Since Agnes' father is one of the two antagonists, I decided to give him a 'thug' look by creating a large bruise on the right side of his face using a mixture of dark eyeshadows and blending them outwards; this immediately suggests something sinister about his character. In addition to this, I applied brown eyeshadow underneath his eyes in order to give the elusion of eye bags which would be a typical feature of his character since he would have spent a restless night in a police cell as a result of being arrested under suspicion for the murder of his daughter.
In order to tie the entire look together, I used a white face powder all over his face in order to make him look drip white and ill- an obvious feature expected of a drug addicts appearance- as well as making his appearance look frightening overall which is an obvious goal when considering he is an antagonist who is supposed to inflict fear into the audience.
Since he is a drug addict, I also contoured his cheek bones, the sides of his nose and temples to give the illusion of a slimmer face and to make him look frail which would be expected if he was a severe drug addict. This technique was also used on several characters in the film 'Trainspotting' as it adds to the verisimilitude of the stereotype of a drug addicts appearance that the audience expect to see.
To finish off the look, I firstly applied white powder then secondly brown powder to his lips to create the appearance of them being chapped and blistered. I felt this added to the overall look of him being run down and un-kempt.
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