Elvis has entered the building
Okay, here's the -other- thing that's been occupying my time this summer: my theater makeup class. We do a lot of character work; every time we learn a new technique, we have to choose a character to do a makeup design for using that technique. last week it was stippling (like sponge-painting, kinda) and this week, facial hair. The facial hair one is funnier, so you get it last.



First, I used the stippling for texture on a scar. Character was Kabuki, from the David Mack graphic novel "Kabuki":



Me as Kabuki:





The scar is all paint, no 3D work at all. Aside from the scar, there's a lot of corrective makeup- shading to narrow the forehead, flatten and widen the nose, flatten the cheekbones, and eyeliner to give the impression of epicanthic folds. Should have been less eyeliner in the center, though- too roundeye. The eybrows are also not right, but that's because Daivd Mack draws them differently in every goddamn picture.

And then today, me as Old Elvis:







Hair: handmade sideburns (crepe hair), and my bangs in the world's smallest quiff. Makeup: shadows and bags around eyes, eyebrow pencil, shading around nose to make it lumpy-ish, shading the nasolabial folds and corners of the mouth to make the cheeks and chin look droopy. And shadows on the neck to make a double chin and neck fat. I wasn't sure what to do with my mouth, so I didn't do anything- but I think now I shoulda made it wider and flatter.