Halloween Haunt | Making Monsters - Easy Monster Makeup Tricks

Caressa ( http://www.caosfx.com/ ) and I were the makeup artists for Club Blood this past Halloween Haunt season and our monsters were fantastic. I thought it would be fun to record a quick time lapse of the applications we do to bring our monsters to life

10 - 15 min to complete...

We are given roughly 10-15 min to complete each persons' makeup, so the airbrush application becomes essential for speed - even with the airbrushes being prone to clogging, spitting and air pressure changes on a daily basis.

Because we share the same maze, both mine and Caressa's contour tricks stay the same for each character, and then we play around with teeth, veins, blood and eye shapes for different vamps.

The first year I worked at Haunt I definitely made the mistake of taking time to paint lots of subtle detailing and shading that looked great in the bright lights. However, after walking the maze at night we realize how much that all gets muddied together and nothing stands out.

Strong contrast is the name of the game for maze monsters, which is why we really only use three colours: White, Black and our "contouring" colour that is a mix of reds, browns, and purple.

UV Paints for Skeleton Key Monsters

The exceptions were our monsters in the Skeleton Key room, which was black light lit, so we incorporated UV paint colours to stand out in the dark.

Thank you so much to all our monsters this season and hopefully we will see you again next year!

Video:
http://nsomniaksdream.blogspot.ca/2016/01/halloween-haunt-making-monsters-easy.html

World of Warcraft: Elf Eyebrows

The World of Warcraft elves are so iconic in their design, and one of the well known features are their elongated eyebrows  

Make sure the base is strong enough to hold it's shape 

For mine I used craft foam as the backing. You could also use a thick grade paper like Bristol board or card stock if you want less thickness for the end result 

I traced out a shape that I liked and after cutting it out, trimmed it down until it was a good size. I used the cut-out to trace a second eyebrow and went from there. This helped ensure the two brows would be balanced in size and curvature 

The wig I was using had extra length that I was able to remove and use, but if you needed extra without taking from the wig, you could order additional hair wefts on their own

These were from a synthetic heat resistant wig 

I took wood glue (because I had it close) but basic white glue would work just the same 

I laid down a thin coat of glue on the craft foam 

Then taking some of the hair I attached it, working from the back towards the front 

You can add more glue as necessary as you go 

You don't have to worry about the extra bits of hair that hang off the edges. 
You can always trim them at end 

Once all the hair is in place I just sprayed it with some hair spray to help lock it in 

Trim the excess pieces that hang off the edges 

When you have your final result you can use any cosmetic adhesive to attach these to your face. I used Spirit Gum, but Pros-Aide or lash glue would work as well 

And that's it! 

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