Fever, Sweat, Black Eyes & Chapped Lips

Sue's demo on me!

Products Used:

• Supracolour palette
• SFX blood
• Moisturiser
• Palette knife
• Glycerin
• Liquid Latex
• Ben Nye Bruise Wheel
• Stipple Sponges
• Alcohol

Health & Safety

• Conduct allergy test on model's forearm and check no rash or itchiness appears
• Check with model for any current skin complaints 
• Make sure all sponges/brushes are clean
• Make sure model's eyes are closed at all times whilst using latex or acetone on the face
• Test heat of melted gelatine on own arm before applying
• Keep Glycerin away from eyes
• Cover model
• Wash hands

Consultation Notes

• Name: Charlotte Roth
• Age: 18
• Hair type: Long dark hair
• Skin type: Combination
• Skin tone: Light to medium with yellow undertones
• Allergies: N/A

Process:

(For fever)

• Mix red shades from supra colour palette with moisturiser to thin out mixture
• Layer varied shades lightly on the skin to build up a rash-like appearance
• Optionally you can mix the colours with alcohol to flick onto the skin with a large artists brush (keep clients eyes shut at all times)

(Sweat)

• Apply Glycerin onto a stipple sponge
• Stipple product onto areas where sweat needs to be applied 
• Spray water into hairline to add to the affect

(Chapped Lips)

• Ask client to pucker their lips
• Apply a layer of latex onto lips whilst puckered
• Allow to dry, apply more if needed
• Use fingers or a small pin carefully to peel bits away to create a further chapped look once the lips are relaxed

(Black Eye)

• Use supra colour palette or a bruise wheel and apply darkest shade first
• Use a real life image as reference
• Apply colours mainly around socket
• Apply vaseline over finished application to add subtle shine

Self Reflection

I thoroughly enjoyed this lesson as I was able to apply and learn a lot of techniques this lesson. I had constant feed back from Sue which allowed me to really get stuck in and make it a good attempt. These techniques are not ones I would necessarily use for this project, apart from the chapped lips, but are valuable techniques  to have in the world of SFX - the area I want to specialise in. I feel my application of the feverish skin could've been slightly for translucent and subtle but I enjoyed the process of building up the colour slowly. I feel like the chapped lips were most successful as they ended up looking very realistic and this encouraged me to use this aspect within my character design as she is dehydrated and does not take care of herself physically. I attempted to apply small sections of latex on parts of her face to create dry skin but it was not very affective with red applied over the top but I would like to try create dry skin for my character at some point in the design process.