THE DESIGN: non-human fantasy makeup

SEA MONSTER MOM - INSPIRED BY THE DISNEY AND PIXAR AMNIMATED FILM LUCA: CHARACTER DANIELLA PAGURO

CHARACTER: SEA MONSTER MOM

The character is inspired from the Disney and Pixar's Animated Film Luca. Daniella Paguro is a thirty-something female sea monster and Luca's mom. She and her community of Sea Monsters live under water off the coast of Italy. She is a married housewife. She and her husband have a school of fish that they herd like sheep. They may have a whole farm. When they come above the surface of the water, they change into a human appearance. She only comes to the surface as a last resort to search for her son. Normally She is extremely cautious, and avoids contact with humans, considering them dangerous monsters. She is a worrier, and fiercely protective of her only child.

DESIGN STATEMENT:

I am re-imagining the character as if in a live action version of the story for stage. Rather than trying to get the exact shape and look of the animated character, I am looking to her having more real human and real fish attributes. For instance, the animated character does not have lips, but neither do any of the sea monster or humans in the film. Her jaw is very round, but also the same when she is a human. I focused on what was different, which was primarily her nose, coloration, fins for ears and kelp for hair. I decided to include lips, and make them fishlike. I also decided to give the illusion of larger, rounder fish-like eyes.

RESEARCH

This is an image of Daniella, a sea monster mom from Disney and Pixar's Luca and I love it because shows her neutral expression face.

This is an image of Daniella's full body and I love it because you can see the scales and fins on the arms.

This is an image of Daniella as a Human and I love it because it shows that the animated humans do not have lips in this film either.

This is an image of Daniella scared and I love it because ir shows her human like teeth.

This is an image of Daniella and her son Luca and I love it because It shows her profile shape and more of her seaweed like hair.

This is an image of Daniella and Luca, and I love it because it shows her head from the back.

This is an image of a painting of blue kelp and I love it because of the texture of the kelp.

This is an image of Cabbage Coral and I love it because it is a sea plant that most resembles Daniella's hair

This is an image of a purple fish and I love it because of the color palate and the red eyes .

This is an image of a teal fish and I love it because of the pattern as an alternative to scales.

This is an image of a red fish eye and I love it because of the round raised ridge around the eye.

This is an image of a fish face from the front and I love it because it has lips.

This is an Image of a make-up of another animated Character, Dori, from Finding Nemo. I love it because of the big round eyes

This is an Image of a make-up of the animated Character, Flounder from The Little Mermaid, I actually don't like this make-up, it's messy, but I like the idea of making a big round eye using the human eye.

This is an image of a fish face and I love it becaise of the forward facing eyes, lips and fins on the side of the face.

This is an Image of a Mermaid makeup and I love it because of the color palate,

This is an image of a mermaid makeup, and I love it because of the fins in front of the ears, and the texture on the face.

This is in image of a fish makeup and I love it because of the fins and the blue lips,

This is an image of a sea creature makeup, and I love it because of the prosthetic to reshape the nose, and the prominent eye socket.

MAKEUP, MATERIALS, AND TOOLS

Makeup:

r.e.m. beauty white concealer
Lancome Cils Booster XL mascara primer
NYX Ultimate Shadow Palate-Brights
Rimmel Electric Violet Palate
Mehron Paradise Makeup AQ
- Cool Prisma
- Brilliant Azure
- Brilliant Blue Beta
Translucent powder

Other Products:

Bald cap
Vaseline
Craft sticks
plastic cups
skin safe alginate
plaster bandages
plaster casting
shellac
silicone nasal cushions
liquid latex
cotton rounds
cotton swabs

facial tissue
lace wig cap
tule
plastic wrap
spandex fabric
green dress
fabric paints
Mehron barrier spray
Washable glue stick.
spirit gum
spirit gum remover

Tools:

sandpaper
paint brushes
sewing machine
sewing needle and thread
serger
flat angles make-up brush
foam wedges

THE PROCESS

MAKING THE PROSTHETIC

MAKING A FACE CAST

Use spirit gum to glue on a bald cap to protect the hair.

Coat the face with a thin layer of Vaseline, with thicker coating on the lashes and brows.
mix alginate 1:1 with water, stir
apply immediately to the face with craft sticks, avoiding the nostrils and leaving one eye exposed
Allow to set 5 minutes
wet strips of plaster bandage, squeeze out excess water, and apply over the alginate until all areas are covered with at least 3 layers.
mix a small amount of additional alginate 1:1 with water
Have an assistant apply the alginate to the other eye, wait 5 minutes, then apply plaster cast strips.
Wait 20 minutes,
Carefully remove the mold. cover the nostril hole on the outside with additional plaster bandage strips, and place it face down in a shoe box, dry 20 minutes.
Mix plaster casting material 2:1 with water and stir.
Pour a small amount into the mold, and use a craft stick to make sure it coats deep areas and crevices without bubbles. Pour remaining casting until the cast is full.
Allow to set 1-2 hours. remove the mold from the cast. (Instructions indicate that the mold can be re-used several times, but mine was destroyed in the removal process.
Use sandpaper or emory boards to smooth the edges and areas around the nostirls that are uneven. Use aditional plaster casting material to smooth any voids from bubbles.
Allow to dry overnight, I left mine for a few days
Seal the face surface with shellac. I left the back side unsealed.

