Week 2, Death makeup.

Okay guys, my lessons seem to be getting better and more interesting as they go on! In our special effects class this week we got to learn how to do a death makeup! This was so much fun, I loved it!  We learnt how to make it look as though some parts of the face had sunken, now death makeup isn't pretty, so this looks quite scary! Its quite a simple look to carry out, not as hard as you would think. If i'm being honest I was really pleased with the result of my makeup. At first whilst applying the makeup I couldn't help but think I was putting way to much purple on my models face, but as I went on, I realised that it could be fixed, you have to build up the colours, making them look as though they were broken blood vessels under the skin. The one thing I was unhappy with was the way my lips turned out, I applied way too much blue, instead of making them pale, but I quickly managed to change it! Here's a few pictures on my first attempt and how I did it, take a look. Hope you like it!

                                                                   

 

Start off with locating which parts of the face would appear sunken when death occurs, We decided on the temples & eyes.
You can use different colours, don't be afraid to mix them too, a good choice would be your blues, purples and even a bit of black.Using a small brush just apply strokes of colour on the temples, blend with your finger, but not too much! just break it all up, if your unsure all you need to do is draw a few lines on the temples, spread them around and blend, if you blend to much, this wont give the broken up effect. Next is the eyes, this is quite simple, apply a dark colour (use your blacks & blues) to the corners of your eyes & blend in, make sure to drag the colour down to what I like to call, your tired lines! If your unsure just look at my end result! Right the difficult part, your skin colour! obviously you are no longer going to have a nice warmth to your skin, or if your like me, you wouldn't need to add much of a white base, as i'm already pretty much there! You will need to mix some colours together, We mixed white with a green, but I found this to come out looking more like a zombie. When you think of them, you think of pale and no colour, so id maybe try out a white that is slightly grey? let me know what you think. To finish off your death makeup make sure your lips are a nice pale colour, id suggest slightly blue. When your done make sure your happy with your end result, apply more makeup where is needed. I hope you all find this helpful! Here's a picture of mine finished!