Kubo and the Two Strings: Monkey

I think today's look can be short and sweet. Even though it took me the better part of a day to curl and cut all that paper that I glued to my face.

I wanna make it a shorter post because the movie was just too beautiful and inspiring to focus on just one character. It invoked some strong artistic feelings in me and most of my efforts are going to go into the second look for Kubo and the Two Strings. Now you're probably thinking it already took you so long to do one look, what in the blazes are you contemplating for the second?

Well, gentle viewer, something entirely time consuming, hopefully stunning, and most definitely a possible avenue towards my defeat at the hands of paper.

"Your magic is growing stronger. You need to learn control. But when we grow stronger the world grows more dangerous." - Monkey

I had to do the monkey look as soon as I saw the movie. Not just because she's voiced by Charlize Theron who is my spirit animal. I really just wanted to do all that fur with paper. Paper is a huge artistic element of the film and it really got my idea mill churning.

On a side note, gluing paper to your face is one of the most uncomfortable things I've ever done and trust me when I say a lot of makeup has been put on me. All over. This of course includes many airbrushes, a slew of prosthetics, and the fairly numerous times I've been blinded with contacts. Paper has done me in. Good thing it's only one more look.

Getting the ape look is all about shaping and posing in this case. It was easy to do with the paper as a guide. Then all it took was some well placed chiaroscuro and wham-bam it's a monkey. Even though it was an uncomfortable makeup I really enjoyed the process.

Products Used:

Fur: Two sheets of paper. Ribbon curled and cut to look like fur.

Face: Make Up Forever Flash Palette Coral and Fuchsia.

Highlight: Limecrime Alchemy Palette in Spellbound.

Contour: Limecrime Chinadoll Palette in Lotus Noir

That's literally everything. So, stay tuned for all the paper art on the way.