A willing victim Most people start experimenting with prosthetics on themselves, but it’s a good idea to practise on different people and work with different face shapes and tones. Look for opportunities like volunteering with a local theatre group or see if you can shadow a makeup artist. Practice makes perfect. A listening ear Most clients will want you to create a very specific look – often something totally original that you can’t create by copying existing work. Therefore, it’s important to be a good listener and develop good collaborative skills so that your finished product looks perfect. An eye-opening portfolio Record everything. Take detailed pictures of your work, both as finished pieces and throughout your creative process. This will help you to reflect on your work, to recreate great looks and to keep improving. The techniques and processes you’ll learn on the Prosthetic Effects MA are applicable to more fields than you might have thought – from prop making and stopmotion animation to creating orthopaedic prosthetics and even medical training aids. With these transferrable skills, you’ll be able to go as far as your imagination can take you.
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