Every year Cinema Makeup School brings a selection of our best graduates to attend…

Every year Cinema Makeup School brings a selection of our best graduates to attend San Diego Comic Con, and this year is no exception, the line-up speaks for itself and is packed with three amazing cosplay makeups that will shake up the convention.

With just under two months until SDCC, our artists are chugging along through their schedules to ensure no detail is left behind in preparation of their makeup unveiling at the CMS booth. Each artist have strict deadlines for sculpting, floating, molding, running appliances and finally the test makeup application. The test makeup application ensures that these grads are able to work within the timeframe given to them at the convention, to know what each artist is to focus on for application day, and finally to try out the paint scheme and costuming to really make sure it is on-par with their concept.

Some of these graduates have paired up with other CMS artists to build a team of lab assistants and application hands that will help to bring the makeup to life. One current student, Jade LeBlanc (a FIDM grad) is working on helping multiple teams out with costuming and fabrication, while graduate Kelsey Waldman helps in the lab refining sculpts and making molds.