Thursday, 4 February 2016

Cuts & Bruises

Today we learnt and practised doing cuts and bruises on each other, I loved playing around making some thing gory and gross with new products that I haven't learnt before.

Health and Safety 
Follow all health and safety procedures, making sure the client is fully covered up so no latex gets on to the clients clothing. No fluffy clothes to be worn either as fluff can get into the latex and all hair must be tied back so doesn't stick into the latex.
You must always do a check on the clients arm with a blob of the latex to see if they are allergic, if there is any heat, itchiness or soreness remove the latex straight away using warm water. To remove the latex in general always use warm water to sooth the latex off the skin. Do not pull off the skin and do not put down the skin as it clogs them up. Always clean out bowls with couch roll, scoop the latex out as it starts to dry it is easier to remove and put any other consumables in the bin.
There is no need for barrier cream on the skin unless you are using just latex, the wax acts like a barrier and the latex is only really applied in a thin layer over the wax.
Never apply latex on to hairy areas especially on males as the latex hurts to remove and can pull on hairs and always keep the clients closed when working around that area - the smell can be overpowering on the eye so keep them closed.
Always work in a well ventilated room so the smells can remove them self from some where and don't linger,
Always check with the client they are alright, with applying the latex, stretching the skin and the hair dryer in the clients face - always check they are ok.
You need to use a barrier cream if you are using Collodion which makes the scars on the skin, this is because it then doesn't really effect the skin as there is the barrier cream or foam on it.

What I Used 
- Charles Fox Sculpting tool
- Cleanser, toner
- Barrier cream
- Sponges
- Bowls
- Latex
- Hair dryer
- Supra colours
- Acetone
- Cotton buds
- Make up brushes
- Spatulas
- Couch roll and a cover
- Alcohol
- Bruise and cuts wheels from Kryolan
- Moulding wax
- Fake blood in liquid and jelly form (wound filler)
- Hairpins


What I Did 
Cut - 
1. I made sure the skin was clean by using a cleaner and toner on the skin and if needed I did a patch test on the wrist area with latex
2. I got some moulding wax on the back of my hand and warmed it up and softened it by using the sculpting tool to rub it on my hand
3. When it was nice and soft, I then applied it to the skin, on my model I did above the eyebrow. I softened it over and built it up in layers to get the mountain shape on the skin. In the middle of the cut I made my cut line with the sharper side of the tool. I made sure all the edges were softened out so you couldn't see the edges
4. You need to make the cut look as real as you can, so it if was a knife it might be nice and straight, or it could be jagged - need to make the cut look like it is read
5. When I was happy with the cut, I applied a thin layer of latex over the wax to create a barrier over it, this will stop it from moving. I dried the wax with a hair dryer until the latex had gone clear
6. Once I was happy with the cut and the latex covering, I dipped my brush into some alcohol, got some red colouring from my Supra colour and very lightly sweeped my brush over the cut to give the faint redness on the skin
7. Using a black stipple sponge I also got some red Supra colour and stippled the red on it so it looked like the blood/redness was a little spotty in the area around the cut
8. Once I liked how that redness looked i applied the would filler in to the middle of the cut line with a hair pin, pushing it in as it is in a jelly form it was hard to get the jelly to sit in the cut
9. Using a small brush I got some liquid blood and applied it in to the middle of the cut and I also had it dripping down and out the cut too

You can add extra things on to cuts to make them look worse too -
-  Fake mud - incase the person fell over in mud you would rub that on to the cut too to make it look more realistic to the scene they are in
- Fake puss - to make the cut look infected and more gross!
- Fake glass - in case the person fell on or in glass you can place fake glass in to the wound too
- You can apply colour and remove things with cotton buds and acetone or even moisturiser
- Collodion - to create scars on the skin, this looks really cool when make up is applied over the skin as they look like they are lifted like Keloid Scarring
- Fixer spray - to keep all the blood, wax, latex and what ever else is on the skin in place
- Using blood or red Supra colour on a black stipple sponge gives a scratching effect to the skin too


Black Eye - 
1. I made sure all the make up was removed off the skin by cleansing it
2. I used two different bruise wheels by Kryolan - I got a dark red, dark blue, dark purple and yellow colour
3. Following the picture I found on the internet I coped it by mixing the blue and purple together, using my fingers a patted and swept the colour from the inner corner of the eye down to the under eye, I then brought it up on to the start of the eye lid too
4. Looking at the picture there was redness and yellow tinges under the eye and around the eye socket on the top
5. I tried to copy the picture as much as I could blending colours together and applying them with my fingers
6. Once I was happy and made it look realistic I stopped working on it as I didn't want to over do it

Reflection 
I really enjoyed today's class, I find these things so interesting trying to remake some thing so gory and gross, I don't know what the fascination is but I just love it.
I loved making the cut on my friends face with the different techniques you can use on them to create different things is so interesting and I would try out loads of different things if I had all the equipment at home.
I loved making the black eye too and I think I am going to purchase a bruise colour wheel, the colours in them are really good for blending and mixing together to create the different kinda of bruising on the skin too.

I don't think there was anything I learnt which I didn't like or enjoy, the only thing which was strange was seeing all these cuts and bruises on us all and seeing how realistic they are.

Over all, I was really pleased with what I produced and I really did enjoy this lesson, I think it will come in handy for when I create my character as I may include a cut and definitely some bruising.

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