Fantasy Make-up

As an aspiring make-up artist I admire the imaginations behind the make-up used in Fantasy Movies. The creative imagination could go as far as it need be in order to produce a very extraordinary character.

In the recreation of Alice in Wonderland I love the make-up used to create the character of "The Mad Hatter"!

 The definition of the face and madness of the eyes is endearing and oozes the character personality at sight. If I was to recreate this character's make-up I would use greasepaint's to add the white and purple shades to the characters face. Greasepaint's are easy to blend together and I would then set this with powder.

For the green eyes I would use contact lenses and to open the eyes as above I would use white eyeliner to widen the eye, I would also use white mascara to open the eyes more, where as black mascara would close the eyes up slightly more.

For the eyebrows I would use pastiche and then to make make them stand up I would use clear mascara.

In order to achieve the hair I would add a wig appropriately.

Avatar is a wonderful movie, it's very magical and enticing! If I was to recreate an "Avatar" I would use Aqua colour, this is used for body painting and would achieve the all over blue tone and also add the detail, such as the darker blue stripes.

I would use prosthetics to create the shape of face and large pointy ears. I would paint over the ears with aqua colour to blend in with the character body painting, to make it appear realistic.

To widen the eyes, again I would use white eyeliner and apply it below the lower lash line to widen the eyes.

To achieve the sparkly, glowing dots on the skin I would use a glow in the dark body paint, and simply apply it over the aqua colour.

The Joker from "The Dark Knight" is another great character I would love to recreate.

To achieve the scaring on the cheeks I would use latex prosthetics and apply them to the cheeks. I would then use grease paints to apply the make-up he is wearing.

To achieve the deep wrinkles and creases in the skin I would make the character frown as I applied darker shades of greasepaint's into the creases to give them depth.

Finally, to create the long, dirty green hair I would use a wig and apply it appropriately.