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I am a 16-year-old Australian self-taught special effects makeup artist. I make myself into all sorts of crazy things for fun and post them on my Instagram account in the hope of inspiring more people to give this crazy art form a go!

I was inspired to start after falling in love with the extraordinary characters in movies such as Pirates of the Caribbean and X-Men. Then when I discovered the reality TV show FaceOff where they compete with SFX makeup and heard that many of them taught themselves, I decided it was time for me to give it a go! I used mainly Youtube to learn the basics from channels such as Madeyewlook and Glam and Gore. I started on my 14th birthday and have now been teaching myself for over a year.

Each time I create a look I get a bit better and slowly they are becoming bigger and bigger. I can now body paint, create horns and teeth, and even make custom prosthetics! I make prosthetics by sculpting what I want on my face cast, I then make a mould of it and fill it with homemade SFX gelatine and then all that's left to do is stick it on my face and paint it! I hope to one day have a hand in creating a character for a movie or video clip for the world to see and enjoy. For now I am grateful for any experience and exposure I can get.

More info: Instagram

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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

A part of me just whispered "silence will fall" and I hate it cause I'm trash

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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This looks like the punishment for a little girl who took too much candy.

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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You can do all this... meanwhile, I'm over here and can't even put on decent winged eyeliner. *sigh*

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