Make-Up Exploration
Georgie Kennett
Deformity Experimentation
The above two pictures show the geletine and tissue used to create the deformity, The reason for using geletine instead of a prosthetic to remove one of the eyes is because it is quicker than going through a long process of sculpting and moulding a prosthetic. This would not be used for film.
Vasaline was applied to the eyebrow and eyelashes to prevent the geletine from catching on the hairs and pulling them out during the removal process.
This is before any products were applied to the skin, the skin was cleaned with cleanser.
Considering this make-up took less than fifteen minutes it was relitively effective. It was difficult to apply the makeup and let it set without moving the eye around underneath which caused the crease around the eyelid. Ideally the eye would have no dips above or under the lid. This could have been achieved my possibly more tissue being applied in certain areas to fill the dips.
The geletine was difficult to paint however the problem with the colouring was more that there should have been more tissue and geletine applied over the eyebrow to completely cover the dark colouring.
The Kristyan Mallett skin illustrator pallett was used to colour the geletine and tissue. Rice Paper, Natural, Pastel Yellow, Light Mauve and Dusty Rose were the shades used mixed with IPA to create the stippled colour.
The geletine cannot be painted until it has completely dried, it took around 5 minutes to set. The geletine did go slightly crispy which made it difficult to colour.
The geletine is applied over the tissue with a paint brush, the geletine is runny and allows the tissue to go transparent.