A Beginner's Guide to Special Makeup Effects: Monsters, Maniacs, and More from Focal Press is an introduction to special effects makeup using cost-effective tools and materials that can be found in local stores. The book is divided into three sections: Simple Makeup, Advanced Materials and Techniques, and Advanced Makeup. It features tutorials to create characters such as pirate, vampire, ghost, robot, burn victim, witch, zombie, and goblin; each character is introduced with a full-page photograph of the finished makeup and illustrated with full-color, step-by-step photographs.
The book also includes instructions on how to make fake teeth, apply bald caps, create gory wounds and injuries, and make simple prosthetics. Each makeup tutorial is designed to progressively build on the techniques outlined in the preceding tutorial, guiding readers from the basics of foundation, highlight, and shadow to creating advanced creature makeups. This is a beginner makeup book suited for students in Stage Makeup courses as well as for theatre technicians working and training on their own.
1. Pirate
2. Highlight and Shadow
3. Vampire
4. Ghost
5. Robot
6. Basic Burn
7. Basic Zombie
8. Plague Victim
9. Witch
Section 2: Advanced Techniques & Materials
10. Fangs and Claws
11. Fake Teeth
12. Blood
13. Bald Caps
14. Blocking Out Hair
15. Skin Textures
16. Cotton and Latex Buildups
17. Wounds and Injuries
18. Laying Hair and Stubble
19. Making Simple Prosthetics
20. Character Design
Section 3: Advanced Makeup
21. The Champ
22. Skull
23. Giggles
24. Severe Burn
25. Goblin
26. The Creature
27. Advanced Zombie
28. Pirate…again