Samhain Jane

Matt Goodlett August 11, 2019

I find inspiration everywhere. Usually I get ideas from music which leaves things wide open for me when it comes to creating a makeup. Sometimes I am inspired by the artwork of others though which can be fun when paying homage without out recreating it exactly. I can’t remember who posted it on Instagram but it was a cool line drawing on a pretty but creepy girl. The color pallet was limited and it looked like maybe they used water colors and the for the lines ink. I am a fan of creepy girls and limited pallets so I had to check out more of this artists work. Believe it or not but for a long time I fought against embracing the spookier side of beauty make for fear it would alienate. That said I have recently felt I have been watering my work down to be more palatable, and didn’t realize in doing so I may have been watering myself down.

The artist that caught my eye is Justin O’Neal (http://justinonealart.com/ - @justinonealart ) and before I knew it I had scrolled through all of his work. His art is amazing, macabre, simple and has an eerie beauty. They scream Halloween and horror but in an almost story book way. I came across two of his pieces that stood out to me because they were a different color pallet than the rest. Like me, I see O’Neal use a lot of black and red but in these two pieces he used Black and Orange. When I saw them I knew I wanted to translate them somehow into makeups.

The first photographer I thought of was Tate Chmielewski. Tate is a great photographer and like me has a love for all things creepy so I knew he would be the guy. In both drawings the subjects appear to be brunette to black hair. I didn’t want to copy the artwork exactly and I wanted to bring in more of that orange feel. Ali Garey is a model I have wanted to work with for a while. She has such a unique face and jawline. With her fiery red hair I knew she’d be perfect. I hadn’t seen her ever do anything spooky in her portfolio so I thought for sure she would turn this project down. I thought I would go ahead and ask and at least give her the opportunity to say “no”. I guess it was more a case that she had never been asked to do anything ghoulish before because she agreed without hesitation.

For the second model I wanted to stick closer to the art and have a dark haired model. With her strong features I knew Blessing Selby would be great. I have worked with Blessing before and knew she’d be game for weird stuff and her facial features were perfect. Blessing is also just awesome to work with and have in studio.

I do a lot of makeup shoots where we are only shooting head and bare shoulders. After casting the models and thinking I had everything in place I was working on another photo shoot with photographer Steve Squall and the amazing model Lauren Hughes. We were also working with stylist, Tia Kinser and the idea struck me. Tia and I get along well and have a lot of the same taste. It struck me that it may be good to have a stylist on this shoot. At first Tia didn’t think there was enough for her to style on a beauty shoot. That said by the end of the shoot we were working on she was already showing me ideas which were perfect. She picked up on the vibe immediately as I knew she would.

We decided to do two looks on both models with the first being the more subdued version. Basically I would be doing alternating Orange/Black eyes with the opposite color on the lips. Tia had this awesome Wednesday Adams style dress with Planchette and Black Cat pins she had put on the collar for Ali to wear. With the Orange shadow on Ali’s eye her natural blue eyes popped.

For Blessing’s first look Tia had this really cool pentagram bra top for blessing to wear which looked so fitting and cool on her. I did a heavy, sharp black shadowed eye lined in the same orange I had used on her lips. With Ali in the Wednesday dress looking like a Witch from “Sabrina” and Blessing in the Pentagram it looked like she was the demon that Ali was summoning which played perfectly into the second looks.

For the second look we wanted to really push things a bit. For the piece that inspired Blessing’s look the girl’s head is severed and is dripping with orange blood. I didn’t want to do a severed head but still wanted that feel so I dripped the orange down her throat. Not in this drawing but in several of O’Neal’s pieces the foreheads appear painted which I thought would look cool with the inverted cross and the flames raising from the eyes. To mimic the eyes Primal ( https://us.primalcontactlenses.com/ ) had sent me a pair of their Jurassic II-903 lenses. They looked really red in the packaging but once we got them in her eyes they were the perfect shade of orange. Since I dripped paint down her neck Tia couldn’t really put her in any clothes or anything. Inspired by the drawing Tia did bring these awesome pair of horns that she had gotten at a renaissance fair.

