Character Makeup

251 training hours with makeup artist, Malinda Ballesteros IATSE 798 Local (Bloodline, American Crime story, Iron Man 3, Dolphin Tale 2) and makeup artist Marietta Carter-Narcisse, IATSE Local 706 (Whitney, Sparkle, Baby Boy, Malcom X). In this training I learned fundamental skills necessary for working on television and film including music videos, commercials, daytime television, sitcoms, reality shows, TV series, news broadcast and Film. This covered everything needed to create characters real and fantasy from all time periods, using out-of-kit techniques.  Giving me the skill to transform actors into whatever the script requires and ensuring accurate continuity including but not limited to; 

  • Character Design and execution

  • Injury Simulation, scratches, lacerations & scars.

  • Bullet entrance & exit wounds

  • Several stages of bruises & 1st, 2nd, and 3rd degree burns.

  • Zombie & Dead simulations

  • Ice FX

  • Character aging with highlight & shadow, stretch & stipple aging

  • Bald cap application & coloring

  • Facial hair application

  • Tattoo application & Tattoo cover.

 

Theatrical Makeup

49 training hours with makeup artist Janine Wehby IATSE local 500 (Wicked, Looped, Anything goes). Training included principles of stage makeup for musicals, operas, ballets, and live concerts. and body painting. This training includes application and specific looks such as;

  • Clowns

  • Kabuki

  • Geisha

  • Skull

  • Animal

  • Day of the Dead Masks

  • Cirque du Soleil

 

Special FX makeup

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Prosthetics

90 training hours on the creation and application of multi-piece prosthetics, blood tubing, life casting, teeth and airbrush techniques. I am now able to design and build customized full face, and neck appliance complete with a set of teeth using advanced special effects lab techniques materials and processes. This training introduced me to foam latex prosthetics, silicone, gelatin. and emphasized the importance of proper textures, edges and the look of a finished application. This also includes blood delivery systems, Co2 and air squibs, blood canons, bladders & bidding. This allows me to use highly effective techniques at low cost. 

 

Dick Smith Basic 3-D Makeup Course

In this training I was able to learn the primary, essential form of makeup that a special effects makeup artist must know in order to transform an actors face three-dimensionally with prosthetics. Old age, alien, corpse ect. This included making a life cast of actor/model, designing and sculpting on a life cast. Making mould of clay features that I have created. Casting flexible prosthetic pieces out of moulds, adhering prosthetic pieces

 

Stan Winstons name has been synonymous with iconic fantasy characters, including the killer cyborgs of the TERMINATOR series, the extraterrestrial monstrosities of ALIENS, the alien hunter from the PREDATOR series, the prehistoric giants from JURASSIC PARK films. Making the school of character arts a premier destination for learning the art & technology of character creation from award winning industry professionals. Creating compelling creatures using a variety of skills and techniques, from big budget cinematic approaches to DIY methods.

Stan Winston School of Character arts

Additional SKILLS

Clean Beauty

  • Airbrush application

  • Bridal Makeup

  • Character Creation

  • Continuity

  • Character breakdown

  • Editorial makeup

  • Commercial & TV

  • Special Effects makeup

  • Trauma / Injury makeup

  • Illness / Burn makeup

  • Period makeup

  • male grooming/mens grooming

  • Practical makeup effects

  • Bald cap application

  • Facial hair application

  • Prosthetic application

  • live event makeup

  • theater makeup

  • Celebrity makeup

  • Makeup for theater

  • Makeup for Music videos

  • Prosthetic makeup