EDIT I was blown away to find that I had won a place in the contest. I have seen a lot of really awesome entries and I do believe that more of the "just makeup" entries should have placed. as a lot of people mention. and it is not particularly fair that photoshop users tend to be favored in contests and such. But it kind of irks me when people complain that prosthetics aren't masks or are "too easy"
I didn't go to school for makeup at all. not at ALL. I decided one day to spend some of my commission money to purchase some mask latex, some plasteline clay, some plaster and a plastic face form to begin working on making prosthetics any way I knew how. basically from looking really hard at how it's done through stuff on the internet. This process was not easy. sure. I could have just sculpted the original face out of oven bake clay or something and it probably wouldn't have been so ridiculed in such a way?? you think that's harder? I made the sculpt, made a mold out of plaster, made seperate molds for the gills. put it all together after I casted it in pigmented latex. painted the thing... put it on with a little spirit gum, and some random normal eyeshadow to blend it into my face which is all I had. I am NOT a skilled prosthetic maker or wearer. so you can get that out of your head right off the bat. lol. ----------------------------------------------------
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This is for the contest... the mask is made by me can be seen here [link] ...so is that cute little necklace hehe.
Gee, this looks as if it was really tough to make! But I can definitely relate to you feelings; people complain way too much. And I feel like digital art and photography are way too much in favour here on deviantArt. It's sometimes hard to get noticed for good art. I love this piece of yours, but I think I'm going to take a look at the rest of your gallery now :]
lol i just got so offended, i was like aye yo biotch she made this from hand, its no effing photoshop, she's like its a prosthetic, im like she still made it, put alot of effort into doing it, she did not use a computar, she used her hands, and maybe if you werent such a poor sport you might get a chance in winning,
So eerie and awesome!
people mannnnnnn... v.v
congrats on getting a place in the contest.