Ali’s second look wasn’t as out there as Blessings but it still left us some room to play. Tia actually made this amazing bat wing collar for her to wear. After I added a heavy orange blush on her cheeks and the tip of her nose I topped all of the orange with a tangerine Ben Nye Lumiere powder. This gave all of the orange a nice luminescence. I then drew an X on one cheek and little bats to elevate the look a bit. To really make her look like the drawing Primal sent us their Subzero – 933 Lenses. It was a shame covering up her beautiful blue eyes but the lenses looked so cool and her eyes almost seemed to glow. The lenses really helped complete the look.

I am so happy with the way these images turned out. Tate killed it as I knew he would. I know I say it every time but I am so lucky to be able to work with such talented people. It still blows me away that I am able to work with people at their level and that they were all my first choices. I think we were able to do our own think and still maintain the ideas that the original artwork was trying to convey. I hope that Justin O’Neal sees these and loves them as much as we do. If you like these go to his Etsy and buy a print!

"I think being able to inspire other artists, even if they don’t necessarily work in the same medium, is one of the most rewarding things about doing artwork." -Artist, Justin ONeal

( https://www.etsy.com/shop/JustinONealArt )

Team Demon Fabulous: Moster Make-Off "Elizabeth Bathory"

Matt Goodlett May 26, 2019

I am always one for a challenge when it comes to doing what I love. Not only challenges against other people but myself. Maybe 2 months ago or so ago Scare Factor ( https://www.thescarefactor.com/ ) was looking for a team to sponsor for a Monster Make-Off competition ( https://www.ohiohalloweenandhauntersconvention.com/monster-make-off/ ). I didn't really have much more information than that when I threw my teams hat into the ring. I later found out we won the sponsorship so then I had to build a team and come up with a concept. I also had to secure some more sponsors because it was going to be an expense we had not anticipated. Luckily our haunt the Devil's Attic ( http://thedevilsattic.com/darknessfalls/ ) and the contact company I'm partnered with, Primal ( https://us.primalcontactlenses.com/ ) came through for us.

I keep saying us but I haven't mentioned the team. Mary Proctor would be my second makeup artist on this challenge and we had a model. Once we got the theme which was Classic Horror with a modern twist I made the choice to do a Lizard Alien kind of based off the 80's television series "V". I had a beautiful female lizard facial prosthetic that would have been perfect from Woochie ( https://www.woochie.com/ ). The idea was that they were on our planet in search of water. We had plans of putting together a post apocalyptic space suit and it was going to be very cool. I'm using past tense because we had to change course.

After reading the rules a bit more it said that full facial prosthetics were not allowed. I toyed with the idea of trimming the lizard prosthetic down but I didn't want to destroy such a cool piece. That said I also had a furrowed brow prosthetic also from Woochie. From there I decided we would do a vampire in the vein of the lost boys and or buffy. With the theme being classic horror, it doesn't get much more classic than vampires. I threw the idea out to the team, asking how we were going to dress our vampire especially since I knew they were judging on costuming.

Just to get things rolling I threw out some ideas to the team; Victorian, Punk Rock Lost Boys Style, Modern and Classy like the Vampires in Underworld, or Maybe Elizabeth Bathory with no costume but bathed in blood. Without much hesitation our Model chose Bathory. I knew doing a pretty much nude character would be a risk for a couple reasons. Firstly I knew they were judging costuming and we would have none. Secondly I knew it meant a lot more makeup to do and skin to cover. I like the idea of the challenge of doing a full body makeup so we decided to just go for it.

