Month: August 2012

Our Favorite Holiday

Our favorite holiday is almost upon us… Halloween!!!!!!!!

Now is the time to start stocking up on all your Halloween needs, with August nearly over, there’s just one more month until the scare season starts!

Zombie Skin 4ozA new product on the market this year is Zombie Skin. This amazing product is so easy and versatile to use. It is an ammonia free latex product that you can use to sculpt your goriest creations, or blend the edges of the prosthetics you will be using. It dries almost instantly and is so much fun to use!!!! It can be used alone or on top of your tissue paper and wax creations.

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Mehron 3D Gel - Blood EffectsAnother great product for this season is Mehron 3D Gel. This product is so much fun to use. You have to melt the gel (never in the microwave! Place it in a cup of hot water), then apply it. As it starts to harden, you can then paint and create your gore masterpieces.

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Ripped Chest with Special Effects MakeupZombie Skinned Spiderman with special effects makeup

Below are some of the main essentials that are popular during the Halloween season.

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Fear Farm Essentials Basic KitFear Farm FX Essentials Basic Kit
Special Effects FX Blood KitSilly Farm FX Blood Kit
Body FX ProstheticsBody FX Prosthetics
Woochie ProstheticsWoochie Prosthetics
Latex Bald CapLatex Bald Cap
FX Contact LensesFX Contact Lenses
Extra Flesh – All WaxExtra Flesh Wax
Eye Blood Special FXKryolan Eye Blood
All Blood FXGraftobian Blood Paste
Mehron Spirit GumMehron Spirit Gum
Mehron Spirit Gum RemoverMehron Spirit Gum Remover
Bruise WheelsKryolan Burn & Injury Wheel
Tooth Wax & FXTooth Wax & FX
FX Cream MakeupMehron Cream Makeup
Proface Setting PowderProface Setting Powder
Liquid LatexBrand X Liquid Latex Kit
Halloween Paints & MakeupHalloween Face Paint & Makeup

This is our busiest time of the year, so be proactive and stock up on your supplies now before supplies are limited.

If you need help with any of your ghoulish creations, please do not hesitate to contact me, “The Gore Queen”, at pam@sillyfarm.com.
Happy Haunting to all!!!!
-Pam

Check out Halloween Special Effects Tutorials on Youtube!

Floral Shimmer Mask: Face Painting Video Tutorial

My latest face painting video tutorial! This is a floral mask design that I can put together in under 5 minutes(3 on a good day), but the video is longer because I am going to walk you guys through it. Check out the video below, and don’t forget to like and share it! Leave a comment and tell me what kind of tutorials and designs you would like to see next!

Liamari Floral Shimmer Mask

Syfy’s Face Off: Season 3 Premiere

Syfy's Face Off

Image Credit: FaceOff

If you haven’t heard of Face Off and are in the Face & Body Art, Makeup, or Special Effects industries, then you don’t know what you’re missing. The season 3 premiere starts tonight, August 21st at 9/8 central on the Syfy network!

Face Off is a competition by elimination TV series that brings the spotlight to the talent behind the special effects makeup industry. Contestants must battle their way through several challenges that incorporate; full body painting, 3-D design, sculpting, prosthetic use, casting and molding, and much more, or risk being sent home by the judges.

Several known face and body artists, such as Nix Herrera, Athena Zhe, and Matt Valentine have been contestants and competed for the grand prize, an opportunity to guest lecture at the Makeup For Ever Academy in New York, a 2012 Toyota Camry Hybrid, and $100,000!

Face Off Season 3 Judges

Ve Neill
Three-time Academy Award winner, Ve Neill(Pirates of the Caribbean, Edward Scissorhands)
Glenn Hetrick IMDB Profile
Glenn Hetrick (Heroes, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, The X-Files)
Patrick Tatopoulos IMDB Profile
Patrick Tatopoulos (Underworld, Independence Day, Resident Evil: Extinction)
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Face Paint University – Orlando

Face Paint University - Dec. 3-7th Orlando
DATE: December 3-7th, 2012 (Mon – Fri)

This 5 day intensive workshop will cover EVERYTHING about face painting!! No it’s not a real university, but it might as well be since you will be getting so much face paint education while there!! We will go over supplies, line work, blending, girl designs, boy designs, marketing, self promotion, press kits, portfolios, and so much more!

