Medusa foam snake headdress for Me and BeetleJuice for Bobs
Author: NiCA & Black Bear
When I grow up, I want to always be creative.
This is my blog were I sporadically up date my adventures
Meet NiCA & Black Bear
I’m going to take some better posed pictures for my Behance portfolio but wanted to update blog as a journal … More
BUILDING BLACK BEAR – ARMATURE
Day 1 – Black Bear armature Quicker build than NiCA, I reckon I could poss make a puppet in a … More
Building NiCA – Armature
Stop Motion Project in it’s infancy, I’ve subscribed to the awesome Stan Winston web tutorials and been watching the charming … More
Creepy Pollyanna, she only wants to play with you
MUA Kate Maraj / Model Karen Penman – Halloween hard body baby and Trevor the pig came in handy for … More
Cotton Candy Powder blue
FINALLY, been playing with this blue wig since the start of Summer, it was for the I heart Candy brief, … More
Voodoo
Its a reuse fabrication from a horned skull I made many moons ago, a stick that was left over from … More
I WANT CANDY
Sabah is back so we had a play – Candy inspired Vintage. MUA Sabah Wallace I handled the Styling & … More
Skull Latex Prosthetic – Two looks
I was showing Kate how to sculpt and cast for work and made this skull mask to demo with. Poured … More
The Little Hellmouth Bucca
I did want to do both eyes but alas this didn’t go to plan, face chart was far more sultry … More
Daughter Nature
A beautiful ethereal Blonde Kate with crystal neck collar – white Magi-colour, pros-aide and table crystals, plus hand-made fresh flower … More
Neon Pop Art
We did a tenner spend MU Challenge and did a MU each to hit the ground running. Kate made me … More
DRAG PUNK ROCK
Embracing my 80′s glam – MUA Kate Maraj and I did the hair work, its a mohawk weave pinned into … More
FOAM FABRICATION
I bought an heat gun and had a play with fabricating a foam wig. Twisted and cut foam, painted with … More
Zombie Librarian
This was meant to be an MU for Kate and I wanted to airbrush, I was gonna get her to … More
GOTH VAMP
Kates MUC effort, awesome evil girlie. My turn next week, prob gonna sculpt again – Half term MUC 🙂
ROBOTIC KATE
I had fun, sculpting, casting and molding the prosthetic back piece. Face circuit board pieces molded in latex with resistors … More
INSECT QUEEN – MUC returns :)
Kate as my insect queen, Bobby bought me bugs for Christmas and this sparked an idea. I wanted to reapply … More
THE DEMEANOUR PROJECT
Test make up one for the other Demeanour sister. Just having a play – sold on the fingers but will … More
50’s Sugarskull Tattoo
Application with Stargazer Semi permanent Tattoo pens and Kryalon Bight eye shadow palette.
Halloween Make up
Our haunted house was asylum themed so meet – The DR and the Nurse, welcome. Bobby’s mouth was homage to … More
How I LOVE Halloween
How I LOVE Halloween We had a party and I got my scare on, it was cool – Here are … More
Fantasy Class MU challenge
For the first years I set a Fantasy class MU challenge – Any make up they like under the banner … More
Alienesque – Having a play
Just made it up as I went along, just wanted to test out the semi permanent tattoo pens, nice tips, … More
IMATS
Its been a horribly long time since my last post, no excuses – I’ve been rubbish but life as always … More
Rainbow Kitty
Felt like doing a fill face paint something abstract. Gonna spend a little time sculpting and casting from here on … More
Dior Sequin Eyes
Inspired by Christian Dior Haute Couture Autumn/Winter 2011-2012 I’ve been wanting to try this for a while but never had … More
Zombie Alice in Wonderland
It was my birthday last weekend and I requested fancy dress poker for our regular Friday night game. I reused … More
Tester MU for Grudge RED Variation for Lee’s short
Gonna have a play Sunday with some make up for Lee’s short (It will be the morning after my Birthday … More
Screen Printing CLUB with Adam
Stayed late for FUN at work, and made the screens and had a first run for the Lilley cover work … More
Third Degree Zombie teeth
Been meaning to have a play with the third degree for class and decided to do some false nail zombie … More
Custom Consoles – TANK GIRL & BOOGA – SEGA Megadrive
So I’ve been talking about this for a while and finally had the half term to while away the midnight … More
Ripped face Elphaba – WICKED
I’ve been off work poorly and missed out on getting to see my class to their own variations for the … More
‘Everyone else, clear the corridors and stay the fuck out of our way until the shooting stops’
Mama from Dredd using the Collodion Kyolan scarring material – the more you coat the deeper it scars, used on … More
WHY SO SERIOUS?