About two weeks from the competition I got a message from our model saying she had to back out. This created a problem for several reasons. I then had to find a model that was willing to travel with us, be put in monster makeup, be willing to be pretty much nude and have little to no tattoos. Luckily we were able to find Halle Brandt from Nashville. She fit the criteria and look for what we had planned and she was down for anything. Standing at 5'9 I knew once we had heals and tall wig styled by Matthew Tyldsley that she would be an imposing presence.

Unfortunately I read the itinerary wrong and instead of leaving at 6am which was already early we would have to leave at 3am. Halle having driven from Nashville the day before slept in the back seat while Mary kept me awake. The competition was at the Mansfield Reformatory which is a historic old prison that is now shut down. It is also where they filmed Shawshank Redemption. The building was amazing and so cool to be in. We quickly hauled in our gear and got set up.

When we tested our airbrushes I had a minor heart attack because my compressor wasn't working. Having a compressor go down on me before I thought it had happened again and while I had a spare it wasn't as good. Turns out there was no power, for anyone. With it being such an old building the breaker wasn't built to power all those air compressors and hair dryers at once. We waited over and hour and a half not knowing when they were going to call for us to start. While it was stressful it gave us an opportunity to meet and talk with our fellow artists which was nice. When they finally called for us to start we were more than ready to go.

With only and hour and forty five minutes Mary and I decided I would focus on the face and chest while she did the hands and the rest. They let us put in our contacts before the time started for sanitation reasons and they were the perfect look for this. I wanted her to look scary but also beautiful. about forty minutes in the fire alarm went off and our MC started calling for us to vacate. Luckily someone came in and stopped us and we were able to continue. Mary did a great job on the hands and once we got everything mottled out we were able to start on contouring and highlights.

Two days before the competition I was asked to write a bio for our character. I thought it was for the other contestants to read and I didn't really want anyone to know what we were doing so I made it super long, thinking it would turn people off from reading it. With Bathory being an actual historic figure I also wanted it to read like a wiki article. Little did I know that the MC, "Crazy Bob" would be reading them off during the time we all had for makeup. Sorry about that Bob, below is what he had to read.

Countess Elizabeth Báthory

(August 7th 1560 – Present Day) is a Hungarian noblewoman and “serial killer” from the noble family of Báthory. She has been labeled by Guinness World Records as the most prolific female murderer. The highest number of victims cited during Báthory's trial was 650. Despite the evidence against Elizabeth, her family's influence kept her from facing trial. She was imprisoned in December 1610 within Čachtice Castle in Upper Hungary (now Slovakia) and held in solitary confinement in a windowless room until what was thought to be her death four years later.

The stories of her sadistic serial murders are verified by the testimony of more than 300 witnesses and survivors as well as physical evidence and the presence of horribly mutilated dead, dying, and imprisoned girls found at the time of her arrest. Stories describing her vampire-like tendencies (most famously the tale that she bathed in the blood of virgins to retain her youth) were recorded years after her death. Some insist she inspired Bram Stoker's Dracula though there is no evidence to support this hypothesis. Nicknames and literary epithets attributed to her include “The Blood Countess” and “Countess Dracula”.

Elizabeth had a couple of loyal followers, Anna Pap and Borbala Vadas, whom believed the tales of her being a vampire and the women exhumed Báthory’s body weeks after her death. These women desired to become vampires after having heard the remarkable stories of Báthory’s ritual involving bathing in virgin blood to maintain a beautiful youth look. However, the women knew they couldn’t do this without guidance of an existing vampire. Pap and Vadas believed that she died from being starved of blood and took it upon themselves to revive Báthory. According to Pap’s diary, the two placed the body in a tub and poured in the blood of 4 virgins allowing the body to soak in hopes of reviving their beloved noblewoman. After a day or so, fear of being caught for the murder of four women overpowered their wants to bring Báthory back to the world of the living and they fled Upper Hungary. Soon after, Anna Pap was found dead by authorities having been drained of all blood with 2 puncture wounds on her inner thigh. Borbala Vadas was never seen or heard from again. Authorities never found the body of Elizabeth Báthory and kept it secret to not scare the public.

