Mustache & Eyebrows

After learning how to make a wound appliance, we learned how to use latex to make a mustache and eyebrows using crepe hair.  This was a fun project.  When I first began adding the hair on my mustache I was a bit frustrated.  It was hard to get the hair in the right place in order to make it look realistic and as if it were really growing from a follicle.  After I had some practice on the mustache I had a much easier time on my eyebrows.  Below are some pictures.....

I first drew the shape of the mustache I wanted on paper.

This is my mustache after I added the crepe hair, but before I trimmed it.

 

This is the outline of the mustache on the lace.  It's sort of hard to see. There was a glare from the acetate.

In order to put the eyebrows on our face, we had to first soap out our eyebrows in order to make them disappear.  We then attached the eyebrows above our real eyebrows. Here are the pictures of that...

We first used the soap to flatten our eyebrows down.

 

Then we used makeup to cover them up.

Then we applied the appliances using spirit gum.  Here are the pictures of my final product:

I used the brown and blond crepe hair and blended them to make my mustache & eyebrows.

I gave myself a little cleft in my chin, which was surprisingly very easy.

Heh heh heh.

Smile!

Cuts & BLOOD!

Starting last Wednesday we started making cuts out of latex to apply to our skin.  I chose this picture to model my cut after....

I took some liberties with it... I designed the shape of my cut after the one above, but I made it larger and wider.  On Friday we used the spirit gum to adhere our pieces to our arms.  Here is a picture of mine right after I put it on:

Obviously there was some excess around the edges that I had to trim.  We then applied our base foundation to try to match the piece to our skin tone.  This is where I had some trouble.  I mixed the foundation I use for my face and found it to be too dark, so as Sue suggested, I used my highlight and went around the edges of my piece.  It did help, but it still needed some work. 

That's the closest I could get it in class.

We then added the makeup to the inside of the wound to make it look like a scar.  I added some purples and reds from the bruise & abrasion pot....

Then we added red and blood to make it look like a fresh cut...

BLOOD!

 

 

 

 

 

I took note that I was going to have to work hard to match the skin tone once I put the wound on my face. On Monday when we put them on our faces, I had the same problem. I spent most of the time trying to match the color of the latex to my own skin.  I trimmed my appliance down a lot, hoping it would help with hiding the edges, but the inside edge was still a very visible.  Here's some step-by-step pictures:

Then we added color.  Along with the red inside of my cut, I added some bruises around my eye and along my temple....

That edge really bothers me. Grr.

 

 

Then I added some blooood.

 

 

 

 

 

It was very drippy.

And some morrre blood.

Next time I think I want to my cut deeper, but the outer edges thinner as to try to reduce visible edges.  That was my biggest problem I think.  If the wound had more depth, I think it would have been more realistic... or maybe just more gorey.  I'd love for you to comment with some advice!

Blackeye & Bruises

On Monday we worked on creating believable bruising and a black eye.  I had a lot of fun with this.  It was interesting to see how the colors from the bruise & abrasion kit could be mixed to make a real looking bruise.  I practiced making one on my arm first and I feel that I was pretty successful.  I left it there for the rest of the day and my boyfriend asked me how I bruised my arm!  That was exciting.  Here's a picture of my bruise:

Then I moved on to my eye.  I started with looking at the picture Sue told us to look up.  I noticed that there was a reddish color directly under his lower lashes and then it slowly went into a deep purple so I tried to recreate that.  Here are some of my pictures.....

I think it looks pretty realistic.  Looking back I can see the yellow and I think it really looks like a healing wound. 

Mosaic!

Whew.  What a process!  On Friday I stayed after class to finish the left side of my face for the mosaic and caught the 11:20 shuttle.  I'm glad I stayed, and finished then.  I'm not sure I'd have quite the patience to do it all again. However, the second time around would probably be easier.  The final product was really cool and once I was done I really appreiciated all of the work I did to get there.
Here are some pictures as I went along.....

 

ta da! Looking back, I wish I would have done my whole face!  I did do my right eyebrow and my whole mouth, but it would have looked really cool if I had finished the whole thing...maybe I'll invert a picture to see what it would look like.. (even though I know my face isn't symmetrical.)

Something like that!