For my mask making project I decided to use my inspiration towards the masks of the living dead. I find this topic of the living dead intriguing and I love what this represents along with all the different various types of masks there are such as bright and vivid colors to dark somber masks which you can use your total and free imagination when creating your own mask in this culture. I chose these three masks to go off of my own mask creation due to the first mask seeming somber with the black base but with the same time the somberness is canceled out with the bright and vivid colors which is showing life, the second mask is more of a dark tone all around even with the life represented with the white base, and the third mask all around even with the bright tones still is out weighed with the dark base showing the sadness of the death of a loved one but little life is still shining through.

The elements that I have used in my final design of my mask are line, the repeating of the half circles throughout the mask, and color. The principles that I have used are balance which can be found if you fold the mask in half horizontally it will be the same pattern on each side (I know my proportions are off but I'm not the best at drawing), and pattern which is repetitive throughout my mask. I really like the black bases on living dead masks but I wanted to steer away from that and make my mask more simple. I decided to go with the white base and use red and blue shades. The red represents the anger one will have for death but the white reminds them of the life of another is just born. The stitches represent putting yourself back together after the death of someone you love and it will always effect you but you will move on and be ok. The heart represents the love for one another. The blue by the eyes represents the tears that are shed and finally the black eyes represent the life ever after. I really enjoyed working on this project I wish that I was able to use other materials such as making a collage which would have been really fun but I enjoyed making my creation and it was fun opening up my creative side.