A little look at the influence of digital technology on the practical effects workflow. Bear in mind the problems we try to overcome – namely to create an illusion which appears real such as a decapitation, an injury taking place or some kind of transformation – these issues are the reason that we strive for …
#13 – Mitch at Brick In The Yard
Brick In The Yard isn’t the most obvious name to give to a successful FX material supplier. There is a good reason for it though, as you will hear in this podcast. Mitch Rogers is the evil genius behind Brick In The Yard (BITY), one of the largest suppliers of FX materials in Texas and …
#12 – Rob Burman
Rob Burman is a damned nice fella and kindly took some time to share some of his wisdom, and we are all grateful he did. Thanks, Rob! If you don’t know the name ‘Burman’ then you must be pretty new to the FX world, because frankly the name is as synonymous with makeup and practical …
#11 – The One With Thomas Surprenant
The last time we talked about making foam latex, the craft and materials involved in actually producing the foam. This time around, we figured it would be a good call to look at painting and art finishing. Painting foam latex is different from painting skin or translucent appliances like silicone or gelatine, as naturally you …
#10 – Foam Latex: It’s Smelly But Good!
Foam Latex was the main material appliances and pretty much anything skin-like was made of for long time. It is only relatively recently that silicone has taken it’s place, and with good reason. There are a lot of benefits to silicone as an appliance material, and because of these reasons it may be that if …
#5 – Colour theory In Practice
Colour theory is a crucial part of makeup, especially if you are in the business of trying make a portion of the face out of rubber and make it look like it belongs there and is the same as the real skin which surrounds it. This is especially true when mixing your skin tone into …
#9 – Symmetry, Schools & Fools
Symmetry in sculpting appliances Whilst teaching a class recently, a student was hung up on getting the nose perfectly symmetrical. I explained as I often do that the human face isn’t symmetrical, so going for complete mirror image reflection necessary. That said, asymmetry owing to sloppy work isn’t good either – the fact that there …
#8 – Start Making & The Lowdown On Cap Plastic
Blog post on this podcast is here: It seems it would be handy to have some sensible steps to actually start making things. So check out the podcast on this very subject and also the lowdown on cap plastic. After all, the longest of journeys start with a single step, so having some steps in …