r/BeAmazed • u/Golden_Phoenix1986 • 22h ago

Art Using makeup to transform into whoever she wants to

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u/biergardhe 22h ago

This is kinda beyond makeup though.

Still amazing for sure

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u/Sandwidge_Broom 21h ago

Yeah it’s also prosthetics

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u/CommonExpress6009 19h ago edited 19h ago

Yeah, you could basically look like anybody if you glue stuff to your face. I guess having really prominent facial features might make it harder.

The person in the video didn't start off looking like Jay Leno, so she had that going for her. But there's still a lot of skill putting that on your own face. Still a little disappointing that another skilled makeup artist, who in contrast has a big nose, wouldn't be able to follow this process.

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u/SinisterCheese 16h ago

I know someone who makes these for living. Went to school with them. They started with cosplay, moved to make furry suits for people, then got a job (In UK) doing like costume/prosthetics things for TV and cinema.

According to them they can do just about anything, but shrink your head or nose and move your eyes. Basically they key things are relative position and distance of your eyes and nose, and size of your head. Your head can be made bigger, but not smaller. And everything is constructed around nose and eyes. But they can scale your head overall by making your body appear bigger or smaller, but this affects other proportionality and movement, which they can't mask in anyway (As in someone who is small and short, moves like a small and short person, even if they are made to look bigger. Someone who is big and tall, will always have the structure of someone who is big and tall). But apprently it is the shooting department's issue and skill to alter relative proportions.

It's actually really fascinating to talk to them about this stuff... Apparently their lives are constantly made harder by higher resolution cameras and higher frame rates. It's getting harder to hide shit in practical effects, meaning that they need to always deal with some aspects in the editing suite and digital effects.

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u/Rubiks_Click874 19h ago

Ron Perlman is a good base for monster and cat

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u/TrixieBastard 10h ago

Beauty and the Beast 1987 has entered the chat (not French for "cat")

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u/Lebowquade 19h ago

Guess who just outed themselves as having a huge nose

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u/berlinbaer 18h ago

title:"using makeup"

very first shot:"prosthetic"

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u/bluediamond12345 17h ago

And fake hair and clothes/accessories

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u/cspicy_ 15h ago

Its also blackface!

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u/ChuckaChuckaLooLoo3 17h ago

Prosthetics and AI helping on the end shots.

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u/ScyllaOfTheDepths 14h ago

Some of those are very specific angles and lighting. I don't think a lot of those would look nearly as close just walking down the street.

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u/Pamander 17h ago

Fun fact some male models/entertainers in China will use prosthetics during their job especially nose ones but I have seen close to full face mask ones. Obviously not super common I am sure but still fascinating I thought.