Practical Task - Fake wounds

Fake Wounds

For my practical task I chose to practice creating fake wounds and cuts by following this tutorial on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgdpzgORzhU

All I needed was basic eye-shadow makeup, red pens, and a glue stick.

The first stage was to use a red sharpie pen to draw a thin red line as the base to work from.

The second stage was to apply eyeshadow. I was able to use very cheap basic eyeshadow and I first applied a dark grey. This set the base colour, and then I added red and brown.

The fourth stage required spreading a small amount glue along the red line. This was to give the effect of skin lifting up due to the cut. Once this was applied I waited a couple of minutes for it to dry.

Once the glue was almost dry, I then used red felt tip to colour over and in between the glue, defining the original red line. 

After this, I applied a bit more eyeshadow as some had worn away. This time I included a small amount of blue along with the dark colours and red. This gave the effect of slight bruising around the wound:

I then repeated these steps a few times for practice. This was my final result:

Evaluation:

I found it really useful following the YotuTube tutorial as a guide because it gave me clear step-by-step instructions. I was able to follow these well and successfully carry out my own with practice.

Specifically, applying the eyeshadow and blending the colours to give a bruised, wounded effect went well. I was successful in adding just the right amount of makeup and achieving an ideal balance of colours.

I particularly found it difficult to carry out the gluing stage. I think this because it was quite a messy task and I struggled to get the right amount of glue. The point of this was to create the effect of skin lifting up from the wound, but it took me several attempts to achieve this.

I think that if I got to do this again for my opening scene, I would take a lot more time to make the fake wounds a success. I would definitely need practice on certain stages such as the gluing and the felt tip, and I would also use a better brush to apply the eyeshadow for a more realistic effect.