I'll have Michael help me write this so it says what he wants to say about it, but in July he made a Hannibal straight jacket from scratch, along with the cage to go over the head, and in September he had only a week to get a Hunchback of Notre Dame tunic and fabric shoes made, so he was up really late working on it the day it was due. By the way, VAMP stands for Vocational Academy of Makeup and Prosthetics. September 26th marked the 4 year anniversary since the first class started!!
The straight jacket was to go along with a makeup one of their students was doing for the special makeup effects class that Michael and Brian teach. He had to sew on the leather pieces by hand. Some of these might not have as great of picture quality since they were screenshots taken from VAMP's Instragram page in their stories/ quick boomerang videos, aka not an actual photo.
These jacket photos are from before he distressed it and added the wrap around straps.
^^ Always gotta turn something creepy into a modeling shot, just like I would. Haha!
The Hunchback costume was not specifically for work, but the pictures were taken at the school, the model is one of their students, Kyle, and the photos were taken by Ann, who is the beauty makeup teacher. The professional make up company RBFX contacted Brian and sent him the face and ear prosthetic for free in exchange for getting their names out on Instagram and showing off their work via hashtags and such. Unfortunately, Michael deleted his Instagram account a few years ago, so people cannot contact him about work, but his name is mentioned in the posts, and Brian asks him to help with a few things.
Using his new, fancy yet heavy duty sewing machine, mentioned in the craft room remodel!
I really like these dark edits because it looks like they are from the original movie, released back in 1939. The same year as the Wizard of Oz! ;) My favorite part of the costume are the rips and how Michael purposely sewed them back up badly, to look like the character had stitched the holes himself. Also, Brian made the fake eyeball that was added inside of the prosthetic!
Lastly, here is a makeup Michael made from scratch recently. He sculpted the pieces out of clay before turning it into a mold for the face and neck. Nobody took pictures of him applying it to the student, Faith, though. And as always, Michael doesn't think he did a very good job. *slap across the face*
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