Monthly Archives: November 2010

Bleeding Knife Gag (video tutorial)

I recently did a few effects for a TV show, and one involved a torture scene with skin being cut by a knife with bleeding live on camera. There was no budget or time to make a series of fake … Continue reading

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Reference…why you need it, and where to get it!

I believe the single most important aspect of makeup effects is to use reference!

It doesn’t matter what kit, materials or products you use – without basing the work on something real, it just won’t look right. Even the greatest sculptors who seem to work from memory are using a memory fed with reference! Continue reading

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