Cézanne

 The Cézanne started off with a ton of black lines drawn with a charcoal-colored pencil. I filled in some of the empty space with white cream paint in order to make the colors that would be added on top stand out more.

 Adding more color. This is going to be a trend that continues through the entire process journey, because this makeup was TEDIOUS and required a STEADY HAND.

 There are some more subtle colors added to the "male" side of the face, because I attempted to match the original color drawing to the best of my ability.

 Cool. Male side of the face is almost completely done, save the "shading" on the chin.

 And then I got no pictures of the "female" face process because that's redundant.

 And the "blending" parts of the face are done in green. Also no process pictures. There are only so many pictures you can take of every minute change in color.

 The female lover's face.

The male lover's face.

Saltwater Rock Siren Inspiration

Cézanne Inspiration

 

 

The Raveness

 

We start by gluing up those eyebrows. Sticky! 

Not pictured here: me with liquid latex all over these bad boys. That's the next step.

 

Then we white that *ish* out. The eyebrows are still a little visible...

But from afar, they're basically GONE. The dramatic makeup will also help hide those brows.

 

 Cue: the dramatic makeup. All of this is water-based makeup on a cream-based white foundation. It goes on nicely, but smudges reaall easily.

Full look. The brows are much darker and more symmetrical in the finished product.

Inspiration: The Raveness

Sickly Sweet Trypophobia or: Some Things are Better in Theory

 

So, here we have the first application I made attached. I had to keep my neck upright to keep it from peeling off.

 View with the neck down.

Now, my first mistake was to put the other application on before painting the first one. I understood this would be a problem, but was scared of running out of time. Note to self: allow more time to put on prosthetic pieces when you're using them. I also filled in one of my eyebrows on the "normal" side of my face.

 

Another process pic of waiting for that wretched latex to dry. When will my suffering end? 

Added some foundation to color the prosthetic. Mistake #2: not painting these things with acrylics to save on time. An overambitious project colliding with a hectic schedule and a forgetful artist makes for... a bad time.

 You can see where the prosthetic keeps lifting up, but you can also see some halfway decent blending of textures here. The only halfway decent blending of textures. The prosthetic ended up being too chunky on the edges and did not seamlessly blend into my skin.

 Here's where the prosthetic looks... far less than decent. Lesson learned. Mistake #3: forgetting the coconut bark at home and not having anything to smooth out that chunky texture. Making small textured prosthetics would have hidden those seams better.

I added the swollen lip and the other, smaller pieces to the makeup while I was finishing up the waiting game with the drying latex. The lip is neat enough. The light reflecting off of the "swollen lip" needed to be higher up so as to not coincide with where my actual lip was. Mistake #4: incorrect application of light and shadows on the lip. 

 

Aaaaaand, finished look. Not one of my finer moments - but it's my first prosthetic. There was a lot of learning anyway, and at least I can say that I gave it my best go (especially with the myriad of problems that kept me from working in the time frame I allowed myself - yikes).