Corpse Bride Recreation

 Inspiration
 I decided that for part of my ever growing portfolio I would add some recreations of characters. Instead of primarily focusing on characters with sadistic tendencies it would be a good idea to do a kinder character. I chose Tim Burton's The Corpse Bride's beautiful Emily. Originally I planned to use scar wax to create the illusion of her large eyes, but it didn't work out as planned and that's why this work is a little messy as it turned out completely free hand rather then anything planned. 

 It was this picture that I then ended up using for the rest of my face painting inspiration as it gives clear view of the missing part of her cheek. I ended up feeling that painting it on lightly worked better with my overall look then using scar wax as I usually would. 

 How I did It
 As you can see from the picture, the remaining scar wax was still present around my eyes but it was fun anyway. I used the concept of contouring to try and recreate the structure of Emily's face. I used Snazaroo face paints in the white and black colour with the Pro Colour Ring in Bruise (#505-B)s use of Midnight Sky. The majority was done with a basic sponge but an eyeliner pencil in black was used to draw the large eyes, eyebrows, and nose. 

What I would Improve
  If I were to do this look again, I'd begin by concealing my eyebrows for a cleaner look when drawing on the eyes. I'd use scar wax to do the hole in the side of her cheek, as well as her having one eye missing, as demonstrated in this picture. 

 I feel the missing eye would add a greater impact and make her character seem more life like rather then just face paint. Scar wax would be used for the same purpose for the hole in her cheek. As I look at both this picture and mine, I realise that her lips should have had a more mauvey pink colour which would be a minor detail to adjust next time. If I had enough time, I would recreate the torso as well as the face. 

 Emily has part of her ribcage missing which I have previously tried to recreate something similar in earlier days of venturing into special effects make up, but would like to try again soon. I think this piece of work would need to be created beforehand with liquid latex, and obviously a lot of blue face paint to cover the arms and chest area! 

Conclusion
 This was far from my best piece of work, but it has helped me to learn that the basics of painting is something that I need to work on with my skills. However, I am pleased for the experience and the way that I was able to apply basic knowledge of contouring to get a similar reconstruction of Emily's face.