This shoot shows how skin is seen as our first method of deciding a persons identity. I will take a birthmark over the models face, which will be inspired by the Rorschach inkblot tests - a psychological test used to identify a persons deep psychological personalities. I like the link between this test , showing inner identity, and the birthmark which shows outer identity.
WGSN has proved a really good source of inspiration for patterns and textures that will influence and update the inkblot-like stains that I am looking at. The above, to me, shows this sort of theme distorted on a range of different bases, which is something that is key when designing my skin patterning.
UPDATE
What if I didn't use the face, but used the hands to portray this. The chapter is, after all expiring how our outer identity connects to the skin without looking at a persons facial features. "The skin is all we show." Hands are intimate, they can tell a story of a person and serve as a emotional connection between human beings. I've decided to adapt this shoot to the hands for variety as well as concept strength.