Elizabeth Báthory is alive (undead) and well. Though still feeding and bathing in the blood of her victims, she has maintained a low profile. To mask her murders she often times mimics serial killers such as Fritz Haarmann, Tsutomu Miyazaki, Richard Chase, and Andrei Chikatilo to name a few. She rarely, if ever, uses her fangs as to not give proof to vampire existence. She has been known to leave behind bodies from time to time with the trademark puncture wounds on the inner thighs. Many cold cases of gruesome murders and missing persons can be attributed to her. With virgins being harder to come by in our society she often times settles for “spoiled” flesh which has brought out a more vampiric look and tendencies in her. She still seeks out virgins so the innocent should beware. Vampires are real and Countess Elizabeth Báthory is the mother of all.

When they called for twenty minutes left I had to start on the pretty aspect of the makeup in the eyes, highlights, lips and adding gold flake for some over the top beauty. Mary took iced gold shimmer powder and dusted her body with it to give her some glints. with 10 minutes left we started applying blood but at the same time we were struggling with not covering up our hard work. That said with it being Elizabeth Bathory, covering her in blood was needed. Then we topped it all off with some awesome jewelry and our wig.

I usually like to give the people involved with projects I write blogs about a chance to weigh in on their experience. Since it was Halle's first time doing something like this I definitely wanted to know what she thought. When I asked all she had to say was, "I can’t think of what I’d say for the blog other than that it was one of the coolest things I’ve ever gotten to do." I will take that as a good thing.

Some people had done a lot of big costuming incorporating lights and other things. We took a huge risk and just focused on makeup. We knew it would be an uphill battle and that we wouldn't place and we were right. There were three judges, two f which were makeup artists and one was a layman. While we didn't win the two makeup artists judges gave us near perfect scores which I considered a win. We met a lot of cool people and got to do a makeup and character we were all very proud of. We hope to do more of these and create more characters.

Devil’s Attic Transworld “Vacation” 2019

Matt Goodlett April 2, 2019

We now have Transworld Halloween and Attraction 2019 show in the books. Transword HAA is the largest haunted house convention in the United States. On Friday morning March 22nd we left Louisville, Ky. to head to Saint Louis, Mo. We piled four of us in Hunter Wilson’s car. Hunter played Ash at our haunted house, The Devil’s Attic ( http://thedevilsattic.com/darknessfalls/ ) and not only was it his first year in a haunt but also his first year at Transworld. Hunter also had the nicest car out of the four of us so he got drafted as the driver. Portia Greene would also be joining us for her first Transworld. She has worked at other haunts over the years and for a very short stint was on our makeup team. Once you’re a member of the team, as long as you leave on good terms you are always a member.

Mary Proctor has been at the Devil’s Attic since 2014 and joined my makeup team in 2016. This was her second Transworld so on the way up there were two places we had to stop from the last year on the way. The first was this strange convenient store gas station out in the middle of nowhere. We stumbled upon this last year. It is far from anything special but just strange in it’s layout and it looks like it is held together with plywood, hopes and dreams. There is a long table like you’d see in a school lunchroom where you can sit and have your coffee in mismatched chairs. Then of course we had to stop at Cracker Barrel as you should do on any road trip, I’m pretty sure it’s the law.

After we got to the convention floor the first place I wanted to go was the Primal Contacts booth (https://us.primalcontactlenses.com/ ). I have been partnered with them for a while and we have had a lot of correspondence. When I got to their booth I saw that they were using one of my makeups for their brochure photographed by the great Tate Chmielewski which I thought was pretty cool but I was trying not to look too excited. Mary however was freaking out, grabbing my arm and saying, “it’s your makup, it’s your makeup”. I turned to her and told her to calm down, act like you’ve been here before and that I could see it was my makeup, holding up the brochure. Mary then pointed behind me and I realized that my Makeup was blown up taller than me as the image for their booth, with my photo in the bottom corner (not pictured). I tried to play it cool and hold it together. I picked up my contacts that I was going to use for my demo the next day and moved on to walk the floor.

