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Back in 2001, I was working on the
Battlestar Galactica proposal for
FX artist
Vincent Guastini. At the time, he was also doing creatures and make-up for the horror film
INFESTED. It told the tale of mutant flies who lay eggs in people's veins. One shot needed to see the eggs and a vein interior. Because it would be fairly large and closer to a set than a make up effect, Vinnie asked me to help. These pictures are courtesy of writer/ director Josh Olsen. Thank you Josh!
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It needed to come together fairly fast. Being anatomically accurate gave way to artistic license so it would look extra eerie, weird and creepy. I made a forced perspective frame of
concentric circles about 6' to 7' long, curving to one side.
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Over the frame, I stretched and glued sheets of rubber latex, letting wrinkles and creases happen where it looked organic and natural.
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Next came airbrushed shading and blue
veins. The "set" was decorated with tightly stretched scraps of latex. Vinnie took over, goring and
gooing the whole thing up with his magic.
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I remember him joking that his place was looking more like ILM than a creature shop.