The Difference Between Copying A Style And Adapting It

Copying - any instance where something is deliberately taken AS IS and used again.

Adapting - any instance where something is deliberately taken, altered in some fashion and used again.

So let's take your 'facepaint and bodysuit' idea.

Let's say you look around for facepaints and you decide you really like what KISS do with facepaint and you take it upon yourself to paint your face up like Gene Simmons. Dude, you just copied the HELL out of Gene Simmons.

Now let's say instead of that you look at Gene Simmons and think to yourself "I like how it covers the eyes, and I like the spikes. I like the colour contrast (white on black).

Then your thought process goes like this: Spikes? Triangles have spikes. Covers some of my eyes? Check! Contrasting colours? Sure, black and red! You black your face out and paint a red triangle in the middle, covering half your eyes with the point in the middle of your forehead. ADAPTATION.

I mean technically that might be considered as 'something new' but I think you'd struggle to find anything involving facepaint that wasn't done either during the 80's or by black metal groups.

 

Have you ever thought of something more visual kei like? As you have no care attitude then i think something like that would work, plus visual kei music will make people like me melt and fall in love XD

 

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