Practical Task: Fake Wound - Charlotte Wilson

Practical Task - Fake Wound

I got my inspiration for the idea from a you tube video tutorial on how to make fake wounds DIY, this is the video: 

What I did-

Firstly I got all the equipment out which I may of needed, this consisted of, PVA glue, pritt stick, toilet roll, paint brushes, black and red paint, purple, blue and black eye shadow, red and back felt tips and red Biro's, bowl for water, fake blood, eye-shadow pallet, foundation, concealer, power, red lipstick, cheek tint, contour pallet, cotton pads, scissors and hair dryer. I didn't use all of these I just got a lot out in-case I needed it.

Next I got the toilet roll and tore off 5 2 squares of the toilet paper, I then ripped them in half.

After this I applied the PVA glue to the arm with a brush, I then layered one of the pieces on toilet roll making sure it was securely stuck on. I then put more glue on too of this and gradually layered up the toilet roll until all 5 coats were on, covering the last piece in the glue.

The arm was quite wet from the glue so I used the hair dryer to dry it off making use it was solid.

When fully dried I got the scissors and cut down the centre of the arm lifting up the toilet roll, creating a slit.

Next I got the make up I needed and painted on the arm foundation and powder to match it to the arms skin colour to make it look realistic .

After this I got the eye shadows and brushed in the slit to make a bruising effect and slightly around the slit as well.

Then I used the red paint in the slit to make it look like it was bleeding and fleshy.

Finally I added the fake blood to the fake wound to make it look more realistic I dripped the blood out of the end of the slit and put a bit more around it.

This was my final result-

Before: 

After:

Overall I was happy with my attempt at a fake wound, as it was my first attempt at doing this I didn’t really know what to expect but I was happy with the result. Watching the video really helped me to be able to do this. If I was to do it again i'd make sure the foundation colour I used matched better to the persons arm I was using. I'd also take more time and care when putting the toilet paper on the arm and brushing the glue on making sure there isn't any bumps in it, which I found made the arm look a bit unrealistic. I'd like to try doing many different size wounds and in different places in the future, improving on the things I found I can improve on. I really enjoyed doing this however and was happy with the result in general, I feel my group could use one of my creations in our video depending on what we decide to do.