The Beautiful Tribes

As well as researching animal anatomy our group looked at tribal designs and traditional bodypainting, fabrics and jewellery. There are some truly stunning examples of the varied bright, colourful, expressive adornments tribespeople wear, that I'd love to capture in our masks.

The Hadzabe tribe enjoy colourful prints on their fabrics and
colour blocking in their body paint. A lot of these tribes seem
 to share a love for bold, contrasting colours - especially the 
primaries red, blue and yellow - accentuated with 
bright whites and warm oranges and yellows.

These examples of the Luo tribe offer a lot of
 dramatic headpieces, sometimes fanning out.
These look powerful and imposing, perfect
to represent the strength of a lion. The finger
 painted designs would also look great from
 afar - especially the audience's distance away.

Four examples of the Masai tribe, with a lot of emphasis being 
based on the red facial markings and bright read clothing. 
Women sometimes cover their hair with the 
smooth red mud, creating thick, shiny locks.