Saturday, 8 February 2014

Cuts and Bruises

Grazes and Burns


Equipment:

  • Latex
  • Base
  • Supracolour palette
  • Sponge
  • Brushes
  • Stipple sponge
  • Fake puss
  • Fake blood


Instructions:

  • Apply latex to bare skin using a sponge.
  • Wait for the latex to dry, or use a cold hair dryer.
  • Once dry, apply a base over the top of the latex, making sure the base is the same colour as the skin.
  • Pull small parts of the latex apart to reveal the skin underneath.
  • Using the supracolour palette, paint onto the natural skin in reddish tones to create the effect of torn skin or blood. 
  • Use a stipple sponge to create more grazing effect of bruising.
  • For a more gruesome look, add puss ontop of the burns/grazes or some fake blood.


Black Eyes


Equipment:

  • Moisturiser
  • Base
  • Supracolour palette
  • Bruise wheel
  • Soft brush
  • Small brush
  • Red pencil
  • Vaseline


Instructions:

  • Moisturise the skin around the eye.
  • Apply a light base.
  • Using a soft brush, dab on colour from the supracolour palette or the colour wheel, making sure to start with the lighter colours. 
  • Blend in with fingers.
  • Gradually working towards the darker colours and building up the bruise blending with fingers.
  • To create more detail, use the smaller brush to add the effect of burst vessels.
  • Apply red pencil to the waterline. Blend in for a more natural look.
  • Dab on vaseline over the deeper colours of the bruise to create a swollen effect.


Cuts


Equipment:
  • Plasto wax
  • Spatula
  • Sealer
  • Baby buds
  • Hair dryer
  • Hair pin
  • Wound filler
  • Fake blood
  • Stipple sponge

Instructions:
  • Using a rounded metal spatula, warm up plasto wax on back of hand.
  • Smooth the plasto wax onto the skin and build up layers.
  • Smooth the edges into the skin for a more natural look.
  • Create a cut in the wax using the edge of the spatula.
  • Using a baby bud, cover the wax in sealer.
  • Dry with a cold hair dryer.
  • Stretch out a hair pin to create a thin tool.
  • Using the hair pin, apply wound filler to the cut.
  • Using a stipple sponge, apply small amounts of fake blood to create the effect of grazing.
  • Or, spray on fake blood.




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