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Showing posts with label blood. Show all posts
Showing posts with label blood. Show all posts
Saturday, November 23, 2013
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Blood, sweat and patina
This blog post is dedicated to all things fabulously bloody, sweaty, stained, dirty and worn out.
Doing blood work is, in my opinion, one of the most creative aspects of being an On-Set Costume Supervisor. However there is also a knowledge required in terms of blood colour and the direction it will take when flowing down a body. Blood pumping above the heart is bright red because it has lots of oxygen in it, whereas below the heart it is darker (as seen in the photos). These are samples of my handy work at creating realistic effects of SPFX blood for nose bleeds, supernatural/knife/bullet wounds.
"The blood is the life." ~ Bram Stoker/Dracula
One of my favorite past times for film work is adding character to clothing to give them an honest, used look. There is nothing worse to me than watching a film or television show with the actors wearing pristine, shiny new, pressed perfect costumes. They look flat and unbelievable. I want it to look as if the clothing has been lived in. Unless of course it is required that the garment looks freshly new. These are samples of distress I have done to hems, sleeves, pockets and shirt collars, as well as sweaty armpits and overall dirty haze to fabric.
Patina... breakdown... wear & tear.
Hoping and looking forward to doing a lot more of this in Deutschland!
<3
Devi
Doing blood work is, in my opinion, one of the most creative aspects of being an On-Set Costume Supervisor. However there is also a knowledge required in terms of blood colour and the direction it will take when flowing down a body. Blood pumping above the heart is bright red because it has lots of oxygen in it, whereas below the heart it is darker (as seen in the photos). These are samples of my handy work at creating realistic effects of SPFX blood for nose bleeds, supernatural/knife/bullet wounds.
"The blood is the life." ~ Bram Stoker/Dracula
One of my favorite past times for film work is adding character to clothing to give them an honest, used look. There is nothing worse to me than watching a film or television show with the actors wearing pristine, shiny new, pressed perfect costumes. They look flat and unbelievable. I want it to look as if the clothing has been lived in. Unless of course it is required that the garment looks freshly new. These are samples of distress I have done to hems, sleeves, pockets and shirt collars, as well as sweaty armpits and overall dirty haze to fabric.
Patina... breakdown... wear & tear.
Hoping and looking forward to doing a lot more of this in Deutschland!
<3
Devi
Sunday, July 10, 2011
Why are you dressed like it's Halloween?
Costumes.
My making.
My life.
Halloween has *always* been a special time of year for me. My parents had a huge hand in this when I was younger. Always encouraging me to come up with a creative and scary costume for the highly anticipated night of trick-or-treating. Here is a little taste of some things I've created in the past few years.
This is the first Halloween costume I've ever made. The hat was given to me as a gift, but I made the black PVC cape with purple lining. My favorite Disney villain has always been Maleficent from "Sleeping Beauty" so naturally this would be the first costume I would attempt to fabricate.
Not very scary, unless you view the "obsession" as frightening, another obsession of mine is the Japanese kimono and haori. The rust kimono is made of silk and the black haori is made of brushed cotton. There is one other haori I have made that I will have to add at a later date.
Medusa... snake tilt hat, fingerless gloves and corset.
Little Bo Peep, killed all her sheep and didn't know where to hide them. Apron, bloomers, sheep purse, embellishments on straw hat and blood effects.
Once I have a few more photos I will add them to this posting aw well.
My making.
My life.
Halloween has *always* been a special time of year for me. My parents had a huge hand in this when I was younger. Always encouraging me to come up with a creative and scary costume for the highly anticipated night of trick-or-treating. Here is a little taste of some things I've created in the past few years.
This is the first Halloween costume I've ever made. The hat was given to me as a gift, but I made the black PVC cape with purple lining. My favorite Disney villain has always been Maleficent from "Sleeping Beauty" so naturally this would be the first costume I would attempt to fabricate.
Not very scary, unless you view the "obsession" as frightening, another obsession of mine is the Japanese kimono and haori. The rust kimono is made of silk and the black haori is made of brushed cotton. There is one other haori I have made that I will have to add at a later date.
Medusa... snake tilt hat, fingerless gloves and corset.
Little Bo Peep, killed all her sheep and didn't know where to hide them. Apron, bloomers, sheep purse, embellishments on straw hat and blood effects.
Once I have a few more photos I will add them to this posting aw well.
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