Shirt pattern camouflage

Many of the looks I've been seeing online recently have been pop-art style, or even pixelated, flattening the face to make it look 2D. This has inspired me to create a 2D camouflage effect, using Deebs as my model. As he owns a lot of bright and interesting shirts I thought I'd try and blend him into one!

I started by testing on myself, which didn't go too well - I tried drawing a grid on my face which would look straight if you were directly facing me, but I don't think I was neat enough to pull it off. Anyway, this one on Deebs isn't neat either, but the pattern doesn't depend on straight lines too much (luckily for me).

Elsa Rhae inspired monster

This was partly inspired by the wrestler Fergal Devitt/Prince Devitt/Finn Balor, but the main inspiration was Youtube blogger Elsa Rhae, a talented makeup artist/illusionist. I watched her arachnophobia tutorial and then got to it! Was hard not to just copy what she did as hers is so good - I could add more of my style in time. Check out her stuff at www.youtube.com/user/ElsaRhae

 

 

 

Skeleton

For this look I used face paint, eye shadow with water, grease paint and powder. It looked better once I went over the black grease paint with greys and browns to soften it up and make it look aged. This is partly inspired by the makeup from TV series American Horror Story, but I really just ad-libbed from my memory of drawing skulls in art lessons back in school.

Thanks again to Deebs for modelling for me.

The Ballad of Queen Victoria Music Video

Following on from a previous post, here is the final result of a music video I volunteered on in the summer. I present to you, Elyssa Vulpes and the Betes Noires with"The Balled of Queen Victoria":

I mainly worked on the ghost character who shows up towards the end, the Madame who appears from the brothel scene onwards, and did bits and pieces of makeup on the other actors. We had a limited amount of time in the studio, so a few others pitched in with the simpler makeup.

Nanageddon

For anyone familiar with the British comedy program "The Mighty Boosh", or anyone that has the Mighty Book of Boosh (which came after the series), this make up is inspired by "Nanageddon" an episode of the Mighty Boosh and also a character which is depicted in the book. She is a demon granny who, when summoned, tries to gather other elderly ladies to take over the world. Sketch below can be found in the Mighty Book of Boosh: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Mighty-Book-Boosh-Julian-Barratt/dp/1847673228

The book is written and illustrated by Julien Barratt, Noel Fielding and Dave Brown.

What specifically drew me to the drawing was the mask-like face and the jumbling together of different colours. The mighty boosh has always been a favourite TV program of mine due to its fantastical costumes and makeup, and also its surreal humour.

https://www.youtube.com/show/themightyboosh

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mighty_Boosh 

Painting my eyelids was tricky so the white pupils were more of a smudge.

Because it's so fantastical and painterly I used my fingers as well as brushes, and also an array of materials such as grease paint, kohl and liquid liners and eye shadows.

"Reverse" - 48Hour Film Project May 2014

We had 48 hours to create a short film in the genre of "film de femme" and had to include the line "it was in the papers this morning", a character called "James", a psychotherapist, and a tape measure.

I was part of a team called "you can't have a polar bear" and my role was to make a fake cut, which you can briefly sorta see at 3 min 40!

Director - Chris Kelly
Photography - Fiona Rix
Sound - Charlotte Aitken
Music - Luci Holland
Make-up - Miriam Wilson
"James" - Alex Donald
"Rachael" - Sarah Ford
"Nancy" - Liz Strange






Some of the team:

Selected Pics from 29.06.14 Photoshoot

Photography by Phillipe Monthoux http://philippemonthoux.com/
Model: Electra Gouni