Who should take this workshop? This class is aimed towards beginners and those wanting to take their face painting to the next level. Still have trouble doing line work and blending? This class is for you too! If you lack confidence in your face paint skills or designs, this class is also for you! Walk in a beginner, leave a face painting powerhouse!

Three Master Instructors

Pashur
Pashur
Kerry Ann Smith
Kerry Ann Smith
Jay Bautista
Jay Bautista

Breakdown:

Monday Day 1: 10am – 5pm

  • The Basics – From Brushes to Brushstrokes!
  • Safety
  • Products (Sponge & Brushes, Face Paints, Products, etc)
  • Linework (Teardrops, Lines, Swirls, Tribals, etc)
  • Sponge Basics (Basing & Blending)
  • Color Theory
  • Facial Anatomy
  • Creating Depth Using Highlights & Shadows
  • Split Cakes
  • Tips & Tricks (Double Loading Shading, Drop Shadows, Leopard Spots, etc)

Tuesday Day 2: 10am – 5pm
15 Essential Girl Designs!!
Butterflies, Princess, Fairies, Flowers, Masks, Tiaras, Mermaids and more!

Wednesday Day 3: 10am – 5pm
15 Essential Boy Designs!! Monsters, Dragons, Zombies, Pirates, Ninjas, Puppy, Sharks, Spiders, Tigers and more!

Thursday Day 4: 10am – 5pm
15 More Cool Designs!!! Add more pizzazz with Roses, Glitter Jewelry, Eye Designs, Rock Star Eyes and more!

Friday Day 5: 10am – 5pm

  • Focus Groups: We will break up into 3 hands-on groups to focus on designs or techniques you might be struggling with.
  • Requests: Have a certain design you want to learn? Just ask.
  • Q&A : Ask questions about designs, techniques or the business.
  • Marketing & Promotions: We will cover how to promote yourself, what to charge, press kits, portfolios and so much more.
  • Face Paint Games and Creative Exercises.


Face Painting University Location:
Spring Hill Suites by Marriott Orlando Altamonte Springs
205 W. Highway 436
Altamonte Springs
Florida 32714 USA

Class Size: 30 Students Max

Sponge & Brush – Hands-on Experience

Age: You must be at least 15 years old to take this workshop.
Lunch: Lunch is included each day in workshop fee.
Cost: $500 – That’s only $100 per person, per day, for 3 amazing instructors!!

RSVP & Payment Deadlines:
Payment 1 $100 non-refundable deposit is due ASAP to reserve your spot.
Payment 2 $200 non-refundable payment is due by Sept 1, 2012.
Payment 3 $200 non-refundable balance is due by Nov 1, 2012.
Payment can be sent via PayPal to: PashurCreative@aol.com

Remember, only 30 spots available. They WILL go fast so sign up today!

Things to Bring:

  • Your face painting kit
  • Camera
  • Pen and paper

**Supplies are NOT covered in your workshop cost.**
Wow Factor Stuff will be on-site selling your favorite supplies at the workshop.

Lodging and Hotel:
SpringHill Suites Orlando Altamonte Springs (where the workshop will be held) has given us a room rate of $79 per night. The lodging fee is NOT covered in the workshop fee.

Spring Hill Suites Orlando Altamonte Spings
205 W. Highway 436
Altamonte Springs
Florida 32714 USA
407-865-6400

Hotel also has free Wi-Fi and indoor pool. Free Continental breakfast for guests staying at the hotel.

The location of the hotel allows for easy walking distance to multiple restaurants like, Wing House, McDonald’s, Longhorn Steakhouse, and convenient stores. It is just across the overpass from the Uptown Shopping Center and Altamonte Mall.

QUESTIONS? If you have any other questions, please be sure to drop us an email at: PashurCreative@aol.com

Shark Week Face Painting Ideas

There’s three days left in Shark week and we’ve put together these fan-submitted, shark inspired face paintings for your visual pleasure.

