Jay: Hi, this is JP Morgan.
Teri: And I'm Teri for Makeup Magick.
Adam: And I'm Adam Hagenbuch.
Jay: Adam is here to help us do a "Killer Clown."
Kinda like "It" clown, but our version of "It" clown.
Teri: Creepy, creepy.
Jay: Creepy and bloody and more of a killer.
The companion lesson with this was going to be "How to do a Halloween set for under $100."
We'll post that lesson on Halloween day.
So check that out.
But right now, if you wanna be a killer clown for Halloween, Teri's gonna show you how to
do it.
Teri: All right, so I bought these FX Transfers, and they got stuck to the box.
So we're gonna try to see what happens.
We'll try to put it o, and try to salvage it, but...
We'll see what happens.
So first I'm gonna clean off the area, rubbing alcohol, which smells really good, right?
Adam: Oh, yeah.
Teri: It's so sticky.
So now, I'm gonna break down some edges with rubbing alcohol.
Adam: So what about this stuff makes it dissolve under the alcohol?
Teri: I, you know, I don't know.
I think a lot of sticky stuff dissolves under rubbing alcohol, no matter what.
Well, if you don't have one of these, I mean, they're cheap to buy at the makeup store and
most of the time pretty easy to use, except this particular one.
But if you don't have it, just do a lot of, like, painting and shading.
Or you could build it up with 3rd Degree or Bondo.
Make your own.
All right, so now I'm going to use some alcohol, paint and airbrush.
So with the alcohol paints, you can paint it on, which I will be doing some painting
also, but with the airbrush, it just goes on faster and there's no streaks.
I'm gonna cut down some of this where it screwed up when it got stuck.
Adam: This feels like when you go to the dentist, and they give you a ton of Novocain, and your
like, "Oh, all right, just hack away."
Teri: Your eyes will freeze that way.
Adam: Thanks mom.
Is this...is what you're turning me into gonna be like, kid-birthday appropriate?
Quality clown for a children's birthday party.
Teri: If it was me, that was the kid.
Adam: Yeah.
Teri: So the paints that I'm using are all alcohol-based paints.
So using alcohol paint, it dries fast.
Adam: Oh, okay.
Teri: And it doesn't move, plus it'll actually come off.
Adam: Oh, that's nice.
Teri: It only comes off with...what is it...90% rubbing alcohol, or actually 99% sorry.
Adam: Ninety-nine?
Teri: Ninety-nine percent.
So, right now, I'm just kinda painting on some of his eye area.
I think what makes the difference between a creepy clown and a regular clown, is a little
bit more of, like, the eyebrows and a bigger mouth and scary teeth.
Actually, a lot to do with the expression.
Adam has some great expressions, so I have a feeling he's going to be very creepy.
Adam: I find the biggest difference between the creepy and regular clown is how badly
they wanna hug you.
They're really...
Teri: I think that's a different kind of creepy.
Adam: If they're really keen to hug you, then you can classify them as a creepy clown.
Teri: Okay, so what's the difference between a killer clown?
When they hug you with a knife?
Adam: Yeah, maybe just if you see blood on them anywhere, it's a good indication.
Clowns probably, you know, typical line of work, not supposed to run into lot of blood.
Teri: Isn't all clowns kinda creepy?
Adam: I think so.
I think it's something about the smile that's painted on.
Like they can't frown, you know, so you don't really know what they feel emotionally.
Teri: Unless it's a hobo clown.
Adam: Right, and then you're like, "Oh, you're sad."
This is gonna be exciting.
I have no idea what you're doing at all.
Teri: I don't either.
Adam: It'll be a big surprise for me when I see it, though.
You can at least see what you're doing.
Teri: I'm going to go back and do some more white, on the cheeks that I'm gonna be doing
the red.
And so, if I did the white over his mouth, it would be pink.
Wonder where did clowns even came from in the first place?
Adam: I think a lot of it came out of commedia dell'arte.
They have these big, broad characters, that they would sort of put on to portray different
emotions.
Kind of a totally different approach to acting than like real method or like, trying to be
real in any way.
Teri: So it's like when they were doing all the face painting?
Adam: Yeah, they'd paint on what emotions they were supposed to be feeling and stuff
like that
Teri: It's more than I know, but I always wondered why?
Adam: Yeah, it's like this seems like such a weird abstract form of...
I think a lot of it came out of... because there were like several archetypes of commedia
dell'arte, and then the main one that a lot of, like, clown and joker figures came out
of was the Harlequin, which is, like, what I think with a traditional clown kind of look
like.
It was like a silly character.
And that's like...that was the same time as, like, court jesters and things like that.
And, of course, that's where they get the name of that character who's...
Teri: Harley Quinn.
Adam: ...Joker's sidekick, yeah, Harley Quinn.
They're pretty on the nose about the names and the Batman world.
Joker, Two-Face.
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Teri: So I use the alcohol-based paint right on the lips.
And it dries and stays a lot better.
I'm going over it several times, because the more that you go over it after it dries, the
darker the color gets.
So I'm gonna go underneath his eyes with the black pencils, because I don't want to put
the alcohol-based paint, like, under his eyes.
Here I go and irritate you.
Adam: Sorry, I don't do make-up very often so...
Or, at least not this kind of make-up.
On our show, I don't dress up as a killer clown very often.
Teri: I'm going in with a red pencil, because I'm so close to his eye.
I think I just kind of go and do it, and see if something else needs to be added to it
after I get more done, you know, keep building it up.
So I'm testing out the wig, and I'm going to pull some of its own hair out so we can
put it in there, and I'm going to do some color and then spray paints, and pin it down.
So he's going to get in costume first, because he won't be able to get the costume...
There's another one, sorry.
He won't be able get the costume on with the wig on.
Oh, you're so pretty.
Adam: Thank you.
Teri: So we're almost done, we're going to try some contacts.
We've gonna get a rubber nose.
Adam: Yeah.
Teri: Can you see?
Adam: That's awesome.
Teri: All right, let's get you dressed.
Adam: Cool.
Teri: So this is a really cheap Beetlejuice wig that I cut the the forehead out of.
And then I'm going to make it so his hair sticks out.
So you don't necessarily need to go out and buy a real expensive wig.
I thought this one would be funny, because I can spray paint it, and do a lot of colors.
I could do this whole thing with his own hair, but I didn't want to have to spray paint in
his whole head.
Adam: Thank you.
Teri: Okay.
So now I'm going to spray paint some of the wig.
Yeah, this is hair spray paint, so I can do that in here.
All right, so now I'm gonna actually go back and spray a little bit more white in some
of the areas that he needs down here.
All right, teeth, rubber nose, eye balls.
Adam: Oh my gosh, this is great.
This should be, like, my dating profile.
Jay: So, there you have it.
Teri gave you some great advice on how to do a creepy clown for Halloween.
What do you think Teri?
Teri: I think it turned out great.
Jay: I do too.
They look fabulous.
So get out there and be a clown for Halloween, unless you're a clown most of the time, and
then you may wanna be something else.
But if not, be a clown for Halloween.
Keep those cameras rolling keep on clicking.
Teri: Honk, honk.
Jay: Trisha Zemp made a stop motion out of the Slanted Lens logo.
She's gonna teach you how to do this and much, much more if you go to theslantedlens.com/stopmotion.com.
Buy the download, it'll teach you everything you need to know about stop motion.
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Jay: And?
Adam: @hagenboo.
Jay: And there you have it.
Adam: Honk.