FIRST TRY – Collodion Kryolan (Scarring material) Going to have another play at burn scarring skin, this looked effective but … More
S.W.I.M. book covers
One for Lilley, One for Stella and One for Violet. I had fund sketching these. Lilley’s I am going to … More
SKIN SKULL FACE PAINT
SKIN SKULL FACE PAINT Felt like having a play – Snazaroos black, white, bright pink and light brown + kohl lip … More
Cat in the Hat
I saw this on Pinterest and felt like giving it a go. My Christmas make up for my class, Kate … More
Elven Princess Sculpt
Been watching a lot of Faceoff and I think I have a better understanding of the casting the mold and … More
Happy Halloween
Dressing up for Halloween AGAIN Creepy Cat because my contacts arrived in time, whiteouts, redouts, whitey greens, elf eyes and … More
Abstract Lion Alex box inspired for ANIMAL FARM performance
The students are apply the make up to performers for the Christmas production of Animal Farm. This was a 20 … More
Gaiman’s Death from The Sandman for COMICON
I know I say this ALOT but every day should be dress up, Class trip for Film and Gaming, 80 … More
“Life is too short for so much sorrow”
My variation on Tate’s skull from the school massacre scene in American Horror Story. The count down for Coven begins. … More
Lesson Time – My extended MUC Crew
Had odd numbers in lesson so I’ve been sugar skulled ALOT. These are my favourite efforts, it’s neat this is … More
WARRIOR BARBARIAN PRINCESS
Look at my baldie head 😀 wicked effort, Miss Maraj. She wanted a bald cap and I haven’t tried the … More
Feather Priss
I got a lot of feathers and had MUC withdrawal so I had a play, a feather take on Pris … More
MY Tiger face on ME
Angry Tiger face 🙂 Practicing contouring for Animal Farm assignment for class – Mostly kohl pencils and eye shadows, whiskers … More
Till Death do us
Inspired by Virgin Suicides and the fact I had a lot of vases of dead flowers 🙂 which have … More
SFX – The nasty stuff
Kate’s sunning it up on Holiday at the minute and I was getting withdrawals from MUC so I did the … More
Creature Suit TAKE 1
I have started sculpting the Creature face, in essence he/she is a black bear. I’m happy with the first pass … More
Hooks and Eyes
Inspired by pinterest but used ribbon instead of thread and made the cape. Got frustrated when I mucked up casting … More
Dolly K
Super cool make up by Kate, I really loved this in person – FUN. This was a bizarre experience, half … More
Haunting Mermaid
I really enjoyed the fabrication with the head dress last week, so decided to sculpt but instead of adding the … More
BLACK SWAN
Using all my ballet skills here 🙂 Love the contouring and the styling worked out too.
MUSIC VID – with T Rex and everything
I had a lot of fun styling this one, not to plan at all (as my glitter girl Ila wanted … More
Fire Girl Take 2 = FIRE QUEEN
Kate got into fabrication this week and made the Fire Queen Crown, exceptional – loved it.
Stepping it up after IMATS – An Editorial Look
Warrior Princess, free-styling this week and I decided to make it more about the fabrication then the make up. I … More
Zack as a Vampire Noel Fielding (as it turns out)
I’m always boring the techies at work with MUC photos, Zack whose last week it is 😦 requested a make … More
My first custom Munny
A Hedgehog, I think I shall call him Prick 🙂 We turned it into a competition and that was all … More
IMATS 2013 was EPIC
All IMATS 2013 photos on pinterest board here So content, happy and inspired – Motivated to start designing the creature … More
Getting my NERD on
Single screen, playing with paints – D20 prints for the boys at RP, Spell Casters Rule and if you don’t … More
First attempt at Screen Printing done BOOM
Rubear modelling the finished cushion 😀
Gelatin Stitches – Rose Take 2
I recast the stitches with much thinner flashing and actually did an OK job at blending, might experiment adding some … More
More Screen printing
What I have learned – 1. This was overly ambitious but I can now match panels, so can print big … More
Making Kate do NOT pretty
Ru dog didn’t like this one bit, it creeped her out. Kate’s wicked job at Muscles, why isn’t it Halloween … More
SCREEN PRINTING
Medellis, last year, said we should do some screening printing, once the students finished. I got *excited*, planned an idea … More
*TIGER* FACE
Kates (Tiger) leopard face, all done with contouring and no prosthetics. I reckon this would work well with the airbrush, … More
MUNNY DIY SPEAKER
Been meaning to make this for a while and all it took was a kitchen knife, some super glue, my … More
ZOMBIE K
This was a lot of fun, glued down eye brows, scar wax for under eye ridge, latex and tissue for … More
Not technically Make Up Club but Littlenobody related
I hate the term up cycling, so old table I made better – Inspired by Coney Island subway signs.
