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MUDMake-Up Designory // 2014-2015 // fall-winter ART Interview Be True to Yourself with Marc Scoleri FX Step by Step CREATING Jim Henson’s 2014 MISS USA® MUD Alumni Shine ® at the Miss USA Create a Face Chart Competition with a MUD Lead Make-up Artist MUD Cosmetics Artisan of the Eyes About MUD schools Make-Up Designory Preparing Students For For more than 15 years Make-Up Designory (MUD) has worked to establish itself The Fascinating World as America’s premier school of make-up artistry. With schools and stores in Los Angeles, New York, international partners and studios, MUD continues to build a of Make-Up Artistry loyal and dedicated customer-base of students and artists. MUD Products MUD Schools Each year, Make-Up Designory (MUD) schools train hundreds of students from are tested by industry experts in challenging, real-world situations- provide programs and courses designed to teach a wide range of from the harsh conditions of a remote film location to the bright lights practical and specialized skills. General consumers, beauty enthusiasts around the globe in a variety of make-up specialties. From day one, students are of Broadway. Through this unmitigated process, MUD products are or potential students can also enjoy free Saturday workshops at the produced to perfection. MUD shops every week on the latest trends. For those looking to start immersed in the fundamentals of make-up artistry with aspirations of working in a new career or add to their skill set, part-time courses are available at MUD’s main campuses, MUD Studios and Partner Schools throughout the fashion, entertainment or retail cosmetics industries. the country and internationally. The bi-coastal main campuses in Los Angeles and New York as production studios in the world, while the New York campus is well as the various MUD Studios around the world, give potential located amidst the bustling area of designer boutiques of New York. artists the experience of a lifetime by training under licensed instructors with professional expertise in film, television and MUD campuses are each licensed by their respective states. In fashion. Through this training, students learn to develop their own 2003 MUD’s Los Angeles campus received accreditation from the unique style, whether it be within the intricacies of prosthetics or Accrediting commission for Career Schools and Colleges (ACCSC) the delicacy of beauty make-up. and was recognized by ACCSC as a School of Distinction. The Los Angeles campus has since received two 5 –year terms of accreditation. Accredited by the Accrediting Commission for Career Schools and The ACCSC has also recognized the school as a School of Merit in Colleges (ACCSC), MUD main campuses are located in the heart of 2008 and a School of Excellence in 2013. The 2005 opening of the the entertainment and fashion capitals. The LA campus can be found New York campus lead to accreditation from ACCSC in 2007 and in downtown of Burbank, California, home of some of the biggest was recognized as a 2009 School of Distinction. MUD New York Campus Relocates To A Historical Address New York City, the city that never sleeps by about 954 square feet of workspace for up defying the night and outshining the day, to 26 students. The entire 15th floor incases is set to open up a new door to make-up the school’s learning space with separate artists with the new and improved MUD lounges for students and teachers and a campus. While the new location polishes beautiful view of the city for inspiration. up on the last touches, the students and In addition to the expansion, students staff are getting excited about their new can enjoy the upgraded technology home. The new address on 65 Broadway, enhancements and for easy access, the stands high on the 15th floor of the original campus store will be conveniently located American Express Building. within the center of the campus. Only a half mile from the current site, the Classes will continue to resume until new school space allows accommodations opening day as scheduled while the official Make-Up Designory Los Angeles Make-Up Designory New York Make-Up Designory Europe for future growth including 2 additional opening event is sure to be a night to 129 S. San Fernando Blvd. 65 Broadway, 15th Floor Rimska cesta 13, classrooms and a host of amenities. The remember with special guests and lots of Burbank, CA 91502 New York, NY 10006 1000 Ljubljana, spacious special effects classroom includes creative artistry. 