https://thegnomonworkshop.com/tutorials/designing-creature-makeup-for-film-in-photoshop

 

Designing makeup concepts for film and television is an important skill set for concept artists at the Wētā Workshop in New Zealand, known for decades of groundbreaking work. Join Senior Concept Designer Johnny Fraser-Allen as he shares his Photoshop techniques to effectively design character and creature makeups in this four hour workshop, with tips aimed at artists of all levels.  This detailed workshop will teach you how to deliver and lock down approved designs for the film industry. Aimed at the early stages of a production, the Photoshop-based techniques covered will allow for quick ideas to be delivered to the director as well as tackling quick changes needed to rework designs into alternate options for the same brief.  Starting with a quick warm up, Johnny goes through the steps required to build an original creature makeup design, before starting on three Ogre Lord concepts over the same actor. This same process is how he designed and reworked director notes for the BFG for Steven Spielberg, dwarves for Peter Jackson, and goblins for the Jim Henson Company.