Art is a wide worldor, complex and with unlimited possibilities when creating, we can create a symphony, paint a picture, create silhouettes with our movement, design a logo, turn a person into a fictional character and endless possibilities that allow us to reach all kinds of results.
Transform a person, grow old and create animatromic figures it would be impossible without the artistic work of the characterizers and makeup artists professionals who with their innate talent, training and experience manage to create true wonders.
The world of cinema owes much to characterizers and makeup artists, today in the middle of the digital age where computer generated effects have been subjected to manual effects, makeup is still present in many movies. Makeup has managed to evolve hand in hand with the digital industry, creating a symbiosis between the two, both support each other and manage to create impressive results.
Movies as The 5th Element, Nightmare in Elm street (the mythical Fredy Krueger), The Walking Dead… And a whole assortment of audiovisual works of the seventh art have benefited from the power of these makeup artists.
The one who is an artist is with whatever
Artists are very peculiar beings With a broader way of looking at things, it doesn't matter if you are a painter, photographer or actor, you will always be able to move like a fish in water when you are working in your specialty. In the case of characterizers and makeup artists they they enjoy creating art with physical elements; either painting a work on the body of a model in a body paint o creating a realistic dinosaur As part of an animatromic figure, the make-up artist will be able to show us a living art.
We can see a small video of how they carried out this process.
Who does not remember the famous movie dinosaurs Jurasic park? without a doubt it was all a job that I mark a before and after in the world of cinema managing to show the world a story closer to reality, all this thanks to the work of makeup artists. Can you imagine the movie of Jurasic park with unrealistic dinosaurs? it would be something very funny find us at T-Rex green of Toy Story Running trying to devour every living being in the place.
JURASSIC PARK, 1993. © Universal / courtesy Everett Collection
Not everything is creating dinosaurs or unreal beings we can also see the work of these artists in advertising, theater, fashion, photography, television and a whole set of sectors where makeup is present; True, not in all cases we see so much creativity but even so the figure of the makeup artist is present.
On many occasions we can find an evolution that leads to a change in the way of workingFor example, the physical makeup used in photography often becomes digital. This does not mean that we should attack the digital age but simply adapt to it, as makeup professionals we should also dominate the digital world since the only thing that changes is the way we work; talent and capabilities are still present, all we have to do is evolve so as not to be left behind.
In the networks we can find many artists from the makeup world that show us their work both personal and professional, being in some cases Youtubers that they try to advise and guide us teaching us little tricks of his profession.
We can find incredible visual effects achieved thanks to makeup.
Un interesting makeup and characterization channel is the artist Victoria rodriguez who shows us in small videos part of what his work is in this curious world of art on skin. It is interesting to take a look at the channel because it not only focuses on creating videos of the projects it does but also create little tutorials where it explains the processes that it is carrying out in more detail.
Get a amazing realistic eye is just one of the many tricks that he shows us on his channel.
Would you like to know the steps to be a good makeup artist professional?
Little techniques to make up easily and to be able to show off an attractive result at all times.
You can follow the work of this artist in your channel Youtube or on Instagram.
The world of makeup is an art that we must value in the same way that we value musicians, painters, dancers, filmmakers and all those great creators who manage to bring unique things to life thanks to a great sensitivity combined with passion and professionalism.