7 Deadly Sins

 Wrath

 Sloth

 Pride

 Lust

 Greed

Gluttony

 

 Envy

7 Deadly Sins

Michelle Parkos

Spring 2015

When this project was first announce, I immediately thought to reach out to my friend Austin. I had known him through the GSU marching band and he had worked with Cirque De Soleil in the past. On Facebook, he posts pictures of himself in crazy face makeup and random makeup textures that he plays with. At GSU he is a theatrical design major and eventually wants to work for a film company of Cirque De Soleil as a set designer or makeup artist.

We worked together over this past month to design these personas and what each Sin would be developed as. Austin had many different techniques and supplies already, so we designed the Sins based on what supplies he had.  One of the main techniques used was liquid latex as well as the latex with toilet paper. He also had a prosthetic nose and fake eyelashes. Another technique that I found very interesting was the use of a glue stick to hide eyebrows. He would coat his brows in layers of glue in preparation to cover his face in latex. He had to make sure that he shaved each time and that he didn’t get the latex on any hair, as it would be pulled out and be very painful.

Overall this process was very interesting for me to see and learn more about makeup design. I had no idea that liquid latex was the most common supply used. I also enjoyed working with Austin because this project will benefit his portfolio as well as mine. He can use this work to show off what techniques he can successfully use to market himself to Clique De Soleil