Mask Making Techniques: Creating 3-D Characters from 2-D Designs for Theatre, Cosplay, Film, and TV

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Mask Making Techniques: Creating 3-D Characters from 2-D Designs for Theatre, Cosplay, Film, and TV, introduces and demonstrates a variety of mask making materials, techniques, and styles to bring extraordinary characters to life. A foundation reference for mask making and design, the book features over 700 color photos and illustrations of different masks, as well as diagrams of construction and finishing techniques. It provides a wealth of practical information about material options, safety, how to build large- and small-scale masks, how to build armatures for appendages, options for coverings, and finishing techniques. Readers will learn how to use a wide range of materials, including latex, paper and fabric mâché, cold foam, thermoplastics, urethane, ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA) foam, resin, found objects, and organic materials. The book also provides tips on topics such as how to create rigid polyfoam head forms and three different ways to create eyes, as well as step-by-step instructions to construct 13 different masks. Mask Making Techniques is written for intermediate mask makers, students of theatrical mask making, costume crafts, and prop making courses, as well as prop builders, costume designers, and artists who create Halloween and cosplay costumes. Cover Half Title Title Page Copyright Page Dedication CONTENTS Preface CHAPTER 1: WHAT IS A MASK? MASKS IN EVERYDAY FASHION AND CULTURE CHAPTER 2: MASK DESIGN READY, SET, GO THE DESIGNER’S TOOLBOX: THE MIND’S EYE, IMAGINATION, VOCABULARY, RESEARCH, AND THE ELEMENTS OF DESIGN STRATEGIES FOR DESIGNING It’s Alive! Imagine the Characters in Their Own Environment Conceptual Approach: Where and When Do They Live? Use Your Words: How Vocabulary Can Help Shape a Design Research! Time to Rest and Germinate: Giving the Mind Time to Work The Charette or Mood Board: The Tangible Interpretation What to Wear? PUTTING IDEAS ON PAPER EOD: The Elements of Design PRESENTING THE DESIGN PRACTICAL FACTORS WHEN DESIGNING A MASK CHAPTER 3: SAFETY STAY AWARE SOLID AND GASEOUS INHALANTS EXTERIOR AND INTERIOR ABSORPTION THE MOST COMMON REASONS FOR NOT WEARING PROTECTIVE GEAR VENTILATION RESPIRATORS AND DUST MASKS TIE UP HAIR EYE PROTECTION PROTECTING HEARING HANDS, ARMS, AND BODY Hands Arms Body Protection BACK AND FOOT CARE A RECAP OF SAFETY TIPS CHAPTER 4: THINGS TO CONSIDER WHEN CONSTRUCTING A MASK COMFORT New Materials SIGHT THE CORRECT FIT VENTILATION AND COOLING WEIGHT CLEANLINESS VOCALIZATION FINAL NOTE CONCERNING CONSTRUCTION CHAPTER 5: TYPES OF HELMETS, ARMATURES, AND INTERIOR SUPPORTS HELMETS HELMET LINERS CUSTOM HELMETS AND LINERS FRICTION FITTING “STRAPS, BUCKLES, AND CLIPS OLE!” ARMATURES AND INTERIOR SUPPORTS CHAPTER 6: TOOLS AND SUPPLIES TOOLS Hand Tools Power Tools Adhesives and Glues Putty and Spackle WORKSPACE SETUP Stands and Worktables Head Forms CHAPTER 7: COMMON MASK MAKING MATERIALS PAPIER AND FABRIC MÂCHÉ BLOCK FOAM EVA Foam Urethane Foam Foam Putty LATEX NEOPRENE THERMOPLASTICS (CRAFT VARIETY) Worbla Thibra Veraform Fosshape/Fuzzform Thermoplastics for Vacuum Forming FIBERGLASS LIQUID PLASTICS EXPANDABLE COLD FOAM SILICONE MIXED MEDIA NATURAL MATERIALS FOR MASK MAKING Leather Wood Natural Fibers Gourds CHAPTER 8: CLAYS AND PLASTERS MODELING CLAYS Water-Based Clay Oil-Based Clay PLASTERS AND STONES Pottery Plaster Ultracal 30 Gypsum Cement Dental Stones Mixing CHAPTER 9: FABRICS AND FUR COVERINGS FUR FABRIC Dyeing Fur Fabric Cutting and Sewing Fur Fabric Trimming and Sculpting Fur Painting Fur Fabric ANTRON FLEECE Dyeing and Painting Fleece Sewing Fleece SPANDEX AND OTHER STRETCH FABRICS Sewing Spandex Dyeing and Painting Spandex Using Spandex and Other Stretch Materials as Foundation Fabrics for Texture NETTING HEAT-MANIPULATED FABRICS CHAPTER 10: PAINTING WHEN TO ADD COLOR? WHAT KIND OF PAINT TO USE? Kinds of Paints COATINGS AND SEALANTS PAINTING LATEX PAINTING SILICONE PAINTING OTHER SURFACES WHAT IS THE BEST PAINTING TOOL TO USE? PAINTING TECHNIQUES Capillary Technique CHAPTER 11: HORNS, ANTENNAE, AND EARS SCULPTING SCULPT ONE OR TWO? HOW TO SCULPT AND CAST A WATER-BASED CLAY HORN CHAPTER 12: EYES DESIGN: WITH EYES OR WITHOUT? SHAPES AND ORIENTATION CONSTRUCTION OPTIONS TOPICAL AND INTERIOR PAINTING RESIN EYES Techniques for Constructing Resin Eyes: Three Techniques CHAPTER 13: HAIR CHOICES FOR HAIR AND HAIR LIKE MATERIALS Foam Thermoplastics Plastics Natural Fibers Fabrics Metals Paper CHAPTER 14: MASK PROJECTS MASK PROJECT 1: THE OX MASK PROJECT 2: THE ALIEN MASK PROJECT 3: THE ORANGE DOG MASK PROJECT 4: FOAM MARDI GRAS MASKS MASK PROJECT 5: JACOB MARLEY MASK PROJECT 6: NEOPRENE COMEDIA-STYLE HALF MASK MASK PROJECT 7: NEOPRENE LION MASK MASK PROJECT 8: INSECT MASK PROJECT 9: DODO BIRD MASK PROJECT 10: THE ELEMENTALS MASK PROJECT 11: THE WITCH MASK PROJECT 12: CREATURE Sources Bibliography Index