Hello my lovely people!
So tramp characters can the best characters to create when learning how to do casualty sfx. They test your skills in realism, your design skills linked to character profile and your patience when applying. My level 3 media makeup students are just finishing their formative assessments on casualty makeup creating "tramp" characters and I could be mistaken but I think for some of them it was a shock to their system. Small wounds look like they would be easy to create but its all about the mixing and colour ratio, as well as knowing the human body and exactly how a wound is created and why it forms. Key tip; once you know everything about the real casualty wounds you stand a chance at recreating them realistically.
Below is my demonstration tramp character, which also turns out to be transgender makeover at the same time...
So the character profile for my tramp, ( this is something you must write during your design stage, every sfx for a reason!) He is an alcoholic who has lived on the streets for about 10 years after going a little paranoid that the government was after him, mental health issues exasperated by the drink. He is about 25-30 years old and lives in tin shanty house that he had to put up everyday if the weathers bad, hence the cut to his nose where the tin sheet fell on him. The graze on his forehead was the result of a drunken fall.
This is what my students do when presenting a character and I think its important when creating any characters, so my lovely peeps round your Halloween characters and give them a story, I promise it will make a difference to your sfx.
So here is the lovely Alice being transformed. The effects are a variety of different techniques, ranging from 2D to 3D.
Lets start at the top, that nasty looking graze was created using Ben Nye's red cream colours from the Master Bruise Wheel and Ben Nye's scratch blood; the application was using a large pored stipple sponge to create the random scratch effect. Always layer up and build the effect up, never go straight in there expecting to be done in a 1 minute, have patience.
We have a product called Tubiplast on the face, its the wart on the side of the face. This is a good versatile product that can be used for cuts, scars, warts and any sort of small raised wounded.
Derma wax was used to create the cut to the nose with various cream colours from Grimas casualty palette.
The cold sore is my special effect thats my little secret, mainly because its a shock to the students when I demonstrate this. All I can say is its an everyday object used to create that nasty sore!
Crepe hair and stubble is attached using my trusty spirit gum and the stubble is very fine crepe hair attached with stubble paste. I favour this effect over shadowing because its more realistic for what I want to create.
So there you have, the lovely tramp character!
I have some extra news today as well, I have just worked with a lovely Ad agency called One Eighty Creative in Colne doing some photographic work for a pharmacy company. Use SFX! Which I love! The results of which will be coming to a bill board near you...in the meantime here is a sneak peek....http://instagram.com/p/XZvKABzHxE/#
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