Introduction to Prosthetics

Today in class we all experimented and learnt a little about prosthetics and created effects such as lost fingers, bruises, aged skin, cuts, burns and makeup like the classic Joker from Batman. I experimented with DreamWax and paint to try create the effect of a hand wound and surrounding bruising. It was actually really fun and i greatley enjoyed taking part because i've always had an interest in prosthetics and going for the most realistic believable effects.

Using ordinary paint, only Blue, Red and Yellow, made the task slightly more difficult compared to if i had prosthetic make up and fake blood at hand etc... I had to mix the right colours to create realistic shades of blood and bruising which was difficult using three very bright colours. I'd say i did well to create a gory, fairly realistic  looking wound and i'm pretty pleased with my first efforts.

I'd certainly love to have a go at re-creating this effect using all the correct, most effective equipment so i could spend more time focusing on the wound it's self rather than going back and forth trying to correct the shades of blood and bruising.