Whether you’re a fan of these magnificent ocean predators or not, these face painting designs are something everyone can enjoy without getting bit.

Hope everyone enjoyed these pieces! If you would like to write or be featured on the Faba Blog, contact us!

Show & Tell: Ultimate Sharing

FABAIC2011-Jam

The thing about sharing is you only think you are giving things away. But in many ways it all comes back to you and more, with people sharing back, and expansion of ideas and acts of kindness. You also feel good….and in some cases become someone’s hero or mentor!

The first year I went to FABAIC, I learned so much in class. And then I would go to lunch or to break or to a jam and I would talk to people. The people attending the convention also had so much to offer. I learned cool new marketing tips, saw new uses for tools, and new paint techniques and ideas. I knew there was a goldmine there if only we could tap it and showcase these people. I pitched the idea of Show & Tell to the FABAIC team and voila, we started something big!

For Show & Tell at FABAIC I request submissions from anyone with a great idea to share in the months leading up to FABAIC. By convention time, my presenters are set. Each year we have some of the best ideas that expand our knowledge, make our face painting life easier, and help us to promote our businesses even better.

Mary EarlOne of the first ideas presented at Show & Tell 2004 were split cakes. It’s a commonplace item in most people’s tool kits these days, but Mary Earl from Toronto, Ontario, Canada was the first to present it that I know of.

First split cakeThe idea of blending colours and double loading of brushes and paint applicators of all kinds has been around since man was painting on cave walls….but this was the first time this was seen within the face painting world, to the best of my knowledge. The response was amazing. Mary got a standing ovation for that idea.
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Now here is where it starts to get interesting. The next year, my dear friend (the late) Pat Newton had an idea to take split cakes and make them narrower, about the width of a one-inch brush. She used empty round paint pots and only put in stripes of paint until the multi-colour blend was one inch wide. Then she added a strip of craft foam along either side of the outside colours, and filled in the outer edges of the round pot with kid’s clay. Later she found oblong pots that were just one inch wide.

See how the idea was taken a step further? Then later still, Rebecca of Arty Brush really started promoting the idea with lots of various colour combos and the whole idea really took off thanks to her diligence in demonstrating and sharing her techniques and painting style.

This is just one example of what happens when we share. In future blogs I will share more of the amazing tips and tricks we’ve seen at FABAIC over the years.

-Katie

Look the Look & Talk the Talk

Heather Green Working

Last year I made a major breakthrough in my career.
For the past seven years I have worked 7 days a week, sometimes clocking in 95 hour work weeks. It was brutal but a necessary evil in trying to create my dream career. Last year I made the best business decision to date, I hired an assistant! What was I doing before I found Andrew? How did I get everything done and still walk a straight line? Hiring Andrew was the first time I felt like a true legitimate CEO. Even though I have been blessed with a growing business and now employ 22 hard working women (and 3 men), it wasn’t until Andrew took his position that I felt like I made it. When I introduce Andrew I feel accomplished because the term assistant makes me sound professional. Bill Gates has an assistant, and Oprah Winfrey has an assistant, I like putting myself in their category. Truth is that an assistant didn’t change a thing about me or my status, besides lightening my workload, but it gave me the confidence to walk the walk and talk the talk. I’m still the same old Heather, with an organized (messy) desk, old Cheerios under my keyboard (from my 2 year old), and piles of unopened mail.

Professional Business Woman
Image: FreeDigitalPhotos.net

If you want to be a professional you need to put yourself in the mind frame of a professional. The first person to believe the hype needs to be YOU! Believe it, think it, make it happen. One way to do that is to invent your own manager/ assistant/ agent. Typically birthday mom’s don’t want to go through an agent to hire a face painter for their birthday, but they will be impressed if Jennie your assistant answers the phone and checks your schedule. You are Jennie, you are not you, when booking an event.

  1. Jennie can say no to a free job or a discount.
  2. Jennie knows how to spell out the services you will be providing during your booking.
  3. Jennie creates the illusion that you are so busy and big, that you need an assistant or agent.

