Time Is Just a Concept and Always the First Thing to Fade

Hello again! I'm really excited about this week's post!

I was asked by my good friend Marisa, who's been here on the blog before, to do special effects makeup and hair for a short film she's making for school. I won't get too much into the story line but I'll show you the backstage of this scene. I was asked to create an old "mask" for Miguel to look aged and, precisely, old.

I went for the more realistic FX way to do it that isn't prosthetics, liquid latex.

Since they did not have a budget, I decided that, if everyone from the group wanted to invest a little bit of money, we could end up with a very true to life thing that would do the trick for camera. 

Here's how I got this 3D wrinkled effect on Miguel's face!

After a couple of funny faces, I got around tracing the natural folds that his skin creates when he smiles or does various faces.

Then we went on to the less pleasant phase: the latex layers.

I applied about 5 to 6 thin layers of latex with a cosmetics sponge on the stretchable zones of his face.

I also applied on his forehead, which isn't as stretchable, to mimic the texture of the rest of the face so it wouldn't look ridiculous. 

Once all the latex layers were dry, I went on to shading certain wrinkles and highlighting specific areas to further age his appearance.

I particularly love this shot!!!!

I also ran some cream paint on his hair and eyebrows to finish up the look.

And this was the final result!

I think we came up with a pretty wicked result! The removal part wasn't as nice but you'll have the chance to see that on the bloopers when the short film airs.
Look forward to posts similar to this about other scenes of the short film next week as we countdown to the day the short film is released!

I hope you have enjoyed this post as much as I loved, LOVED, creating it and I will be back on the next one!

Love,
Anna