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practicality ([personal profile] practicality) wrote2009-10-13 11:07 pm
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For the Cosplayers on my F-list

Make-up: how do you get good at it? Just practice? Or is there some sort of great secret I should know? Because I like to think my sewing skills are pretty good, but my inability to style hair or apply make-up makes most of the photos look varying amounts of 'average' to 'fail'.
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[identity profile] phaseonehundred.livejournal.com (from dreamwidth.org) 2009-10-14 11:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Study stage and theater makeup. For speed it's definitely a matter of practice, but if you study show makeup you'll learn all the tricks about everything from proper coverage to crazy tricks like making realistic wounds. You'll also learn about how much color you need where based on what the lighting will be. People who look normal on stage look like clowns off stage, but that same intensity of makeup may be necessary for certain effects in normal lighting.

I never wear makeup, but being a backstage manager taught me everything about makeup I'd ever need to know. I'll try to find some resources for you, I don't have any of my books anymore but I'll find out what the titles were and see if I come across any good sites.

[identity profile] momijizukamori.dreamwidth.org 2009-10-15 06:05 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, cosplay is weird in that you don't have as much of the distance/lighting problems you have in stage make-up, but at the same time, you're usually going for much more dramatic effects than everyday make-up.

Titles would be awesome! I have access to a good network of libraries out here, so I can use the almighty library card for the power of awesome.
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