001 818-729-9420 001 212-925-9250 Slovenia, Europe www.facebook.com/makeupdesignory www.facebook.com/makeupdesignory 00 386 1 6200 348 www.facebook.com/mudschools www.facebook.com/mudschools www.facebook.com/mud.eu [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] www.mudeurope.com www.mud.edu www.mud.edu shop.mudeurope.com MUD ART 2014-2015 // production: Endemit advertising agency // www.endemit.si // creative and art director: Maja Kešelj // MUD image photography: Peter Giodani // graphic design: Maja Kešelj, Polona Kopač cover photo: Peter Giodani // product photo: Polona Kopač // make-up: MUD Europe team // editors: Svenya Nimmons, Myrna Martinez, Dina Vobič, Francine Reich The finished cowl 9. sculpture After Niko 10. finished sculpting the cowl, he took the first snap mold. He took an impression of Kyle’s face, overlapping the edges of the cowl sculpture. By Cat Paschen Niko Gonzalez and I were given an amazing opportunity to create a make-up of our choice In order for all of the prosthetics to fit on top of each other and blend seamlessly, we had to to be applied during a live demo at the Make-Up Designory School booth at IMATS LA sculpt and mold them all in the order that they were going to be applied. We started with the A new mold was made that 2014. This was a great way to showcase what we learned while attending MUD and gave cowl; once we were done sculpting we had to take a “snap mold” in-order to start the next 11. contains the detail of the us the opportunity to utilize the advanced lab skills we learned after we graduated while sculpture and continued this process until we were done. A snap mold is taking an impres- cowl sculpture so that working at the MUD FX Lab. sion off of the mold containing the sculpture so that our new mold will have the texture of we can overlap the next We chose to create Hoggle, a character from the 1986 Jim Henson movie, Labyrinth. This was where the sculpture ended. We do this so that we can easily overlap the next sculpture to sculpture perfectly and After painting, we applied his hair pieces. Thank you to Beto Franca for ventilating blend it into the previous Hoggle’s iconic bushy brows. one of my favorite movies growing up and introduced me to the world of special effects. This ensure that the prosthetics will fit perfectly. 17. sculpture seamlessly. We dwarf character was originally designed by artist Brian Froud. Hoggle was originally a full body This character was one of the most complex make-ups that we have done thus far. It gave will repeat this process in One of the most iconic parts of Hoggle is his wardrobe. His leather vest, patch work pants creature suit equipped with an animatronic head. Our goal was to turn this puppet head into us the priceless experience of learning how to create a multi-piece silicone make-up. It re- the order in witch we will and bags of jewelry are as recognizable as his big nose and fuzzy eyebrows. We brought in a make-up. Our challenge was scaling everything down so that the proportions would fit on a ally taught us how much work goes into creating just one camera ready character for film. apply the prosthetics. costume designer Patricia Almodovar to help us crate his unique clothing. human face and to balance the fantasy elements of the original character with a realistic touch. Thanks to the direction and support from Paul Thompson (MUD Director of Education), Our make-up consisted of 6 gel filled silicone prosthetics (a cowl, neck, nose, forehead/ Kumara (MUD Warehouse/FX Lab Manager) and Gil Romero (MUD School Director, LA), we Niko prepared cheeks and two hands). We decided to make the character a multi piece make-up so that were able to bring this character to life. Thank you to Make-Up Designory for giving us the 12. the cowl mold with a dividing wall to the prosthetics would better fit the actor, giving more realistic movement to the prosthetics. amazing opportunity to challenge ourselves and help us grow as artists. create a two-part mold. This process is used by leading film and television make-up effects artists to create real- The complete application processed was filmed after IMATS by Phil Holland. To view To create our molds, we istic make-ups. Creating a multi-piece prosthetic make-up does, however, require a more the process and to see the final make-up, you can watch the video at youtube.com/ used an epoxy surface involved molding and sculpting process. makeupdesignory. coat to catch all of the detail, backed with fiberglass and syntactic dough to add strength. We started by taking a While I started sculpting While Niko 1. full head life cast of our 5. the hand’s, Niko 13. finished the amazing model, Kyle Pacek. sculpting the cowl. molds, I worked on sculpting the face. These are just a few of the reference photos I used.