I am a special effects make-up artist working in the South East of England, a recent graduate from Grimsby Institute with a BA Special Effects Make-up Design for Film, TV, and Theatre.

3 years of study and work have provided me with a broad skill set in make-up artistry; from face and body painting to prosthetic special effects, as well as proficiency in each stage of the creation process: sculpture, moulding, casting, colouring and application.

My focus, passion and attention to detail enables me to delivery high quality, original work whether I am working on an independent project or collaborating with other artists in a large production.

Whatever the project, I strive for perfection.

David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation – May 2011 – This event was a charity fundraising celebration for artist David Sheppard’s 80th birthday, raising money for his wildlife foundation held at the Natural History Museum. My job way to apply tiger make-up to 15 raffle ticket sellers. I only had 90 minutes total make-up time and had to work extremely quickly to ensure they were ready in time.

“The Cat in the Box” Short film by Robin Anson - April 2011 – This project was part of the “Sci-Fi-London 48 hour film challenge” competition and the film had to be written, filmed and edited in 48 hours, meaning that we had to work very quickly and be adaptable.

“Beauty and the Beast” Short film by Adam Bacon - March 2011 – For this project I was hired to apply a gelatine burn make-up to the main character “The Beast”. I had to work on a range of locations and sets over the 2 days of filming.
New Community Arts Academy Production of “Jack and the Beanstalk” Pantomime – February 2011 – For this production I was in charge of the “Baddies” as well as working on various other leads and helping with the chorus make-up. My main responsibility was to design and apply character stage make-up to the two evil leads. I would then work off face charts for 2 or 3 other lead characters that needed make-up before helping with the chorus and children.

Fear Masters “Temple Hospithell Live” – October 2010 – This job was for a live horror maze. It was mainly special effects make-up. The environment was very similar to working in theatre as we had little time to work in and a lot to do. We had to adapt the make-up to be suitably bold to be able to be seen while in the situations that involved strobe lighting and reduced visibility.

New Community Arts Academy Production of “Brassed Off” – October 2010 – For this production I worked as part of a small team applying the stage make-up to various cast members including men, women, and children. We were working with very limited space and time, and there were very few make-up artists. This meant that we had to work as quickly as possible to create the make-up. We were also in charge of a very quick costume and make-up change with one of the actors.

“Darkest before dawn” Short film by Keen City Productions, June-August 2010 -
During this project I was responsible for the special effects make-up; this included some bruising, drag marks, and slit wrists. I worked independently on this project to produce the latex prosthetic pieces required and acted as key make-up artist during these scenes.

Ilkley Amateur Dramatic Society’s Production of “The Hunchback Of Notre Dame”, March 2010 – For this production I worked as part of a large team, providing make-up and special effects for the male cast members and applying a prosthetic back hunch. This was a theatre production and for that reason we had to work in a very short time limit to make sure that all of the performers were on stage for their cues.

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