ROSE’S FATE
Kate wanted a back story for motivations so – Meet Rose, Tony’s gun moll, she double crossed him and stole … More
VICTORY ROLLS
Kate looks smokin but the photograph doesn’t do the victory rolls justice and (if I do say so myself + … More
MODERN GEISHA
Half term full day Make Up Club involved having your make up applied, at least 3 times by a 4 … More
Vamp Brow BUFFY style
Drusilla: Do you love my insides, the parts you can’t see? Spike: Eyeballs to entrails, my sweet. I loved being … More
CIA DE LOS MUERTOS
Full face Day of the Dead, base coat using Ben Nye Magicolour white with the airbrush worked a treat, didn’t … More
POP ART WEDNESDAY
Kate excelled, as usual we had the ‘Oh Fuck, what have I done’ face but voila Lichtenstein eat your heart … More
MY GO – Dollface Kate
I need to get better at perfecting my ‘Make-up artist’ face instead of pulling the ‘What the fuck have I … More
The first rule of make up club is…. *kidding*
So Kate come over with her kit and so it began. We had planned to do a make up each … More
Laces for blending edges
I’ve been busy with other stuff and things 😉 but finally got round to applying the gelatine laces, blending is … More
YOU GOT RED ON YOU
Homage to Homage – My first attempt at application, my first time applying make up to someone else, so all … More
TAKE TWO – Pouring the gelatin mold
It was a poor effort last time. This time I marked out the seems of each sculpt in pencil in … More
It wasn’t an unmitigated disaster
The thing I was worried about did happen, ed doesn’t have any weight to him, so I need to clamp … More
Zombie Sculpt for Tel
I have laid the basic shapes down and it needs cleaning and tidying up, but happy with the ripped jaw … More
WAX SFX MAKE UP – razor blade cuts *First try*
It worked well enough for a first attempt, took me about an hour give or take. My book stated you … More
Getting Kitted out
I’m broke and overdrawn but look at all the neato stuff I bought – More mod roc plaster bandages and … More
Pinterest – Super wicked good
I used to have notebooks full of images I liked, for inspiration, for projects – Then folders on my Macbook … More
The CASTS – First Attempt
The day taught me You don’t need to panic, 4 mins is enough time Don’t laugh in the cast it … More
LIFE CASTING
Two molds made and cast and I’m dead happy. My head in a bucket – Creepy right 🙂 My dad … More
MY FIRST ATTEMPT AT AIR BRUSHING
I’m pretty pleased, my brush isn’t great, it took my a while to get the paint thickness right and I … More
THANK YOU MR POSTMAN
My Air brush, Tokyo workshops Special Effects Make up Guide and the Alginate, ModRoc Plaster bandages and plaster for life … More
NEW YEAR RESOLUTIONS
Happy 2013 – Last year me and Archard made a gig pact as a NYR, at least one a month … More
Thank you to EM Media
It’s been 5 months since our last post as Elephant has been on hiatus. We have been patiently waiting to … More
Watching telly with pa
Unfinished stills from I Wish I Were an Elephant – Little Noah in his bedroom / Little Noah watching TV … More
Getting started – Meet Maddie
Another package arrived super fast from Dollmore, full of teeny tiny clothes for animated people. This is Maddie, Noah’s daughter, … More
It wasn’t meant to snow …
… in the script it was autumn, maybe if our summer had been sunnier, our brains wouldn’t be looking towards … More
The audio side of things
Sam and Dan Burt sent over the draft score this past week and it’s amazing LOVE LOVE LOVE it, I … More
And out popped Little Noah
His armature was easier to build than Noah’s as I learned from my mistakes and he is rather charming. We … More
Green screening in the Cellar
Bank holiday Monday was spent down in the cellar animating Noah, love love love the new camera and dragon software, … More
Hide and Seek at the Strongroom
This Saturday was spent recording Noah (James Gardner) & Little Noah (Jacob Gardner) at Air Studios in Shoreditch joined by … More
And Rose was born
The parcel of clothes arrived from Dollmore, crossing every sea in the world to get here but it finally arrived … More