CREATING THE PROSTHETICS

Apply a thin layer of Vaseline to the cast .
using a cotton swabs, dab on a thin layer of liquid lated on the nose, cheeks, and following the lower eye socket. Avoiding the nostrils.
Allow latex to dry a few minutes, and apply powder.
use torn strips of cotton to build up the area on either side of the nose, around the eye sockets, and around two nasal cushions.

*Nasal cushions are a medical supple used for a CPAP device. These contact the nostril inside the mask, and allowed for direction the airway for a wide nostril on the outside of the prosthetic for easy breathing.

Layer additional liquid latex and cotton until the desired shape is achieved, allowing to dry and powder between each layer
apply liquid latex and thin pieces of facial tissue to creat texture.
Pre- color using the AQ makeup (see make-up process)
Use cotton swabs broken at different lengths and 4-5 thin layers of poured liquid latex to form the fins. Allow to dry between layers. Powder and trim to shape once dry.

CREATING THE HEADPIECE

Using fine tule, cut petals 3-4 layers thick pin layers together.
- 25 small blue (4 layers)
- 15 medium indigo (3 layers)
- 17 large purple (3 layers)
Machine sew around the curved edge, turn.
Machine baste the straight side and gather.
Block a lace wig cap to a wig block and use tailor's chalk to map out the petals in a circular pattern like a rose or cabbage, smallest near the front and side edges and longest in the crown. Place the new "hairline a few inches further back from the natural hairline.
Pin and machine sew the petals to the cap from front to back.
Use a hand need le and invisible thread to tether the petals to each other and hold them in a swept back direction.
trim the raw edges along the front edge, leaving the top layer on tule intact.
Try on the wig and mark the ear fin placement and the natural hairline with chalk.
Cover the wig block in plastic wrap and re-block the wig.
Use cotton swabs to coat the raw edges of tule, and the wig lace to just past the natural hairline. use small crescents cut from the edges of cotton rounds to create scales, layering latex and cotton in the same manner as creating the prosthetics.
attach the ear fins with liquid latex, and build up a few more layers of latex around the attachment point.
Once fully dry, powder.
Use fabric paint to highlight the petals, and to pre-paint the new forehead, scales, and ear fins.
Additionally, I made a long sleeved shirt with teal spandex and tule elbow fins. I already had a green tank style dress. A complete costume would also need leggings, a tail, and webbed gloves and booties.

THE MAKEUP

Pin curl or braid the hair and apply a wig cap.
Apply barrier spray to the face and neck and let dry.
Block the brows with 4-5 layers of glue stick.
Apply white concealer using a makeus sponge or blender over the brows, to the eye sockets, mouth, chin and neck, avoiding the areas where the prosthetic will need to be glued. Set with translucent powder.
Apply white mascara primer to all lashes.
Using a flat angle brush, apply red eyeshadow to the upper and lower lids, following the round shape of the eyeball. The brush and shadow can be wetted to help paint a more crisp edge and intense color. Also cover the lashes with the red shadow.
Apply yellow shadow in the same manner to the remaining area within the eye socket, including the brow, creating a circular shape. Dry fit the nose prosthetic to check for coverage.
Apply the teal AQ makeup to the neck and lower face blow the level of the mouth, and to the forehead , stopping about 1 inch below the hairline.
Apply spirit gum to the inside of the prosthetic and to the nose and cheeks, and allow to dry until tacky.
Place the prosthetic and hold in place until adhered.
Apply spirit gum just inside the hairline, in front of the ears and under the ear, and allow to dry until tacky.
Apply the headpiece, trim excess lace to a half inch. Pin in place with wig pins in the tule areas. stick down the edges to the spirit gum and allow to dry.
Use a cotton swab and liquid latex to dab the edges of the headpice and nose prsthetic to blend into the level of the skin. Allow to dry and powder between layers.
Apply additional teal AQ makeup to cover the transition areas.
Use the azure and white to highlight the nose and orbits and blue beta to shadow the jawline, nostrils and eye sockets. Use the Blue Beta to paint the lips a little narrower and a little overdrawn vertically, and to draw in new brows just above the natural brow. Additional blues, greens and purples from the eyeshadow palates to create additional scales .
Red sclera contacts would help the look, but I was not able to get them to fit for my eyes.

bald cap

alginate

plaster casting

finished cast side view

first layers of cotton and latex with nasal cushions

Finished nose prosthetic, pre painted with makeup

Tule Petals

Sewing the wig

Finished headpiece

Wig cap, blocking brows and color to neck

White concealer and yellow eye socket

red to eyelids, and added prosthetic and headpiece.

Finished adding color between the prosthetics, added lips and brows

REFLECTION AND CRITIQUE

I was pleased with the overall look . I ended up using more tissue with the latex to blend the edges of the prosthetic nad add texture to the face. I had trouble getting the aqua color to cover well on the neck. I did go bacl and do a layer of the white conceaer, and powder, and then the aquacolor again, and it was a little better. Removing the makeup was challenging. The latex I used to blend everything together effectively connected the nose prosthetic to the headpiece. In retrospect I think I could have skipped most of the spirit gum, and put down a little Vaseline on the face before adding the liquid latex and tissue layer used for blending. It would have stayed on fine, and been easier to remove.

SCHEMATIC

PHOTO OF FINISHED PROJECT

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