British Hair Awards: Afro Finalist Collection by Luke Nugent
When it comes to hairdressing, Lisa Farrall is one of the best in her field. Her collection, Armour, won first place in 3 categories at The Black Hair Awards and was also one of the finalists in the prestigious British Hair Awards 2016.
Armour (makeup by Suhyun Kang-Emeryshot + shot by Luke Nugent) is a tribute to African culture. It represents beauty and strength, which is usually difficult to capture.
Agents of Virtue. Each agent is paired with an angel representing a virtue that helps them fulfill a specific role within their squad. Noble in their purpose and swift in their dealing of justice they maintain the balance between worlds.
1:Kindness, Powerful but frail magic user.
2: Humility. Stealth infiltrator/flanker
3: Charity. Support healer.
4: Chastity. CQC specialist.
5:Temperance. Strategists able to fill multiple roles.
Artist commentary: “Character concepts i made for Artstation’s “Ancient Civilizations” challenge. It was a really fun contest and timing was essential. I chose Sumerian Civilization as my subject and picked demons gods and demigods from that civilization and reimagined them.”
And the medieval chunk of the poetry you’re talking about is entirely based around the idea that love ennobles, and so if one loves but is not loved in return, because the woman is married or trapped in a tower or THIRTEEN GODDAMNED YEARS OLD, one is obligated to go out into the world and use that love as a catalyst to do great and good things.
The “friendzone” narrative cannibalizes this, because it replaces the story of Working Your Passion On The World To Make It Better with the story of Working Your Passion On Some Judgemental Cockteasing Bitch Because Something Something My Penis.
