Product Design: Alter Ego Mask

For my layout design class, we were asked to design and create a mask that represents our alter ego. Once our masks are finished and professionally photographed, we get to design a catalog for them! It should be pretty fun! Anyways, my alter ego was to be more bold (fearless, spontaneous, speak out more), etc. Everyone who knows me knows I have been known as being "too nice", so I figured "bold" could be a good description!

Here are some pictures of the mask as a work in progress:

I decided to use paper mache. I did like 5 or 6 layers of it, using water and flour to make the paste, and used a half of a milk jug for the form!

Here's the final layer of paper mache. It's just white computer paper.

Here's the mask after applying lots of yellowish-orange paint and gluing on string to make the design on the outside. Yellow is a BOLD color right?

We had a few days after our critique to make some minor changes/upgrades. I added some more color to mine to make it seem ever more BOLD. The blue eyes alone made it look kind of sad!

My finished product!

Hanging on the wall...

That's it! Overall, it was a fun project and I learned how to better my paper mache skills, painting skills, etc. :)