Make-up artist

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A make-up artist is an artist who creates makeup and prosthetics for theatrical, television, film and other similar productions including the modeling world. In some cases, the title of Make-up Artist can also include the responsibilities of hair and wig design as well. Awards given for this job include the Academy Award for Makeup and several Emmy awards.

Make-up artists are normally extremely well-paying jobs, especially in the modeling and photography world. This is due to the ability to display a face to its full potential as well as establish a working relationship with the actor or person being worked on. Make-up artists can receive their training in several different ways; they can intern at a theater, they can assist a working make-up artist, or they can attend a school dedicated to make-up artistry. Make-up artists are primarily self-employed (freelancers), but they may also be represented by an agency, or employed by a production company.

1 Areas of expertise
2 Well-known make-up artists
3 See also
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Areas of expertise

Fashion Make-up: Fashion make-up is used in magazine photography as well as on the fashion runway. This branch of make-up design is often highly stylized and is usually focused on making the model or actor look as attractive as possible.
Theatrical Make-up: Stage make-up is used as a method in conjunction with stage lighting to highlight the actors' faces in order make expressions visible to the audience from moderate distances. This often includes defining the eyes and lips as well as the highlights and lowlights of the facial bones.
High Definition Make-up: A new area in the world of the make-up artist involves High Definition Television. This strategy for filming offers a new challenge to make-up artists; the extremely sharp resolution of the filming technique requires a new level of coverage needed on a person's face in order to minimize flaws.^[1]
Special Effects Make-up: The use of special effects make-up can be found in all possible areas of make-up and includes all blood and gore make-up techniqes as well as fantasy make-up and the use of prosthetics. This area often becomes a much more complicated process as plaster casting and other crafts are needed to complete the make-up.

[edit] Well-known make-up artists

See also: Academy Award for Makeup

Max Factor, Sr. is known as the father of modern makeup. In 1914, Max Factor created a makeup specifically for movie-actors that, unlike theatrical makeup, would not crack or cake.
Richard Corson was the author of Stage Makeup (ISBN 978-0136061533) which has to date been revised and reprinted nine times since 1942. His name is one of the most recognized in the theatrical makeup world.^{[citation needed]}
Kevyn Aucoin was a well-known makeup artist who catered primarily to Hollywood stars and models working on magazine photoshoots and fashion shows. He was the author of several bestselling books including Face Forward (ISBN 978-0316287050) and Making Faces (ISBN 978-0316286855).
Jack Pierce was a Hollywood make-up artist who is credited with creating the look of Boris Karloff's Frankenstein in 1931.
Jack Dawn, a Hollywood make-up artist best known for his work on The Wizard of Oz
Bobbi Brown is the CEO of Bobbi Brown Cosmetics and is the author of several books.
Benjamin Emmet Nye, Sr., a renowned makeup artist for the Hollywood film industry for over four decades. GOOGLE
Audrey Bodilis, a Paris make up artist.http://www.audreybodilis.com