MAKE-UP DESIGN & PRACTICE
As part of my costume study, I have studied Make-up design and practicing, developing my skills both within and outside of my Post-16 course. I have covered a range of different practices such as SFX Makeup, Drag and make-up in a historical context.
This page features some of my work from these topics, use the buttons on the right to view this work.
SFX Make-Up
One of my favourite make-up practices is SFX Horror Make-Up. I have experimented with this practice a lot, developing different techniques to create realistic wounds and burns on the face, arm and hand.
To the left is an image of a face wound, created using liquid latex as a base, tissue paper to create shape and fake blood, face paint and foundation to decorate.
I find SFX make-up to be similar to painting, in particular the decorating stages. I have learned to focus on things such as depth, using different shades of red and brown to create the illusion of an open wound.
SFX is one of the make-up practices I have used on multiple occasions, see more pictures below.
Drag Make-Up
Another area of make-up I enjoyed was drag make-up. I learnt that the process involved more steps than I had initially presumed. I started by learning how to block out eyebrows and manipulate their shape to accentuate them more and change their thickness.
The key thing to consider was exaggeration, using bright colours within eyeshadow and drawing out clean shapes that drew in focus. I used blues and pinks that complimented each other to create an ombre effect across the eye.
Another key part of drag make-up is contouring to accentuate cheek bones before pairing it with heavy pink blush. I completed the look with bright pink lipstick, using it to shape bigger and more plush lips.
Illusion Make-Up
This is one of the make-up practices I found to be more difficult compared to the previous work.
The purpose of illusion make up is to create, using face paint and other mediums, shapes and shadows that trick the eye into seeing something else.
For this project, I used a printed image of the Virgin Media logo and proceeded to position my hand on top of it before using white and red face paint to paint the area my hand was covering. The finish photo shows my hand blending into the image and creating an illusion.