Thursday, October 29, 2015

So You Want to be a YouTuber? Competition

I always was interested by the idea to create YouTube videos. I always find myself using my makeup as a sort of glorified sketchbook, with new ideas popping into my head while I'm staring at myself in the mirror. Many of my favorite YouTubers have channels that incorporate body-painting, beauty makeup, and special effects makeup.
That being said, one of my favorite channels, GlamAndGore mentioned a competition that a another YouTuber, Rob Dyke, is having to give away prize items that help YouTube artists get started with their channels. The video is here. I foresee this being really great if I could win, not only for the prizes, but also to get a personal channel started where I can post videos every week as a sort of mandatory personal journal to inspire others and motivate myself.
Luckily, I was already planning on putting enormous amounts of energy into this year's Halloween makeup, so I was already set up to begin the process. I currently have almost finished working on props, and now all I have to do is sit down for several hours to film and edit.

My idea for the costume is a "scary tooth fairy"
The idea of a tooth fairy is actually really creepy when you think about it (a fairy who breaks into your children's rooms while they're asleep at night to collect tiny bones that naturally fall out of childrens' faces to exchange it for money which somehow implies that this fairy is turning a prophet of some sort being the mystical equivalent of a hobo who collects bottles that have a container deposit.)

here are images of my planning and polymer clay teeth (pre-painting) pictures so far:


For the process, I plan to do beauty makeup from products that I already own. I will apply extra "flesh" in the form of modeling wax, attaching both the wax to my face, and fake teeth to the wax with spirit gum (a type of cosmetic adhesive). I'll then use a mixture of makeup and water-based cosmetic paint to create irritation around the areas where the teeth are growing out of my head. After attaching each tooth to my face, I will surround each opening with scar blood (which doesn't drip) and add some blood to the sides of my mouth, to my outfit, and I also purchased some red tooth paint so that the inside of my mouth looks bloody as well.

List of SFX materials:
--Sculpey Polymer Bake-able clay I used white because I had some leftover from my childhood, but using the translucent color would save time and money for painting. (painted with pure ice brand nail polish with colors Shore Bet and 3-in-1 top coat)
--Graftobian Modeling Wax to create the illusion of excess flesh.
--Ben Nye Fresh Scab Blood to create a blood effect that will not run
--Mehron Tooth FX in Blood Red for a bloody mouth
--Mehron Spirit Gum I purchased spirit gum that came with remover
--Mehron Water-based facepaint
--Theatrical Effects Blood Gel to create a dripping effect that is easy to control

After I finish the video, I will post again and include all materials that I used, including beauty makeup that went into the finished look and any other SFX makeup that I missed here.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN

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