Agents and large booking companies like dealing with other professionals. They sometimes see us artists as flaky and dramatic. They feel a level of comfort when they are working with someone that appears organized and thorough.

One time I got myself in a pickle while I was booking a birthday party. After I went over my spiel about how many kids I can paint etc… The mother asked me if I could do better on the price. I told her that I could not offer a discount on my rate but if she needed someone in her price range I could recommend someone else. The mother was so upset and proceeded to fight with me about lowering my price and how I needed to give her a break because she was a single mother. She kept asking me why I couldn’t lower my prices. If Jennie had answered my phone then there would have been no fighting or debating. Point blank, if you want to book Heather, her rates are $150 for the first hour and $100 each additional.

Email Connection
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Another way to walk the walk is to answer your phones and emails. I make it a habit to answer all emails and calls within 24 hours. In most cases the early bird gets the worm, and failing to answer emails can cost you big. On average I receive 100-450 emails daily! Not including my YouTube, Faceboo, and other social media. So I start the morning prioritizing emails. I created blanket answers that I can use to respond to catalog request and shipping quotes, and then I work my way through. Waiting on someone to answer your email is like waiting to get asked to the prom by your crush. Business is business and grabbing the business by the horns will usually seal the deal.

No matter your business goals, conducting business as a professional will pave the road to future possibilities. Spend 15 minutes each day setting goals, verbalizing your vision, and speaking affirmations into existence. Everyday that you invest in walking the professional road, you will be one step closer to making things happen.

Don’t forget to share your stories and ideas with us, I’m a firm believer that we stand to learn the most from each other.

Happy painting my friends!
-Heather

Spotlight Artist – Matt Valentine

FABAtv LIVE Class with Matt Valentine

Spotlight Artist Matt Valentine

Matt Valentine Banner

Tell us a little about yourself, where are you from?
I hail from Austin, Tx. Standing 6’1, weighing in at 175 pounds. A sugary sweet, scrumbdidlyumptious, gooey, nougat center with a hard, creepy, candy shell.

Are you an artist full time or do you have another job?
I am a full time artist. I run my own FX studio, Global Fear Enterprises. We offer FX make-up, Conceptual design, Props, Set Design, Graphic Design, Video Production and Costuming.

What type of face and body art do you specialize in?
I’m versed in theatrical and realistic body art but my forte is prosthetics and full body make-up FX.

Matt Valentine Face and Body Art

How did you get your start (in face and body art)?
I’ve been an artist since I can remember. Always altering my toys to become something great and terrible.
Being raised religious, we weren’t allotted the sinful, decadent vices of MTV, cartoons or Halloween. Through psychology we all know you become what you fear and are denied.
I actually got my first taste in church at the tender painful age of 15. Traumatized by preaching of tribulation and revelation yet attracted at the same time.
While kneeling and praying, our pastor asked us to pray and ask God for direction in our life.
Not a second later, I heard what can only be described as a horrifying yet peaceful rush of words whispering in my ear my name. This happened twice. I took this as a sign and a purpose.
A sort of holy calling to save something. A few months later I was chosen to play a demon in a church play and for the first time, I felt a paint caked brush touch my innocent check.
Dawned in white and black grease paint with a black cap, I felt comfortable in my skin for the first time. As I stepped on that stage hearing and feeling the audiences fear, I knew then what my calling was.
I’m on a sort of mission from God and you are most like him when you create something, no matter how vile and terrible it may be.

Matt Valentine's Mr Sprinkle PussWhat’s the most enjoyable part of what you do?
I enjoy the emotional primal response I get from my audience from viewing my work. Touching your viewer on an emotional level, whether it be through social propaganda, comedy, love or fear
is the ultimate purpose of a great artist. Every artist is a thief and every artist is a cannibal.

Do you attend any conventions, like the FABAIC?
Unfortunately I have not attended FABAIC. I do attend Monsterpalooza, Transworld and other various horror and make-up conventions.

What would you like to do more of, art or otherwise?
I would love to get into filmmaking. I actually directed a few short films before I got into the make-up industry.
Some personal, intimate home made adult and some on a bigger scale for mass audience consumption.
I also have acted in a few indie films and would love to get back into the world of, looking good while you lie.

