Hi everyone,

I was asked to do a tutorial on the makeup that Vanessa Hudgens wears in the movie Sucker Punch for a CosPlay.

Let me first explain to those of you who don’t now what CosPlay is.

CosPlay (1984) is short for Costume Play, you become the character but not for an event like Halloween. It’s becoming more popular with the internet (it started gaining popularity around 1990) helping people get ideas and tutorials for creating costumes to represent a often a specific film, graphic novel, theatre or game character. The costumes and accessories are almost always home made, so there’s a real art in recreating these characters. The skills needed for and details that can be found in the costume is a way to show how good you are at CosPlay. But it doesn’t stop there, makeup (prosthetics and hair are also extremely important, most characters even need wigs. Creating these characters takes not only a lot of time, it can also cost a lot of money, so sharing your results with your (online) community is very important.
You might wonder why people participate in CosPlay, it’s to show people characters they identify with or the love they have for a character. As in all arts, there are those who simply do it because they love doing it. Some do it because of the notoriety they get when they CosPlay a certain character or for the amazing likeness and skills needed to portrait this particular character.

For the makeup in Sucker Punch, I found who did the original makeup for Continue reading →