I was doing a demo for EBA Performance makeup (https://performancemakeup.com/ ). Nix Herrera was doing all these amazing demos for EBA using big prosthetics so I knew I had to step up my game. I have used Woochie (https://www.woochie.com/ ) prosthetics before and loved them. I had already planned on using prosthetic horns but I felt it needed more. After looking at all their amazing foam prosthetics a decided to incorporate a brow piece with the horns to give the make a more aggressive look. I was telling Jon West with Woochie that I was going to have to apply the prosthetic in my hotel room because I didn’t think I’d have enough time on the EBA stage. He graciously offered for me to do the prosthetic application at their booth before my EBA demo.

That night we grabbed some food, drinks, went to the arch and waxed philosophical before hitting karaoke and calling it a night. Knowing I had to do a demo the next day I didn’t want to get too crazy. After breakfast the next day Portia who I was using as my model headed to the Woochie booth to start the prosthetic application. She already had her contacts in at this time and they looked great. I made the application work the best I could but I had a rough time blending the latex slush mold horns with the foam latex brow. Nix popped by and told me that I was ready to go to start paint at EBA so I finished up blending as best I could and moved over to paint.

I don’t know if I have mentioned it before but I love EBA Performance makeup, and it is the only makeup I will run through my airbrush. For the demo I was using two of my previous makeups for inspiration. The previous makeups were of a demon and one of an archangel to make a fallen angel look for this demo. I knew using the angel makeup as inspiration I could keep the skin tone fairly similar to Portia’s own skin tone to save time and paint. I then modeled in contouring building up the color from light to dark while keep the makeup somewhat pretty but off-putting at the same time. I finished off the look with a deep teal upper lip, an X on the forehead and that harsh lined black makeup on the jaw that I loved from my demon makeup. With Portia’s costume and gold grill she looked like a badass. It was awesome walking the convention floor with her and seeing her getting stopped for photos which could have had more to do with her costume than makeup but I’ll take a win where I can get it.

This was the best Transworld ever for me. It was awesome to see my makeup on the Primal Contacts booth. I loved meeting and hanging out with the team from Woochie and of course getting to use their products. Of course as usual it is always good to work with EBA. I got to meet a lot of new friends and reconnect with old one. It was awesome to be there again with Mary and see Portia and Hunter experience their first Transworld. As always, I can’t wait until next year.

Holiday Treats: Team Demon Fabulous Makup Challenge

Matt Goodlett December 17, 2018

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"Success is never owned, it is rented and rent is due everyday" -Rory Vaden

Our makeup team at the Devil's Attic, (http://thedevilsattic.com) "Team Demon Fabulous" won several awards this past haunt season. That being said I do not want us to rest on a laurels and fall behind on our skills. I read the above quote on some silly Instagram post but it really rang true to me. Makeup challenges are a good way to keep skills up and test our creativity beyond horror based makeups. We have done challenges in the past so I thought it was time to do another. I opened up the challenge to all members of the makeup team, past and present.

The makeup challenge we came up with was Holiday Treats. No rules other than a due date were handed out which gave everyone over three weeks. Artists could do anything as long as it was inspired by holiday treats in some way. For anyone that has seen or followed my work I don't really ever do bright and cheery things, not even in beauty makeup. At least doing bright and cheery things is not what I am known for. I could have turned the holiday theme on it's ear and made it something dark but I wanted to challenge myself. I wanted my makeup to screamed "Christmas"!

The idea I came up with was a gingerbread person and peppermint with a day of the dead twist. Adding in some day of the dead elements I thought would live'en it up a bit, pardon the pun. I had to be careful not to go to far into "Day of the Dead" and loose the look of the Holidays. Doing more of a beauty eye and a more circular shape to the nose would keep it from going to far in the direction of a skull. After sketching it out I was able to see how to execute this look.

