Steampunk White Rabbit: Alice Through the Looking Glass Video

Here it is, my application video for the Steam Punk White Rabbit, please make sure to thumbs up and subscribe for more videos and makeup madness.


xRx

Down the Rabbit Hole....

Its been a loooong time since I've posted, and I totally apologise for that...its been a challenging couple of days with college, finishing up students and writing a new qualification for Media Makeup but nothing makes me happier then to create something new...

So here it is my latest prosthetic character. I have loved Alice In Wonderland for years, its always given me a creative buzz and inspired so many thing for me. Its one of those books that you can read a million times overs and not get bored. When Tim Burton's versions of the books came out I was incredibly excited at what weird and wonderful vision would be create. I was not disappointed.

So after I watched Alice: Through the Looking Glass I was inspired to create something; I wasn't sure if I wanted a prosthetic, a makeup or a body art but eventually settled on prosthetic sfx character.

Out came the Monster Clay and my sculpting tools from +PS Composites LTD ....

I knew I wanted to incorporate a steampunk element into the piece and decided that the sculpt would be a collection of elements including cogs, looking glasses, clocks, etc. all on the face of the white rabbit.

As you can see I even added elements linked to the Red Queen through the playing cards and roses.

Painting the piece was a little more challenging as I definitely didn't want it to be traditional colours and I wanted the Steam punk elements to really come out through the paint work so what better colour to select then golds, bronzes and purples using +MEL Products 

I had originally planned to sculpt some roses for the Red Queen side but the sculpt wouldn't of come out as well so this part had to be fabrication after the prosthetic was finished.

Painted using +Bdellium Tools 

Time to make some bunny ears...I'll be honest didn't know how to create these with the stuff I had...I originally wanted to create those cute lace ears that you see but alas I had no lace...so I found this silver mesh stuff in my craft box and thought what the hell...

I had organically planned to create the roses out of tissue paper but that didn't look good enough so I found these fake roses...again in my craft box which worked really well with my piece and the whole steam punk mood.

After adding the roses to the prosthetic I figured that the ears would look quiet cool if I made them up out of roses. So I attached the roses all over the mess ears I had made which looked good when everything was put together.

 I was very excited to put all of this together and see what I created that I decided to create an Application Video of it which can be seen on my YouTube channel. (once I've edited it up)

I took quiet a lot of photos...which isn't really a surprise as am always conscious that I've missed a good shot and by the time I realise it I'll have taken all the makeup off...soooo I took some with the DLSR (which am looking to upgrade to one that takes video as well as photo's) and some with my jazzy phone (which has a decent camera!)

I like it...its what was in my head...

Make applied was:

+Sugarpill Goldilux and Penelope loose pigments...love these pigments, really Steampunk-esque.

+Kat Von D Chrysalis palette and True Romance palette in Poetica

+illamasqua Rose Gold Palette

+Eldora Lashes S143

As I said before their will be an application video which I will get on editing ASAP but make sure to subscribe to my channel to check it out!

I have also got more images up on the facebook page and on Instagram so check them out as well as and make sure to like and follow me.

Like I said am currently writing a new qualification course for hair and media makeup at Blackburn College so I will be back soon with some posts about project work am setting my fabulous students and some more crazy creative pieces of makeup to show you, still following my dreams.

So stay tuned!

xRx

Cheshire Cat ... We're All Mad Here ....

 

Its been a difficult time for me at the moment so what better way to cheer myself up and keep me focused on the end goal of becoming a SFX artist for film/tv (CSI would be a dreeeeam!) then sculpting a crazy cat!

 

I've been a little obsessed with the video game "America McGee Alice: Madness Returns", those of you who aren't familiar with it...basically its like a twisted version of Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland, with blood, madness and some pretty pretty warped scenery. As a result of this slight obsession I've always wanted to try and create a makeup based on it. So when the Open Day demonstrations came up at +Blackburn College , I decided that then was the time to do it!

 

I was inspired with my sculpting as well as given some handy tips from the marvellous +Bruna Nogueira who sent me a copy of Hollywood Makeup Lab's new book "Hollywood Makeup Lab Industry Secrets and Techniques" such an amazing detailed  book with awesome techniques to learn. Definitely recommend buying this book if your a budding MUA, SFX artist or already in the industry (or like me , professional MUA trying to break into the SFX game!)!!

 

Like always....it starts with a sculpt...

 

I began by blocking out the shape of the cat, the issue with cats is that their noses and mouth area (especial the Cheshire Cat's!) are recognisable and therefore the shape needed to be as close as humanly possible. It took ages to get this to a state that I was happy with!!

Like my other sculpts this was done using Monster Clay from +PS Composites Ltd 

 

After a lot of playing and sore hands...I finally settled on this...

 

 

As you can see I changed the teeth and added false nails.

 

 

Next step moulding!!

Like my pasted pieces this one is casted in gelatine, I would love to try foam latex but still saving my money for that SFX course...one day I will get there!!

 

The piece was then painted using +MEL Products which I absolutely love!! My favourite product to paint in both manually and airbrush. For this pretty kitty I used a mixture of airbrush and manual. I airbrushed a base of light grey and built up to darker tones. Then manually painted the detail in using +Bdellium Tools sfx brushes and +Sigma Beauty SFX brushes.

 

 

After long starring matches with my mad Cheshire cat, I decided it need a little more detail...crepe hair detail. Which am not going to lie was extremely infuriating as I managed to glue grey hair to everything!!

 

 

The ears were made from foam pieces and a headband painted up.

 

 

Taaaa Daaaaaa......

 

 

So that was the creation of my Cheshire Cat prosthetic, in the next post I'll be covering the application as well as creation of some encapsulated silicone pieces that were used for the character/body art. 

 

If you can't wait and  want to see the end result sooner, going over to my facebook/instagram pages like...follow....check it out over there using the same user name as here.

 

Bye for now lovelies!!

 

p.s. stay tuned to my social networking sites for Halloween looks and characters...oooo spooky