Simon Scissor Hands!

With the wig I used for my Geisha character last week laying around I decided to reused it for a movie classic... Edward Scissor hands!

This was very spontaneous like most of my makeup so there is no step by step I'm afraid,

I used (in order.)
1. Star Gazer white foundation mixed with a pale liquid foundation for the base.
2. Lightly brushed over it with Star Gazer pressed white powder.
3. Applied Graftobian wax (any will do) on to skin
4. Added  brown shadow contour to jaw and eyes from my Ben Nye palette, and blend!
5. Dark red small lips 20s style (Ben Nye Lip Palette).

I made my eyes brown like the character has using http://www.Picmonkey.com

Hope this is helpful to anyone wanting to be Edward Scissor hands!

See you soon!
Simon x
http://www.walkingwondersfx.com

Fashion says stitched!

Over a good week ago I was given the opportunity to manage a team of makeup artists for the UWE end of graduate fashion show at the Trinity centre, Bristol

Admittingly at first I was nervous at the thought of organising arrangements but thank god for email it was stress free!

There were 2 shows through out the day, the last finishing at 21:00. We arrived at 9:00 on Saturday 12/05 and the models came flooding in for makeup!

The look was very natural they all had to look the same as there was such a variety of cloths they had to suit them all.

The show started at around 12:30 and the second at 19:30,  we stood against the wall running in to top up lip gloss on the next row of models about to go out, trying not to get in the way!

The cloths were really cool and so different from each other, one jacket had lights in it and another collection would look perfect on Lady Gaga!

By the second show all the models needed re-touches by this time there was 2 of us left doing makeup but we pulled it off! and I even got to watch the second half of the show :D

These are my happy snaps! When I get the professional pics back I will post them on!

I finished at about 21:00 went home and gorged on fish and chips! lush!
Enjoy!

Simon x

Http://www.walkingwondersfx.com

*about the show....
More than 80 fashion design graduates showcased designs from womens wear, knitwear, and menswear as part of the show, organised by ‘Fashion Says Stitched,  set up by students in protest at cuts which took funding  from their final year show.
The show is yearly backed by the university but now the money has been withdrawn this year the students fund raised the money them selfs..

As well as a catwalk show, the event  featured an exhibition of  photography, illustration, textiles and styling from 2D illustration students.

Memoirs of a second hand wig!

Yesterday was my Character with a wig assessment!

The wig was a synthetic black bob, I back combed and rolled it into rolls and pinned it in
place...and blasted it with hair spray, a bodge job that came good!

I originally chose to do a robot geisha with added prostheic cheeks and eye brows but as you can see it ended up looking like that puppet on a childs bike in Saw... so I scrapped it the night before.

Thankfully!






I decided to do a more beauty makeup with a futuristic aesthetic so it didn't move to far away from my original character

My model Janey really pulled off the look!


Simon James
http://www.walkingwondersfx.com

SUBJECT! Interrogation short

Hey Y'all!

So sometime before easter on a very chilly Saturday morning I met up with some very lovely media students who wanted to film a interrogation scene for their project.

We filmed it in bristol on campus in a little dark basement that really set the scene!

I had to make the man that was held captive look a little beaten, a few bruises and cuts and for the second half of filming the injuries were made considerably worse.

Here is the video "SUBJECT" enjoy!

Subject: Dan Fisher
Man: Corey Gimgell-Elkins
Makeup: Simon James
http://www.walkingwondersfx.com

Directed & Produced by:
Meg Cranfield
Pedro Howe-Browne
Matt White

Making Monsters!

Hey all!

Well yesterday was my Grimm fairy tail assessment in college and I was really looking forward to this one! I have recently been watching "Once upon a time" and I am hooked! So I am really into fairy tails and fantasy right now.

I didn't pick a character from the Fairy tail as we were allowed to makeup up our own which I much preferred as I could be a lot more creative. My character was a man cursed my a mermaids love and the more he loved her the more he resembled the ocean.

It was the most prosthetics I have ever used there was about 20-ish and seeing them all on the table before I started made me think I had over done it but now I wish I had had more! :D

 It has a Pirates of the Caribbean feel to it, its very quirky  and would love to have been able to add more stuff to it nut on a whole I am really pleased how it came out!



Hope you all like!

Speak Soon!

Simon x














http://www.walkingwondersfx.com

Hello & Welcome

Hello and Welcome!

So this is probably my 3rd attempt at blogging! I have tried Tumblr which sucks, Word press which is impossible to figure out, so now I'm trying out Blogger.. again!

So a little about me I guess.. I'm Simon I live in Bristol, uk which is a great little city with lots going on all year round I'm 29 this year in 1 month actually (sobs) big one next year! going to jump out of a plane.. literally.

Iv recently had a career change as of last year and have gone back to college to study makeup which has been amazing and is going great! Lots of my work can be found on the links below!






I have 3 greedy chickens which names are. drumroll..., Henrietta Huckle Hoof, Mrs Norris and Colonel Cluck!

I like stroking them like their cats and pocking their waddle!


It would be great to connect with some Makeup Artists or enthusiasts a like! I love questions and requests!


I have my own makeup page and face book(obviously) links below,


Speak soon!!!!


Simon x


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