Dramatic Context
Georgia Brown
I have chosen specific images of my family which show signs of ageing and wrinkle detail, developed from expression lines, sun damage and (smoking which doesnt relate to me personally). The references should be relatively accurate: The majority lead active lifestyles; are exposed to sun often, do not drink alcohol and enjoy a balanced diet. My mum and grandad both have deep buccomandibular grooves
above their lips from years of smoking and I will not age the same in that area, they are the only two family members who smoke.
Noted Similarities:
Crows feet: Wrinkling in the skin on the outer corners of the eyes. The majority of my family members have developed crows feet with age and I can already see fine lines around my eyes from expression, laughter lines.
Nasolabial folds: Smile lines, with age the folds seem to have gotten deeper and left perminent folds on their faces. I think the same will apply to my face and the creases will develop over time.
Sagging of the skin around the corners of the mouth: Perminent sagging, a consequence of age, as seen in most of the above images of my family members. Mum and Grandad both have permanent buccomandibular grooves, a result from smoking over the years.
Accordion lines: A distinctive feature that both my mum and dads side of the family hold is dimples in the cheeks and as they have aged the creases have became deeper and perminent.
Above & right, mum and below mum and grandad (mums dad)
Above: Me and mum. Below left: Dad and aunt.
Below: Dad and aunt, dads sister.
AGE RANGE:
MUM: 54 DAD: 55 AUNT: 36 AUNT: 32 GRANDAD: 68
Corey, I. (1991). THE FACE IS A CANVAS, The: Design and Technique of Theatrical Make-up. U.S. Anchorage. P.
You can see the resemblence in the above images that link the two families together, by looking in the mirror I should be able to depict where I will develop lines through aging and expression, along side looking at photographs of my mum and dad and linking their anatomy to mine.
Portrait Analysis | Family Ageing
Basin, R. and Doublet, E. (2007). SKIN AGING ATLAS. (Volume 1). Paris, France. MED'COM.
My mums side of the family suffer from deeper Crows Feet wrinkles than my dads and where my mums crows feet look similar to a grade 4, my dads look similar to a grade 3. My grandad is of a similar age I need to sculpt and his crows feet are at a grade 6. However, I will not age as prematurely because I do not have as much sun exposure and I don't smoke. He has worked in harsh weather conditions throughout his life too and that factor alone will have aged his skin gradually.
Both my mum and dad show signs of marionnette lines: folds of thecorners of the lips. I think this is generally because of their facial anatomy rather than aging effects. I can see small fat lumps either side of my lips- extending downwards, which I think will develop into light folds. My mum looks similar to a grade 3 and my dad a grade 2. My mum is exposed to sun and uv rays more than my dad and she is a smoker. Therefore folds are inevitably deeper.
Other differences would be my Mum and Grandads vertical glabellar lines. They both wear glasses, years of frowning and squinting because of bad vision have created perminent expression lines in between the brows and around the eyes. I fortunately do not wear glasses and dont have any problems with eyesight. My Dads eyesight is fine and he doesnt seem to have deep frown lines or folds around his eyes and sockets, neither does my Grandad on my Dads side or my aunties. However, I already have expression lines and think I can reference both my mum and dads crows feet for my sculpt.
After a close examination of the photographs, I have circled the above images which I think will have a likeness to my own in between the ages of 60 and 70.
Taylor, K, T. (2001). Forensic Art And Illustration. [e-book] CRC Press LLC. Available from: http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=5QQwAsJkBiEC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false. [Accessed 14 November 2014]
Forensic Art and Illustration:
"With the day to day animations of our faces and the accompanying expressions, we inevitably acquire corresponding facial lines or wrinkles over time. In addition, our faces respond to environment with reactions such as squinting in the sunlight that eventually create permanent lines due to repetition."
"The wrinkles occur perpendicular to the stretch of underlying muscle fibres."
"The upper half of the face tends to exhibit lines earlier than the lower half of the face"
"60s: Lines are exaggerated; the circumoral striae may cross over the vermilion border of the lips, the ears appear to get larger and wrinkles appear in front of the tragus, tissues under the neck sag"
"70s: All of the above lines become more defined, accompanied by marked loss of elasticity of the skin and sagging of tissues"