I've been a makeup artist for over 7 years now. No this does not mean I wasn't smart enough to go to school to be a lawyer, it means I spent 9 months in school learning all aspects of makeup. I choose to become a makeup artist because I knew I had the talent and the drive to make it in this competitive industry. Above is a picture of the Anatomy of the Human Skull, and I had to study this to become a professional makeup artist. Not only do you need this information to know where to create bruising if someone is supposed to have a broken nose, or if a producer says you need a laceration on the maxilla, you need to know where that it is. They may just tell you the mental protuberance has broke, you need to know what that would look like if your recreating it through makeup. Below are pictures of the different eye shapes that people have. When you are a professional makeup artist it is your job to identify what eye shape your client has and how to apply shadows and liners to accentuate their features.
We also work with the contours of the face adding highlight and shadows in order to enhance different aspects of the face. You can actually change your face shape by countering and highlighting in the right places. A professional Makeup Artist, is meant to be an artist, and we see your face as our canvas. Yes I understand there are some individuals out there who are taking the artist out of makeup artist, but please don't disrespect those who are keeping the art alive.
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