Till we have masks

This year Hall Play is gonna be pretty grand. And I'm the co-director. Well, mostly I will deal with artistic direction for props, sets, costumedesigns, lights and sounds and that sort of stuffs. We have another director to deal with the cast (Since I'm not so free and the play is very languagely cheem, so...)
It's called "Till we have faces" so I thought, what if we let all of them wear a mask. It's like no one is of real skin (except for the 2 lead characters, one is so innocent she doesn't even have a mask, one is so ashamed she decides to even hide her mask under a thick veil) So well, here are the initial designs of the masks.
All designs are drawn in Photoshop so maybe with brush and oil color the actual masks will be nicer.
The play will be in theater coming Feb 2nd :) A few days before my 23rd birthday. Muahaha


The Fox - Earthly wisdom
The character is like the king's adviser, who is wise and logical. Therefore, I used straight lines to indicate logic and earth/yellow color on white base to indicate his down to earth quality
Bardia - The dedicated warrior
The hero character of the play. I decided to use black and blue for the traditional values of bravery, loyalty and boldness (sort of Chinese Mask master colors) The design is thick and bursting out like flames to convey his strength and dedication.

The king - Fragmented Beast
The bloodthirsty, angry, cowardice king. Using metaphor of a broken mirror, I broke his face into small sharp pieces with red and black. Black for darkness and red for blood and danger. The gold lining brings out his royalty as a king.
Argan - Foolish evil
A minor character, who is a prince that is hunting his brother to get the rightful inheritance of the throne. He's dangerous but also foolish at the same time. So reminded me of a clown, also with dark sharp dagger like design, it conveys his danger.
Priest - His holy mischievousness
The priest who is more powerful than the king since he speaks words of Gods. White and silver base for Holiness, fine red curvy lines for mischievousness and hidden danger. Also, the design is as opposed to Fox as to contrast the character.

Trunia - Youthful prince
The other prince, who is lively, flirtatious but at the same time honest and proud. The green brings out his youth and his humor while the yellow base conveys something very human, very relatable.Redieval - Innocently envious
A pretty princess who is foolish enough to cause a lot of troubles. She envies her own sister. But she did no harm on purpose. So purpose is the base for innocence, foolishness. The curvy green lines remind us of ivy, for her self-contradictory, twisted thoughts and envy.
The Maid
Temple staffs
Guards


So there are the 10 masks designs. They will go through quite some changes before being finallized. Maybe when the props designs and all other designs are done I'll post them here too.
Again, the play is coming in Feb, so make sure you get tickets before they run out :)