Pre-Colouring The Face
I got my inspiration from a makeup that lead me to colouring it this way.
I wanted my faun character to still look human, rather than animal like. The face needed to have the appearance of an animal, but without the fur, instead it was meant to appear a fleshy tone, and replicate human skin rather than animal skin.
I wanted it to have a very natural appearance, and maybe a few hair punched fibres in the nose.
low odour white spirit
Bathroom sealant ( clear)
Mixture of the two.
I firstly applied a thin layer of the silicone and low odour spirit to the prosthetic, using a standard sized brush to evenly spread it.
Finishing off the last bit of applying the base coat.
I then noticed that a patch of superbaldiez came off of the nose, which then had to be applied with the base coat again. I then tried with a red and brown tone to the symbol to give it that branding iron sort of mark.
I then applied darker areas to the nose, which kind of gave it that dark blood capillary look., and then I evenly spread a rose colour tint all over the skin.
I then wanted the nose area to be a bit lighter as I had added on too much colour.
I found it quite difficult to get rid of the colour to the nose, so I had to think of an alternative on the day. I then applied a few stray hairs into the bridge of the nose, to give it that animal feel. I then cut them down to size, so they were shorter.
The prosthetic here was all ready to go for the next day. I decided it would be a good idea to apply some more colour once it had been applied to the model.
When I was then at University, I applied some screenface foundation palette to the skin, to pale it out a bit, and it seemed to hold the colour suprisingly well, and I was happy that the colour remained the same until the practical was over and done with.
What did you like/dislike?
I loved bringing the prosthetic to life, my first time using illustrator palette and it did work surprisingly at first, but then started flaking off which was disappointing, and the baldiez started tearing off.
Using the foundation palette as the alternative seemed more effective, so next time I may result in using different colouring material.
I also enjoyed hair punching the nose, as it was the thickest bit of the face, so the hairs glided in with ease, which is always the way I want it to be.
How could you improve?
Illustrator palette didn't prove effective to me. Although it did apply nicely to the ears, I think illustrator palette requires time and patience when applying in light strokes rather than piling it on like I did.
I think I would take my time in the future, and try all different types of methods to ensure the build up of colour is more accurate for what I want.