Outside of art, what do you do for fun?
Believe it or not I like to pride myself on my vocal range. I used to be in a band years ago as singer and keyboards. I’m considering getting back into making music.
I’ve been told I resemble a gothic Justin Bieber or a dark Neil Diamond.
I love to read and research history. I have an unquenchable thirst and fascination with Social Engineering, Global Domination through Eugenics and esoteric knowledge.

Do you have any pet peeves?
The word impossible, Television, mainstream acceptance and compromise.

Where do you see yourself in a couple years?
I see myself spreading my tentacles into the music industry, directing and I’ve always had an interest in politics.

Do you have any projects going on or in the works?
I currently am on a nationwide tour with my Make-up FX workshops. I also have a few films I will be working on in the near future.
TV treatments in the works and a few hush, hush projects under wraps that if I spoke on, I would have the elder lodge members knock my degree position down and force me to recite
my past blackmail secrets, naked in a wooden coffin, in front of Henry Kissinger and the skull of Aleister Crowley.
We also continue to offer our costume and mask line through my studio, Global Fear Enterprises.

What do you think of FABAtv?
I think FABAtv is a phenominal platform for artists to expose their work to the masses and benefit those at home just getting into the industry.
It’s an amazing learning tool for new artists to add to their repertoire.

Global Fear Enterprises

matt valentine poster augustMatt Valentine everyone. Sounds like I might have to get my Halloween costume from you.

Visit his websites at www.globalfearenterprises.com and www.mattvalentinefx.com.

Follow Matt on Facebook.com/MattValentineFX and Twitter.com/mattvalentinefx.

Contact him by e-mail via sales@globalfearenterprises.com

Last, but not least, Matt Valentine will be doing a free live class on FABAtv, August 14th, 2012, starting at 8:00pm EST! Check out the FABAtv LIVE page for more details.

Global Fear Enterprises

Wolverine Face Painting Tutorial

In my latest video tutorial, I painted the character Wolverine from X-men. I did this face painting using FAB Makeup and Wolfe FX. With Halloween coming up, this is a great design that boys will love and it is quick to do. The products I used are listed below with links to the product page.

Wolverine Face Painting

Wolverine Face Painting Tutorial on Youtube

Sea Pearl – A Face Painting Design

In Silly Heather’s latest youtube tutorial, she borrows John, the FABAtv video producer, and puts him to work with this fabulous face painting design that girls will love. Heather used the following products to create this floral face painting design.
Sea Pearl - Girl Face Painting Design

Pert Plus: “Don’t Be An Animal”

Pert Plus Body Paint Campaign

This summer, PERT PLUS has sponsored a unique digital spot featuring Playboy models painted like animals. This dovetails with their “Don’t be an Animal” advertising campaign that launches in July.

Donna Hofstee, Nelly Recchia and Lisa Berczel spent nearly six hours turning the models into their inner animal with the help of their assistants. The transformation consisted of skilled airbrushing and detailed hand painting using Cosmetic Airbrush Paint by European Body Art, Grex Airbrush tools and WolfeFX face paint. The shoot was produced by Tim Gibbs and photographed by Jared Ryder, both members of Playboy Plus staff. Gibbs and Ryder conceptualized the stylistic direction of the shoot along with the artists to create this awe-inspiring campaign. The team was also joined by Joanna Joy Gershenson, who did the hair and makeup for the models, and Raul Hernandez who shot the behind the scenes footage and time lapse video.

Pert Plus has made each image available to download as a desktop background, just click on the image and you’ll be taken to the official page.

Renee Pert Plus Winner
Renee 2 - Pert PlusInstincts - Pert PlusDecker 2 - Pert Plus
Decker 1 - Pert PlusAleksander 2 - Pert PlusAleksander 1 - Pert Plus

The models featured are Leanna Decker (Leopard), Christina Renee (Tiger) and Sascha Aleksander (Zebra). All of the women have posed for Playboy’s online Cyber Club as a Cyber Girl of the Week.