Vampire Final Images

   In the end I decided to let my vampire character has scary red eyes, because I photoshoped his pupils off and it actually looks like children's paper-made mask... Also, I was playing with the lighting and try to get shadows on both sides of face, but as the equipment in the make-up shooting studio is limited so I was not able to achieve the effect. Although I wasn't been able to get the effect I want , I did actually manage to get some shadows on one side of face and I really like the shadow on model's neck! One thing I am extremely proud of myself is the dry complexion I created, I think this really makes my thirsty vampire look complete!

Create Vampire Final Look

Model: Nathan

Working Process

Step 1: Clean and moisturized the skin to prepare for the make-up application.

Step 2: As my model's skin tone is not too pale, so I used a foundation colour which is lighter than his skin tone to achieved the dead pale skin effect. Apply the foundation with a sponge and powder the face afterwards. 

Step 3: Create the peeling skin effect by using the PVA glue technique, and powder the face again.

Step 4: Contour two sides of forehead and underneath the cheekbone.

Step 5: Filling the eyebrows with dark brown eyeshadow to define the brows.

Step 6: Use gray and black eyeshadow around the eye area, especially the under-eye area to create dark circles. 

Step 7: Draw veins underneath the eyes using the colour dark red and purple. 

Step 8: Dab some foundation on the lips to make them looks paler. Then apply dark purple red lip colour on the center of the lips, blend well with the foundation afterwards.

Finally, put on the fangs and power the face again to make sure it's completely matt before shooting.

The Finish Look

Final Shoot Posing Ideas

   Today, I did some simple sketches of how I want my models to be posing when shooting the final images. For the vampire, I would like to ask the model to look slightly up and open his mouth so the fangs can be seen at this angle. I might as well ask the model to turn his face to the side so I can get some shadows on his face. For the babysitter, she will be holding a cross necklace on her hands and posing like she is praying. As she will have beautiful false lashes on her eyes, so I would like to capture the side face in order to get the eyelashes shows up more in the pictures. 

Individual Eyelashes Application Practice

   Today, I had a little played on applying the individual lashes on myself. I apply the eyelashes in between my natural eyelashes so they hide perfectly! Although you can see some eyelashes glue showing but I will apply a black mascara in the end so it does't matter too much. I think I am going to use longer length individual lashes when doing my final on the model, because I feel the practice is not dramatic enough and perhaps not being able to show up in the pictures.

Vampire Bite Makeup Effect Experiment

Product used:

 Stick glue, spatula, hair pins, foundation, loose powder, supra-colour palette, make-up brushes.

   First, I used stick glue and shaped it into a vampire bite wound using spatula. Then wait till the surface of glue is not sticky, apply foundation on top and set it with loose powder. After that I use dark red from the supra-colour palette, apply on the hole. As I don't have any fake blood on hand so I have to use paints, but for the final shooting I will be able to get some fake blood in the studio!

Babysitter Final Make-up Design

This is my final make-up chart design for the babysitter.

* Perfect skin conplexion.

* Natural shaded eyebrows with slightly arched, less arched brows gives more innocence look.

* Full beautiful curl eyelashes.

* Rosy cheeks and slightly contour under the cheekbones.

* Natural moisturized rosy lips.

Products planning to use:

* Screen Face Cream Foundation Palette

* KRYOLAN Mini Concealer Palette

* Screen Face Eye Shadow Palette

* Illamasqua Loose Powder

* Illamasqua Powder Blusher in Tremble and Disobey

* Illamasqua Cream Blasher in Promise and Rude

* Benefit Bene Tint 

* eylure Individual Lashes

* Illamasqua Make-up Brushes

Vampire Make-up Practice

   Today I practiced my vampire make-up before the final shooting on next Wednesday. I mixed Illamasqua white foundation with my own foundation to achieved a paler complexion. (As my skin tone is quite yellowy, but if my model's skin is naturally pale then I will use the foundation colour that matches his skin colour.) After applied my foundation, I used the PVA glue technique to create the dry skin effect. Then, I used Screen Face eyeshadow palette's gray and chocolate brown eyeshadows to create the dark circle under my eyes. Finally, the funnest part, draw the veins. I used my lips colour palette's dark purple red to draw the veins first, then used purple eyeshadow to do the final touch up. It looks more realistic if I use red and purple together, as human's veins are not just one colour.

Photoshop My Eyes

   As I was struggling which eye colour should I use for the final pictures, so I did some experiments as well! Personally, I think the white eyeball looks more scary and mad, which is more suitable for my character. As he is waiting upstairs for so long and really hungry wants to drink the babysitter's blood so badly, so he should be looking really mad in the final outcome.