special effects bruise and graze

I fell off my bike!

So, after a long and tiring shift at work, I finished at midnight and was on my way home on my bike. I was going fast and was on the phone! I lost my balance and auto pilot set in so I braked, hard, skidded and slid off my bike to the floor! The images above show the damages to my body, (I also bent my basket on my bike) and although it was painful and embarrassing, I now have images of real life grazes and nasty bruises. I plan to remake these using makeup effects to develop my special effect skills and practice my colouration using kryolan products. 

I have taken images of my knees towards the beginning of the healing process (looking very yellow and sticky and gross) and then I took a picture more recently to see the healing process in action (still looks gross but is now hard and scarring over, red colours and less yellow tones). 

Below is a recreation of a smaller version of my nasty bruise I created on my arm:

What I used:

• super colour: black, blue, red and yellow 
• small makeup brushes and sponges 
• makeup remover to separate the colours, (instead of alcohol) 

I started with subtle tones of yellow and blended in red and blue colours for the beginning of the colour process  

I then added darker tones of blue and red to intensify the colours and add veins 

I then used black and more blue and red mixed to create a patchy veiny bruise, I also added yellow tones at the edges to show the healing process 

I then blend and removed the darker tones to act as the bruise healing and turning more yellow and green 

eventually the bruise was barely there, I added more yellow and green and removed more of the black tones

Below I have recreated a smaller version of my graze on my knee:

For this design I have used:

• Wax
• Latex
• Makeup brushes and sponges 
• Stipple sponge 
• Kryolan super colour yellow red, blue and black 
• Baby oil (instead of puss) 
• Metal spatular 

I found it hard to create this design without using puss, I don't have any so to give the finished look a shine I added baby oil, this worked for taking one picture but in the future I will have t buy puss to make this design look realistic. 

I first layered on some wax in the shape desired and then sponged on some latex.

I used a stipple sponge to get the red effect around the edges 

I used super colour palette, mainly yellow tones to get this effect, I then added baby oil give the finish a shine (I will use puss here in the future)