Hello friends!
Today I would like to share with you one of the ways of structuring personal recommendations that are derived during analysis - the priority of means of expression or the reference points of the image.
You may have noticed how the same characteristics, be it a Image type, a color type or a combination of lines, “sound” completely differently in the final composition of an individual person. Some are louder, some fade away, while others provide the widest scope for creativity.
Priority - these are, of course, exactly those characteristics that are noticed even by the most cursory glance and without the support of which the image will not be assembled. The severity of these characteristics depends on the balance and plasticity of the appearance, but for most people, as experience shows, it is quite realistic to derive 2-3 points, relying on which will create a harmonious and comfortable image without neurotic following absolutely all the nuances of the recommendations.
I like to simplify things and, I suspect, I am not alone in this, but in order to simplify, you will first have to analyze and sort through the mental shelves all the available information about the appearance that we currently own.
So, what can be the reference point of the image:
Chromaticity
Brightness
Temperature
Key
Contrast
Geometry
Delicacy/expressiveness
Graphic/Watercolor
Texture
Detail
Vertical proportions
Let's go in order:
Chromaticity
Chromaticity is the number of different colors within one appearance.
The white of the eyes, their iris, hair, eyebrows, skin, blush, lips - the more colors that differ sufficiently from each other, the more colorful the image can be.
Additional color brightness enhances this setting and enhances color contrast.
Brightness
The brightness of a color or its purity is the presence or absence of impurities and dilutions.
The closer your palette is to the brightness of the rainbow, the cleaner it is. The closer to shades of gray - the softer, more muted. In both cases, this feature must be emphasized with an appropriate frame.
The brightness of color is supported by naive romance or drama in the composition of IT and the expressiveness of features, softness - by stylistic romanticism or classicism and delicacy.
Temperature
The extreme cold and warmth of color is often hard to ignore.
The parameters delicacy/expressiveness, texture, linearity and figurative type can both enhance and soften this characteristic.
For example, the natural component of the Image type is often warm, the dramatic one - cold. Delicacy is perceived cooler, expressiveness - hot; flat lines and smooth textures - to the cold, voluminous forms and fleecy textures - to the heat.
Key
Darkness/lightness as a leading characteristic.
It is supported by stylistic components:
a deep palette is a frequent companion of dramatic influence, and light colors are romanticism or naive romance.
Contrast
In this case - tone, not color contrast, as in the case of "color". To check this parameter, it is enough to convert your photo to b/w: when compared with unity, level 2-3 is extremely low contrast, 8-9 is extremely high.
Geometry
Angular or rounded in the first place. Similarly sharp/soft, faceted/streamlined, straight/arched.
Of course, it directly depends on the linearity and affects the shape of the silhouettes, its components, accessories, hairstyles and makeup.
Delicateness/Expressiveness
We discussed it in detail in one of the previous articles, so I will give a link and a squeeze:
Volumetric, protruding forward, often shaped, dense, "fleshy", visually filled, weighty, juicy features are expressive.
Compact, deep-set, flat, thin, visually light, graceful features are delicate.
Enhanced by texture, tone contrast and color temperature. In general, this is probably one of the most convenient points of support due to its complexity. But many stars must align)
Graphic/Watercolor
Clear line drawing or soft transitions. Essentially how "dry" or "wet" the face feels.
A parameter somewhat similar to "geometry": "dry" features are often associated with angularity, and "wet" with roundness due to physical properties.
But for the image, they have a different meaning:
if geometry affects the shape of details and prints, then graphics and watercolor affect the boundaries of these forms, whether they are clear and drawn or blurry, soft.
Texture
Smooth or rough - depends on the "delicacy / expressiveness" parameter, but they do not always coincide.
It also depends on linear and color associations: Aggressive, Flowing and Elastic lines are often associated with smoothness and brilliance;
Soft, Rigid and Fragile - with different textures. Cold colors are perceived as smoother, warm colors as rough.
Detail
Someone is always “something missing”, and for someone, 2 details are “too much”.
What does this parameter depend on?
