Mask Project

This is the first mask I selected. It's a replica of the masks worn in comic books and movies  by the character Black Panther. It has a basic color pattern of black with a metallic sliver used to emphasize the indentations made in the masks. I used this mask as a inspiration for the shape of my mask. 

The second mask I choose is a wrestlers mask. I took inspiration from the color of red and blue with the eyes. The masks is completely symmetrical. It looks as though one side is being mirrored, forming the other. 

 I chose this final masks because it is made out of metal. Most of the masks I was looking at for inspiration were plastic or paper so this caught my eye immediately.  There are lots of lines and patterns that appear to be symbolizing something. Also, the eyes look like they are turquoise buttons. 

My Mask.

For my masks, I wanted to do something similar to the black panther masks with the coloring of the wrestler's mask. I decided to use blue as the color of the "face" while red is a mark going down from the hairline to the chin cut-out. I decided to use charcoal to outline everything because I believe it makes the majors pop more on paper.  The ears and cheekbones were colored using a black color pencil because I wanted them to contrast the charcoal. The black lines under each eye is used to mimic the mark athletes use before they onto the field. 

I think my masks is decent. I'm not a particular good artist so I feel as though others could be better. I liked creating the masks because everything I did something, I found something else the would make it better in my eyes. For example, initially I had black curved lines represent the library, but I decided to cut the eyes out so make it more appealing.