[This page is part of a mirror of my Canvas learning system pages I created for my Drama 112 Intro Stage Makeup class at DVC. If you want to use this content for another Canvas class shell you can find it in Canvas Commons by searching for “Tara Maginnis” and you can download all or part of this directly into your shell with all the extra cool formatting of colored divider lines, right side embedded Giphy animations, etc. already put in, if you are working with a different system, it is ok to copy and paste from here, and then customize the pages as you need for your classes].
This weeks project is your final makeup.
Next week you will turn in your portfolio project by transferring all your projects into your Portfolium Folio (if you have not already done so.
- You will watch some Fantasy Makeup Videos.
- You will choose a mythical/fantasy creature that has a skin color and/or texture not found on humans, and sketch a full color rendering of your planned design on one of your face outline sheets
- You will apply makeup to your face (or that of a model) to make your Fantasy Creature Makeup.
- You will upload your photos to the makeup and rendering assignment pages.
Mythical Creature Makeup Final Project:
Create a makeup for a God, a Fairy, a Mythical Beast or Alien, that combines elements from the natural world (characteristics of animals, plants or minerals) and humanoid appearance. The skin should have a color, texture or pattern that is not normally human. You may use store-bought or home-made prosthetics or stencils if you wish.
Some examples you may wish to think about:
Rawhead and Bloody Bones, blood running down face, skinless (?) With bones poking out. Shaves or scalps bad children as they sleep, eats runaway children.
Jenny Greenteeth, river-hag or lake monster, green skin, long seaweed hair, sharp green teeth, turns into pond and duckweed to drown people.
The Ao Ao, a cursed hybrid of man and sheep with fangs, devours mountain travelers.
The Lorelei, a beautiful but deadly mermaid who lures sailors to steer their boats onto the rocks to drown and be devoured.
Black Annis, cave dwelling, blue-faced one eyed crone with iron claws. Eats children and lambs, wears a skirt of their skins, can transform into a cat, an Ancient goddess of child sacrifice.
Nellie Longarms, a water hag who drowns children, and snatches children up after their bedtime.
Werewolves, unfortunate humans who turn into wolves at full moon.
Quetzalcoatl one of the manifestations of the Aztec sun god Tezcatlipoca and represented as a plumed serpent.
Dragons, both good and bad, are fire breathing reptiles, some with the ability to fly or transform into human shapes. In Asia, they are a symbol of virtue and power, in Christian Europe a symbol of the devil.
Tsukumogami are Japanese objects of ordinary household use, that have acquired a living soul after 100 years of faithful service to man. Usually harmless spirits, they may act up or play tricks on their owners if they feel neglected, ill treated or rejected because they have broken. These include Morinji-no-okama (a possessed tea-kettle), Zorigami (a possesed clock), Kyorinrin (posessed papers or scrolls) and others.
Gargoyles Architectural representations of imaginary monsters in stone.
Klingons Warrior-cultured aliens from Star Trek.
The Phoenix A beautiful bird spirit found in many cultures. Associated with female characteristics in Japan where they are often included in bridal dress patterns, in China they are the symbol of the Empresses of old, in Russia, it is the Firebird, associated with the Fire Flower, a symbol of female and natural reproductive power, and in Western tradition, it is symbolic of rebirth after disaster, especially fire, which is why it is the symbol of San Francisco, depicted on the City’s flagLinks to an external site..
Goblins In Oz, underground mining creatures made of stone, fearful of eggs, in Harry Potter, small magical bankers and silversmiths who resent their 2nd class treatment by wizards.
The Green Man Pre-Christian British god of the forest, frequently depicted as part tree, especially oak.
An Alicanto, is a mythic Chilean night-flying bird that feeds on gold, silver, and jewels, and has the sparkling iridescent feathers and eyes to show for it. If a miner follows an alicanto without being caught, he may find silver or gold; however, if the alicanto discovers him, the bird will guide him off a cliff, and he will fall to his death.
Raven/Coyote Native American trickster spirits with superpowers that include an ability to appear human. However, their greatest powers are an ability to fool the wicked, and seduce the beautiful.
The Tin Woodsman, Tic-Tock the Clockwork Man, and other mechanical and or metal men/women from Oz and elsewhere.
Coppelia, an 18th Century girl automaton doll (or a real girl pretending to be one).
A Kitsune-tsuki is a Japanese fox spirit, usually a represented as beautiful woman with fox like features (into which foxes were supposed to be able to transform), or a real woman, possessed by the predatory spirit of a fox.
Plataea an ugly, but lovesick, swamp nymph. Sweet but plain, often played by a man in drag, she must be funny, but touching, ugly, yet appealing, and visually connected to her role as a swamp dwelling aquatic nymph.
Villja, a supernaturally beautiful Middle-European forest nymph with long hair and the ability to drive men mad with unobtainable desire.
The Green Lady, a British ghost or woodland spirit, similar to a Villja in that her beauty has an effect on men similar to that of Villji, but it also sometimes drains them like a vampire.
Hombre Gato, an Argentinian Cat-Man, similar to a werewolf, in that he transforms from human into Cat-Man at night, and preys on those traveling the streets after dark.
Yuki-onna the snow ghost of Japan takes the form of a beautiful girl as white and blue as the ice and snow she dwells in, she may kill a traveler by a kiss, freezing him instantly.
Snegourichka the Russian “Snow-Girl” of 19th Century folktales was similar in melting properties to the American Frosty the Snowman, an immortal snow maiden, who melts near fire, or when love fills her heart, or instead becomes human and mortal because of love. In the Soviet era, she was transformed into the perky and plucky Granddaughter of Ded Morotz (Father Frost), the tall, thin, doddering Santa-Claus type figure associated with the New Year.
The Mishibizhiw, the Under Water Lynx/Great Water Panther of the Great Lakes region, is the king of all North American lake monsters with a body like a Lynx with fish scales on it’s back, a face like a man with a fur mane, glowing red eyes, horns, and a long spiky tail like a dragon with a fish tail end. Their roar sounds like water, and copper comes from them, if angered they cause storms that can kill travelers.
The Impundulu or “Lightning Bird” of Africa is a huge black and white bird demon-vampire, that can transform to a handsome young man and call down lightning.
Important Note:
You are not limited to only these options, and can choose any mythical creature that has a skin color and/or texture not found on humans!