From linearity and composition: the more individual lines and shapes there are in the face, the more pronounced the sense of variegation and chaos - the higher the likelihood of high detail.
Accordingly, if the features are perceived as a harmonious monolith or only one of the features takes all the attention, the more natural the minimalism in the image will look.
The scale of the features also affects the detail - large features more often "merge" into a monolith, and medium-sized ones are perceived as separate details (eyes, nose, eyebrows, lips, cheeks, chin).
Vertical proportions
Elongated or compact, vertical or horizontal.
They can be judged by the figure, but with sufficient severity, they are clearly visible in the face. Elongated shapes fit into a vertical rectangle/oval, compact shapes fit into a square/circle.
Enhanced by linearity and detail:
Flowing line, low detail - for "vertical", Elastic line, high detail - for "horizontal".
Have you noticed that some potential reference points are reinforced by others? This fact can become the key to their determination, because when analyzing appearance, various kinds of correlations of some properties with others often pop up - you just need to be observant.
To illustrate, let's recall two beautiful volunteers from the latest analysis and try to find supports for them - those appearance properties that are most pronounced and, as a result, do not leave room for maneuver, but fall under the definition of must-have. As I said above, the optimal number of them in a personal style is 2-3 pieces.
The fact that the ladies have intersections in terms of technical characteristics adds interest - we can see the nuances of personal recommendations)
Example #1
Let's look at the first lady, taking as a basis a image landmark, because it already reflects the main properties:
Soft summer, Solid form, Fragile line, Sensual IT - a combination of romanticism and naturalness. Here is a list of available supports to start with and cross out those that do not fit exactly:
Chromaticity, Brightness, Temperature, Tonality, Contrast, Geometry, Delicateness/expressiveness, Graphics/watercolour, Texture, Detail, Vertical proportions.
What remains is Brightness (or rather, softness of color), Delicateness, Graphism, Texture leaning towards smoothness and high Detail.
Delicacy is a complex parameter, so you need to check it for compliance first. In her recommendations: color coolness (yes), smooth textures (± yes, but not to an extreme degree of severity), small scale (yes), nuanced color combinations (yes). Only high detail falls out, however, with a sufficiently low tonal contrast, it is quite the place to be. Is it possible for a girl to rely on the Delicacy parameter in her image? Yes, it is possible, but we will add Graphicity to it in clarification, because. it is definitely present in appearance, but does not depend on Delicateness.
Bottom line: Delicacy and Graphicity are potential reference points for the style of the first heroine.
Example #2
Let's move on to the second lady and take both of the resulting collages (1 - based only on the external, 2 - taking into account the internal), so that, relying on her appearance, not to harm her archetypes:
Soft summer, Soft shape and line, Sensual OT - and again, romanticism and naturalness. But if in the case of the first girl there was a clear preponderance of romanticism, then in the case of this heroine, the advantage is on the side of the natural component. Again we take our list and exclude everything inappropriate:
Chromaticity, Brightness, Temperature, Key, Contrast, Geometry, Delicateness/expressiveness, Graphics/watercolour, Texture, Detail, Vertical proportions.
The Chromaticity of the lady is quite pronounced, she can afford not to restrain herself in color combinations. But should she strictly adhere to this in style? No, it shouldn't, and given the presence of the Hero archetype, even more so. Color in general, relative to her example, is a flexible characteristic.
In terms of Geometry, everything is clear - it is Rounded / streamlined, and besides, it is complemented by Watercolor, softness of color transitions.
The detail of the girl may be high, but may not be for the sake of archetypes. I think it is more logical to replace it with another, more pronounced property - Texture. Pile and rough textures will support the overall natural and free feeling without harming the Heroic asceticism)
Conclusion: the rounded Geometry, Watercolor and rough Texture can become the reference points of the style for the second volunteer.
The sound of each appearance is unique - this is the charm, but also the difficulty of mastering the topic of personal style.
That's all I have for today, dear accomplices. I hope these observations will be useful to you ♥
To one and all — peace between the outer and the inner!
Thank you for your trust and see you next time!
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