Introduction

So, for a starter entry let's get to know each other. Or at least, let's let you get to know me. I'm a theatre student who happens to love doing costumes and makeup. I design and create both. I've been doing this for a few years now and I feel that sharing will be fun for me and you. I also do some wig and hair styling as well, so might be some stuff with that as well.

With makeup I primarily do zombie and horror, though there are some steam punk looks as well as glamor and others. For most of these looks I do prosthetics and will be describing how to build them as well as apply makeup here.

To give you a brief idea of what I do and what will be created in this blog here's some pictures of my work.

This one is on myself. It's a stitched and infected wound as if my mouth has been cut.

Model: Robin Murray

For a friend's zombie movie, has some flesh hanging down off the side for a nice effect.

Model: Jacob Clark

Another one for the zombie movie. I have taken out the eye, a really easy effect to get.

Model: Zack Scovel

My interpretation of the white witch from Narnia. This was for a final in a makeup class.

Model: Kelsey Miller

Steam punk look for another final for a makeup class.

Done on myself, I was just messing around with some aqua color and fake eyelashes.

Model: Robin Murray

A practice run for another steam punk look.

Model: Victoria Bristow

The final for that steam punk look.

On myself. A shattered sort of effect, kind of a zombie thing, I suppose.

On myself, an infection spreading.

Zombie bite wound.

Cutting of the arm.

A different bite wound.

Model: Robin Murray

A first crack at doing a marionette.

Models: Mikkel Simons and Victoria Bristow

Horror Alice in Wonderland

Models: Mikkel Simons and Conner Watson

For a challenge, the theme was 'a girl's love'. My concept was a woman who loves a man despite abuse.

Model: Robin Murray

Vampire child

An infected burn wound

Models: Mikkel Simons and Conner Watson

Random arm wound

In this blog I will go over basics and materials as well as how to create zombies, various prosthetics and wounds, outrageous looks and whatever else. If there is something you'd like to see, I would like to hear about it.

You can check out more of my work here: http://stageartisan.deviantart.com/