friday the 13th

I swear Ethan has the coolest friends. They are a little on the nerdy side... but cool, any excuse to get dressed up really. He asked me to rough him up for a party. We had fun.

 Before & After

cuts, bruises and fake blood.

When i completed my Make-up Artistry Diploma in 2007 i can honestly say out of the whole course my favourite part was the SPFX module. I loved the blood and gore. Still do. Last week i was able to bring out my kit and brush up on my skills. My friend was going to a party and wondered if i could rough up her arm. I practiced a few days before. Just to reassure myself i hadn't lost my groove. The smell of the liquid latex and the feel of the spirit gum got my creative juices flowing, it really is the most awesome thing i learnt all those years ago. Still a work in progress but I'm glad i started up again.

The picture on the right is my friend Mikayla. Before her party. it was meant to be a shark bite but because i mixed a little too much blue food colouring in with the red and glucose syrup it turned more purple then expected..resembling a burn more then anything. She was still pretty happy with it. I made it pretty much out of liquid latex, little bit of black acrylic paint and fake blood.

Mikayla cut a slit into her shirt and slid her arm into it to make her look like an amputee. She told me later on that it looked so legit some people were embarrassed to bring it up..thinking she was a recent amputee :s. All in all it was awesome.