Negotiated Makeup project

Myths & Legends

Bill

Tu

rpin

• 15 years a prosthetic makeup artist, specializing in life casting and model making services for film, TV , and photography

• Inspiration to my work as he uses prosthetics with beauty! He makes his images appear nice!

• He uses humans and adds prosthetics to make them weird – creature like.

MASKS• I found this picture in ‘a

complete guide to special effect makeup’ It really inspired

for this project.• It made me look further

into makeups like this, and it sent me in a few directions

MASKS --- BIRDS -- CREATURES

I began to think how I could combine these all together?

FOLKLORES? I then wanted to create a unique creature based upon a myth or tale from the past!

What is a myth?• a traditional story, especially one

concerning the early history of a people or explaining a natural or social phenomenon, and typically involving supernatural beings or events

• widely held but false belief or idea of an exaggerated or idealized conception of a person or thing.What is a

folklore?• A story originating in popular culture, typically passed on by word of mouth which is considered to be false or based on superstition.

Bibliography

(2014)Bill Turpin [online] available from : http://www.billturpin.com [accessed date:10 jan]

Tokyo SFX Makeup Workshop (2012) A complete guide to special effects makeup. London: Titan Books.

(2014) pintrest [online] available from http://www.pinterest.com/claire6615/nmp/ [accessed date:10 jan]

(2014)folklore[online] available from https://www.google.co.uk/#q=what+is+a+folklore [accessed date:10 jan]

(2014)myth[online] available from http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myth [accessed date:10 jan]

READER'S DIGEST (1973) Folklore, myths and legends of Britain. London: Reader's Digest Association.