick who they wanted to work with.
Darla:
The judges just loved this, especially the crystals jutting up out of her shoulders that look like a collar, but I find something about it unsettling. I don't know, that diamond face shape, despite it being exactly what the kid wanted, is just creepy to me. Regardless, this was what was asked for, it was well done, the paint is sparkly and beautiful, and everyone was happy.
Here's a closer look at her:
Darla, wisely, realized that the requested button eyes on this character would be too creepy, so she incorporated that idea into the removable sunglasses instead. Pleased the kid, pleased the judges, yay Darla!
Adam:
This somehow manages to simultaneously look like a ton of work, and no work at all, and like both a screen-ready imaginary friend and exactly what the kid wanted. Adam's gimmick was that the bottom jaw of the monster was attached to his chest, and the rest of the face was on the models' head, so that when the model moved his head the huge mouth opened and closed. Adam was afraid this effect wouldn't work, but it did, and the whole thing absolutely charmed the judges. I quite like this one, because it's very different from what they usually do on Face Off, and he looks a lot like a character from a Saturday morning kids' show. Adam is really on point lately.
Julian:
So, Julian's kid insisted, loudly and repeatedly, on having a realistic zombie, which is exactly what Julian started with. Laura, sensibly, advised him that, despite what his kid wanted, an actually realistic zombie, in this challenge, was not the best idea. (Plus, I'm not sure the kid really knew exactly what a realistic zombie would end up looking like.) So Julian opted for something a little more whimsical, which would hav been fine, except this is 1. nothing like a zombie at all anymore and 2. strangely painted (though you can't tell in this picture). The judges hated the paint, as well as the way his bone mohawk was sculpted.
Side shot of the mohawk:
I don't mind the mohawk sculpt, but I do hate the paint job.
Ben:
Poor Ben was the designer who fell into the typical 'client challenge' trap (and there's always one): Do exactly what the client wants, sacrificing all considerations of time and your own ideas. His kid wanted a three headed monster with wings and a tail and a bunch of other things, and Ben was determined to do all of them. Unfortunately, since he only had a day to do it, none of the million things he was going for had time to be fully realized. The three-headed design is awesome and ambitious and could have worked, but then he spent too much time on the wings (you can't see) and the tail (you can't see) and was unable to fully paint the heads or eyes, or finish his suit fabrication. And because this is the half-done, flat painted, sloppily constructed mess he presented, he was sent home. It's a shame, because he's usually a very strong designer, but this is just awful.
Those are all the looks the judges picked out, but you guys have to see what Logan made too:
It's a mermaid! With heart shaped scales! He fabricated that whole tail, and it's pretty darn impressive. I feel like his little girl 'client' and I could be friends. Ooh, and I just noticed that she has Lagoona's arm fins, lol.
From one difficult challenge to the next, this week the designers had to work with 'clients', aka kids, and create said kids' imaginary friends, based on the kids' descriptions, requests, and sometimes pictures. This went the same way as most client challenges, with the designers struggling to balance their own voice, the desires of the kids, and what was feasible to accomplish in the time allotted. Some were better at this than others.
Meeting the kids:
I loved this because they let the kids pick who they wanted to work with.
Darla:
The judges just loved this, especially the crystals jutting up out of her shoulders that look like a collar, but I find something about it unsettling. I don't know, that diamond face shape, despite it being exactly what the kid wanted, is just creepy to me. Regardless, this was what was asked for, it was well done, the paint is sparkly and beautiful, and everyone was happy.
Here's a closer look at her:
Darla, wisely, realized that the requested button eyes on this character would be too creepy, so she incorporated that idea into the removable sunglasses instead. Pleased the kid, pleased the judges, yay Darla!
Adam:
This somehow manages to simultaneously look like a ton of work, and no work at all, and like both a screen-ready imaginary friend and exactly what the kid wanted. Adam's gimmick was that the bottom jaw of the monster was attached to his chest, and the rest of the face was on the models' head, so that when the model moved his head the huge mouth opened and closed. Adam was afraid this effect wouldn't work, but it did, and the whole thing absolutely charmed the judges. I quite like this one, because it's very different from what they usually do on Face Off, and he looks a lot like a character from a Saturday morning kids' show. Adam is really on point lately.
Julian:
So, Julian's kid insisted, loudly and repeatedly, on having a realistic zombie, which is exactly what Julian started with. Laura, sensibly, advised him that, despite what his kid wanted, an actually realistic zombie, in this challenge, was not the best idea. (Plus, I'm not sure the kid really knew exactly what a realistic zombie would end up looking like.) So Julian opted for something a little more whimsical, which would hav been fine, except this is 1. nothing like a zombie at all anymore and 2. strangely painted (though you can't tell in this picture). The judges hated the paint, as well as the way his bone mohawk was sculpted.Side shot of the mohawk:
I don't mind the mohawk sculpt, but I do hate the paint job.
Ben:
Poor Ben was the designer who fell into the typical 'client challenge' trap (and there's always one): Do exactly what the client wants, sacrificing all considerations of time and your own ideas. His kid wanted a three headed monster with wings and a tail and a bunch of other things, and Ben was determined to do all of them. Unfortunately, since he only had a day to do it, none of the million things he was going for had time to be fully realized. The three-headed design is awesome and ambitious and could have worked, but then he spent too much time on the wings (you can't see) and the tail (you can't see) and was unable to fully paint the heads or eyes, or finish his suit fabrication. And because this is the half-done, flat painted, sloppily constructed mess he presented, he was sent home. It's a shame, because he's usually a very strong designer, but this is just awful.
Those are all the looks the judges picked out, but you guys have to see what Logan made too:
It's a mermaid! With heart shaped scales! He fabricated that whole tail, and it's pretty darn impressive. I feel like his little girl 'client' and I could be friends. Ooh, and I just noticed that she has Lagoona's arm fins, lol.