(artist portions)

Before I get to my makeup I first want to showcase the amazing makeups of Team Demon Fabulous. Kelsey Eisenhut had been with me since the beginning when I first started on the makeup team. When I took over the makeup team in 2015 she quickly became my right hand. I was sad to see her leave when she had to move to Indianapolis after the 2016 season. She is still a member of the team and she never shies away from a challenge.

Here is what Kelsey had to say, " When we were issued the challenge of Christmas Treats I was so excited and immediately a thousand ideas started dancing around in my head, not unlike sugar plums.

Often I find that my main problem when designing a makeup is too many ideas, making it hard to create continuity and cohesion in the look. In this particular situation I was able to find a solution that allowed me to use as many different ideas as I wanted because what is more open concept and eclectic than a gingerbread man.

I knew there was a possibility that another artist would pick the same theme so I wanted to make sure I made it my own by bringing in not only makeup but also 3d crafted elements as seen in the gum drop buttons and candy cane bow. I also wanted to make sure I brought in enough different candy elements to make it recognizable without overcrowding the canvas.

I was lucky enough to find a photographer that was willing to photograph my look, the wonderful David McKenna and the final product is something I hope Santa would be proud of!" Kelsey also used a pair of Primal Colored Contact Lenses in "Lizard King" to make her look pop.

Photo: David McKennaModel and Makeup: Kelsey Eisenhut — Photo: David McKenna
Model and Makeup: Kelsey Eisenhut

Phoebe Conrad was with Team Demon Fabulous for the last two years. She was the youngest person we've ever had on the makeup team and was a great addition. Phoebe was always eager to help out when needed and kept the haunt in healthy snacks. She is leaving us to go to Cinema Makeup School and to live in Los Angeles.

We wish Phoebe all the luck out in California and this is what she had to say about her makeups, "My 2018 holiday makeup challenge submissions are Crisp Kringle and Reba Ribbon! Inspired by the classic holiday candies Crisp Kringle chocolate bar and hand made ribbon candy. Two of my favourites growing up!

Model: Alicia CarperPhoto and Makeup: Phoebe Conrad — Model: Alicia Carper
Photo and Makeup: Phoebe Conrad

Model: Kyle Howell Photo and Makeup: Phoebe Conrad — Model: Kyle Howell
Photo and Makeup: Phoebe Conrad

Lauren Bradley was with us for the 2016 season. She was such an asset to the team and we were all upset to see her go. She always added a bit of her own flare to her makeups and her snarkiness always added a nice dry sense of humor to the team dynamic. We were all sad when she left.

Lauren doesn't usually like to talk about the makeups she does but had this to say, "I’m closing at work and I literally have no time to write why I did what I did in a nice manner but I chose the sugar plum fairy for obvious reasons. My team was fantastic. I made the bodysuit with rhinestones, holographic glitter, and puffy acrylic paints. I got glitter all over Clay and Alex's house and I felt pretty bad about it but they didn’t seem to care. I made the sugar plums with some recipe I found online. They were pretty cute and tasted like apple pie, but unfortunately contained no plums because I didn’t have any and was on a time crunch. They also had edible glitter, so that’s neat I guess. Andrea also let me borrow her bioglitz for the eye makeup and I’m in love. Enjoy."

Photo: Andrea Gabriel Model: Alex HepfingerMakeup and Costuming: Lauren Bradley — Photo: Andrea Gabriel
Model: Alex Hepfinger
Makeup and Costuming: Lauren Bradley

I have wanted to work with Kesley Moorefield as a photographer for sometime now. I have done her makeup as a model but her beauty photography is some of the best I have seen so I was excited when she agreed to shoot this look. Kesley brought in model Kerragan Fleming for this look. I started off by painting Kerragan's face brown in the shape of a half skull. I then airbrushed in some highlights and lowlights and adding a light dusting of metallic gold airbrush paint to give that golden brown look. After doing the eye makeup I still felt it needed some shimmer so I added a lot of gold and bronze highlighter. I then roughed in some white around the border of the gingerbread to mimic icing then topping it with iridescent highlight to give that sugary look.

