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Do not be fooled into thinking its halloween, oh no. Ive just been watching The Walking Dead and boy do i love it! Ive been itching to turn myself into a zombie for days now. And this is my finished product. I know, I know it looks a little strange having not covered my shoulders and chest but, i couldn’t wait another second longer to snap this look and post it. I can assure you there will be plenty more zombies to come. My friend Gypsy has asked to make her a zombie cowgirl for her birthday so stay tuned because its gonna go from gruesome to gorey very quickly! I used lots of basic special effects techniques combined with make-up techniques to get this look. I blocked out eyebrows using a glue stick, latex and tissue layers to make decaying skin, white contact lenses, tooth decay, stipple sponges and shading and highlighting. I did not use any prosthetics.
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Tagged sfx make-up artist, The Walking Dead, zombie, zombie land, Zombie make-up, zombies
…i bet you thought that a festival like this one only happened in your wildest dreams. My friends it does not, The Secret Garden takes place once a year at Brownlow Hill on the Downes property. A one hour drive from Sydney sees you conjure up a far out costume, pitch your tent in tent city and walk through a wardrobe to where you can frolic, drink cider and dance till your hearts content.
I am part of the creative team for the festival. This year i was in charge of the design and creative execution of 4 bars. A very big job but wildly exciting all the same! I spent a week at Brownlow Hill before the festival crafting, painting, stitching and setting up my creative areas. The sun shone over us for the entire week, we thanked our lucky stars, the grass seemed a little greener and the leaves on the trees a little thicker. You could feel the magic of The Secret Garden in the air.
And then… on Friday night the heavens opened up and poured with more rain than we needed. The storm continued through the night and cleared up as the gardeners walked through the gates, Saturday afternoon.
Mother Nature was not kind to us that night. The management team for the festival had to make the heartbreaking decision to close half of the festival because of flooding. Three of the 4 areas i had created were not seen.
But alas… this is a festival like no other, the magic was still in the air, the costumes were exceptional, the drinks; delicious and i think every single person had the time of their lives, including me!
So if you missed out on ticket this year, you’d better get in quick for next year, because this festival is one NOT to be missed!
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Photos 3 & 5 courtesy of Amy Robinson
The Secret Garden Festival is a charity event, all proceeds go to The Sarah Hilt Foundation.
Whats going on here huh? Its a television commercial for P&O Crusies using Celebrity Apprentice look-a-likes! This was fun one! I did costume styling and make-up on this commercial as the cast was small.
I have a gorgeous friend named Lisa (stage name: Tasia) . She is a burlesque dancer, make-up artist and go-go dancing queen. Lisa recently asked Annette and I to realise her dream photo shoot. She researched and prepared 5 looks inspired by the bombshells of the 60′s and 70′s. We had 10 hours to make it happen, and boy did we make it happen. Each look was very different to the next, Annette worked on Lisa’s hair and i worked on her make-up. Here are some behind the scenes snap shots, as soon as Lisa has released all the images, ill showcase them right here as well.
Gee Whiz, Im sorry I missed the sixties!
The city is safe… for now!
Here is another little clip featuring the ‘Rick Grimes’ costume I made.
Im pretty darn impressed by this little video! In between all the real footage from the television shows on the FX channel is the ad I did the costumes and make-up for.
