Black Eye Tutorial

WHAT YOU NEED:

• Make up sponges
• Alcohol based paints OR Eye shadow (Colors Yellow, green, red, blue) - I used alcohol based paints but it can be done with either.

Here is what I used - the Illustrator FX Bruise pallet

STEPS:

1) remove small holes from the make up sponges (as shown below)

2) Take a golden rod yellow (if using eyeshadow) and pad it all around the eye area - mix with a light amount of green in the same area.

3) Now we will add the reds and blues - Look at reference photos on where the most pooling happens and copy the layout on your own pace - Blues for the deepest parts and red on top and around that

• you want to use deep reds and light (almost orange reds) but not vibrant reds - that reminds of blood - that is not what we are doing here

NEXT TIME:
I will likely take down the green - it just doesn't look 100% real with all the green.

Throat Wound

This started from an idea I had to make a poisoned Snow White.

To recreate this look you will need

• Liquid Latex
• Single Ply Tissue
• Cotton Balls
• Alcohol based paint (I used the Illustrator FX palette in cuts - scrapes - scabs & Skin Illustrator in skin tones)
• Disposable make up sponges
• 3-d Gel Blood (I sued Mehron 3-D Gel Blood)

1) To start layer about 4-5 layers of latex/ tissue on the throat getting smaller with each layer - to do this put down latex and tissue on top of the latex then another layer of latex - either let air dry OR dry with a hair dryer (What I did - because air dry just takes SOOO long).

2) Then, once completely dry - you will cut a small cross section in the latex - about 1.5" long by 1" tall. Then you will fold these sections under the still stuck down latex. (in the future I will actually photograph these steps)

3) Cut a small section of the sponge to create the bone looking piece that goes horizontally across the opening use latex on the back or it to stick to your skin.

4) Take cotton balls and pull apart loosly- Roll into varying sized balls and stick them into the bottom inside of the wound with latex

5) Take long strands of the cotton balls and fold the edges to create a lose ball or oval shape - then tap the back with latex and gently press into the seam line and move towards the smaller balls you stuck inside the wound - this is supposed to look like green acid bubbling up from the wound.

6) TIME TO COLOR!
a) Match the entire latex piece to your skin tone - I know we are covering it but the initial match will help it look more realistic - especially on pieces that go uncovered
b) I started with coloring the deepest parts with black to get depth into the wound
c) Then take an olive green tone and dab it onto the rounded cotton balls - it is important here to not press too hard or you will flatten the balls getting rid of the bubbling effect
d) I took a deep red color and went in between each of the green bubbles to create a 3-D look and separate each bubble - also to give the illusion of green acid mixed with blood.
e) In this one I spread the green from the acid color around the entire wound - doing this again I would NOT do this - it just isn't as realistic
f) With the bone piece I highlighted the area with a light color just off white to raise it and make it pop
g) then I went and textured the surrounding area with blood red colors and 3-D gel - again doing this again I would leave the blood gel and color off of the bottom - it takes away from the bubbling effect - or maybe do a toned down blood color.
h) to create more depth I added black - the ides is to create shadow making the wound seem deeper in parts. I also added a pale bluish/ black color around the sides to look like bruising under the skin - i.e. Pooling blood.

I think there is definitely room for improvement - but for winging it I don't think it is a terrible job.

JUST ONE MORE FOR GOOD MEASURE