Practising SFX

As I have been enjoying this unit so much, I have been practising special effects make up. I was given a bit of extra money a couple of months ago and i decided to spend it on new materials for my kit.

I watched a few tutorials on slit necks ( as we havent touched on them in class yet) and had a play. I struggled to get the cinewax to work for this, so i used liquid latex instead. I did four layers of latex, covering most of my neck, drying with a cool hairdryer between every layer. I then used a pair of tweezers to pull and cut out the shape of the wound. - *side note* i practiced the same technique a second time and left myself with bruises from the latex pulling on my skin. Luckily, I discovered this from practicing on myself. An alternative method that i found to be very useful was to draw the wound shape on the neck before applying the latex, and then layer the latex avoiding the wound shape. To create the flappy skin that you get from just pulling with tweezers, take a baby bud with latex remover and tease the latex away from the skin. You actually have more control over the latex doing it this way, and it is pain free.

Once happy with the latex base, i powdered with translucent powder which automatically makes it look more flesh like. I then coloured the inside of the wound with the brighter red from my supracolour pallete. Then i created depth by using the darker red, purples and black around the edges, and even lifted the latex and coloured underneath to create a really deep cut.

Once happy with the colour, i took a mix of reds on a stipple sponge to create irritated/raised skin around the wound. I then filled the wound with krayolan wound filler and blood for extra gore!

I also practised cuts on the wrist using the same techniques we learnt with sue in class. This was because i wasnt happy with what i did in lesson time and wanted to improve my skills. I know nither images are perfect but im happy with my progress so far.