Make-Up Exploration
Georgie Kennett
Flat Piece Disfigurement
I placed the prosthetic onto the area and began to blend the edges away with IPA and a cotton bud. The edges were blended quickly and successfully.
Above is what the prosaid looks like once the glue has been printed onto the face from the prosthetic. The glue must then be dried until clear with a hairdryer.
I applied prosaid to the back of the flatpiece with a cotton bud making sure to go over where the silicone ends so that the cao plastic can be blended preventing a thick edge of silicone. The mould took 15g part A, 15g part B and 30g part C.
Above is a silicone flatpiece mould in the first stages of encapsulating, I sculpted the piece in order to create a disfigurement make-up. The piece is a cheek piece that will consist of a large irrefular scar during the healing process. I decided to recreate a scar because one of my case studies for the appraisal is on Vanilla Sky following a man battling with the after effects of his face being disfigured in a car accident.
One big issue with the piece was not with the edges but with the sculpt instead. It appears the sculpt may have been knocked before moulding leaving a large ridge at the bottom of the piece.
Here are the edges of the prosthetic once they have been blended witht the alcohol. They are relitively neat and seamless.
The reason for doing the makeup on a cosmetic free face was to challenge myself. Applying a base of one colour over the whole face and prosthetic means it can be blended quickly however it takes much more accuracy to colour a piece with natural flesh tones as the skin is made up of so many various colours.
Next to the outer corner of the eye there was a bunched up bit of cap plastic that needed blending away however I was careful to approach it because using IPA so close to the eye can be painful and is also very dangerous.
The piece had a bit of a ridge under the cheekbone from red skin illustrator being applied over it. I later removed the area by using an alternative colour.
In the picture above it is visible that I have blended the bottom edge more successfully with colour and blended the cap plastic edge with IPA around the eye also.
To colour the inside part of the scar I applied a thin was of Dusty Rose and Rose Adjuster, the colour was a little harsh shown above so I softened the edges with another very thin coat over where the skin has puckered. I am more satisfied with the colouring of the piece than the piece itself because I have progressed so much with matching skin tones since starting university incapable of even picking the correct foundation shade.
To match the skin tones I first applied Patel Yellow and Rice Paper skin illustrators, I continued to stipple very translucent colours such as Dusty Rose, Rose Adjuster then finished by adding very minro speckles of Blood Tone, Ultra Blue and Prime Yellow. I was really satisfied with the base colour of the piece as my skin has lots of blemishes and uneven skin tone.