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Wednesday, August 19, 2015

Beauty and the beast: behind the scenes

image: photo of makeup artist Dubi Preger at work
Dubi Preger (by LoraShalkar), Make-up Artist, Israel, Wikipedia
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Theatrical makeup can make an actor more beautiful, fit the role better, or look extremely repulsive. In the movies, sometimes a live actor isn't present at all. (No, not talking about CGI here.) For examples of cases where no actor was present, take a look at Movie makeup artists at work. IMDB has a list, last updated 30 Mar 2013, of The most Talented Special Makeup Visual Effects Artists of Movies.

A fun list is Zimbio's Many Faces - Actors Who've Worn Prosthetic Makeup.

If the beauty part of makeup is what interests you, check out Mr. Billy B's site. Some other celebrity makeup artists are Monika Blunder, Charlie Green, and Tom Pecheux. Here's a sample of  Billy B's work, found at his site.
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Usually when you start out in theater, you have to apply your own makeup. You might find these pointers from this wikiHow tutorial useful.

-- Marge





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