Photo: Kesley MoorefieldModel: Kerragan Fleming — Photo: Kesley Moorefield
Model: Kerragan Fleming

To give the makeup and extra ordinary look I cut out the teeth and peppermints on her cheeks from glitter card stock. The peppermint design on her lower jaw and neck probably took the longest getting the lines all straight measuring it out using my knuckles for spacing. I then hit the white with silver metallic airbrush paint and the red with a metallic lilac to highlight it. EBA Performance makeup (http://www.europeanbodyart.com) makes a ton of really great metallic airbrush paints if you are in the market. I capped off the bottom of the peppermint with a spider web like scoop pattern to subtly bring in the traditional spider webs used in day of the dead designs. The finishing touches were an awesome green wig courtesy of Lauren Bradley and red out X-Ray lenses from Primal Contact Lenses (https://us.primalcontactlenses.com/) to mimic the look of red hot candies and maybe add a slight bit of creepiness. I even added some gold flake for a bit of holiday flare.

I am supper happy with the way my makeup came out and the amazing job Kesley did. Team Demon fabulous also turned in some amazing work and I am super proud of them. Going forward into 2019 I am excited to hopefully keep these challenges going, keeping brushes in our hand and pushing our creativity. I am looking forward to the challenges the 2019 season will bring us and meeting those challenges with this amazing team of artists head on. We don't own our success but we have signed the lease and are ready to make payments!

Happy Holidays to All!

Matt Goodlett

SFX Makeup Manager, Team Demon Fabulous

Abstract Makeup Challenge

Matt Goodlett June 21, 2017

Right on the heels of the Mandarin Duck makeup challenge from my last blog makeup artist Bethany Hood issued another makeup inspiration challenge. When the image was sent out I was waiting on my oil was being changed. My first response was “No”. Having just done the previous challenge less than a week prior I thought I’d sit this one out. The oil change took forever and I just kept looking at the inspiration image. The more I looked at it the more I loved it and knew I had to do it.

What I saw in the image was a duality of being, living with your demons and the struggle within. Along with the stark color contrast of just black and white. For some reason going from “No” because I didn’t have time, turned into full body paint because I’m a glutton for punishment. I wanted to mimic the shape of the inspiration but instead of hands I wanted bodies. One pose I wanted somber and withdrawn while the other I wanted a primal scream. I knew model Bec E. Bien was the perfect model. I have body painted her before and I know how expressive her face can be and she just went for it. When asked to scream she let it out like a pro. That’s not just a pose she is actually screaming her lungs out and I think it adds to the authenticity. Every scream was followed with a smile and a slight giggle. Also, the amazing Matthew Tyldesley had just done her hair and it was perfect. We wanted it a bit manic so we put some sea salt spray in it and messed it up a bit. I just hope we didn’t mess up Matthew’s work too much.

Working with Danny Alexander is always a treat. I knew what I had in mind and how I saw it laid out. Danny has an amazing way of figuring out what is going on in my convoluted head and interprets it. I didn’t want the makeup edited as it was a challenge but I knew having all three figures on there would be a difficult in the time frame. Danny didn’t shy away from it and just nailed it. The one edit I did ask him to do was the nipples. The only pasties I will use for body paint are “Monster Pasties”. They are pretty amazing. They take paint like skin and are seamless. I didn’t have any and I had no time to order them. I actually painted over the areola and blended it out. If it weren’t for the shadowed sundial effect of the lights you wouldn’t have seen them. There is only so much makeup can do. I am extremely happy with what we were able to pull off in such a short amount of time.

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