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Showing posts with label makeup. Show all posts
Showing posts with label makeup. Show all posts
Wednesday, May 6, 2026
Thursday, October 17, 2024
Mike Hill -- Super Sculptor!
Originally posted on 8/10/09
We'd like to introduce you to an amazing artist named Mike Hill, who definitely has a knack for creating some of the most exciting and lifelike sculptures of our movie, TV, and comic book icons that we've ever seen!
To give you an idea of how good his work is, this bust of Maria Ouspenskaya as the old gypsy Maleva in "The Wolf Man" (right) isn't even finished yet (note the clay eyebrows). And take a look at another of his latest projects, a tribute to Elsa Lanchester's "Bride of Frankenstein":
Here, enjoying a spot of tea while being made up once again as the Frankenstein Monster by the great Jack Pierce, is our very own "Dear Boris" (Karloff):
How does Mike render such a masterpiece without a model? "I used stills and DVDs," he informs us. "He [Boris] was sculpted in a water based clay. And cast in silicone. I did not do a lifecast of someone's body--I sculpted the whole thing."
From his bio: "Michael E. Hill was born in Cheshire, England. From an early age he developed a passion for the fantastic whether it be comic books, television or movies...From the age of four Mike's artistic ability started to shine and he began to draw the fantastic images he adored.
"As he grew older, Mike's artistic visions progressed into 3D sculpture and costume and mask making.
"Having become one of the worlds leading figure sculptors and a master of capturing the human likeness, his career to date has included figure kit sculpting, wax figures, creature designing, prosthetic make-up, and creating hyper-real character statues."
Check out Mike's website for many more incredible works of art that should warm the heart and chill the blood of any monster and comics fan. We guarantee you've never seen anything like it!
(Thanks to Mike for the use of these pics and material from his website.)
Friday, June 7, 2024
Most Extreme Transformation Scene Ever? "The Beast Within" (1982) (video)
"The Beast Within" (1982) was an old-fashioned monster movie made in the heyday of practical makeup effects.
More than anything, the trailers sold this climactic transformation sequence.
Paul Clemens' performance as the monster emerges is first-rate.
It begins with applied makeup and prosthetics.
The first fake head with protruding tongue looks pretty fake, but is quite a shock.
Air bladders were just getting big in SPFX makeup at the time.
This scene really pushes the technique past the limit.
One makeup artist admitted that by the final stage...
...they were just seeing how big they could inflate that fake head.
Originally posted on 8/16/18
I neither own nor claim any rights to this material. Just having some fun with it. Thanks for watching!
Friday, January 10, 2020
"MAKING APES: THE ARTISTS WHO CHANGED FILM" On Demand 1/28 From Gravitas Ventures -- See Trailer HERE!
Gravitas Ventures Presents
"MAKING APES: THE ARTISTS WHO CHANGED FILM"
Available on VOD and Digital HD January 28, 2020
Fan of PLANET OF THE APES? Making Apes: The Artists Who Changed Film is a fascinating documentary about a group of ambitious makeup artists.
SYNOPSIS:
For over a century, make-up artists have dazzled audiences by creating extraordinary characters and creatures on screen.
50 years ago, a group of ambitious make-up artists led by John Chambers and Tom Burman ushered in a new era of cinema with their groundbreaking work on Planet of the Apes.
Featuring interviews with the original make-up team along with artists who were influenced by them, actors who wore the make-up, filmmakers, historians and more, Making Apes tells the emotional and thrilling story of how Hollywood was changed forever.
iTUNES PREORDER LINK: https://apple.co/37KyUV2
WATCH THE TRAILER:
CAST: Tom Burman, Guillermo del Toro, John Landis, Rick Baker, Leonard Maltin, and Matt Winston
DIRECTED BY: William Conlin
WRITTEN BY: Thomas R. Burman, William Conlin
GENRE: Documentary, Independent
DISTRIBUTOR: Gravitas Ventures
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