Tony Stark: I am motherfuckin' Robert Downey Jr

So halloween is over, and I feel cracked out like the costume junkie that I am.



I wanted to try a challenge....
I wanted to make myself look like an extraordinarily handsome man. 

I meditated on my finest make-up skills, acquired a black t-shirt and a small, round, light, and set to work one night at 3 am.

YES, I SAID 3 AM. BECAUSE I AM A CRAZY PERSON WHO APPARENTLY DOESN'T NEED TO SLEEP.


Anyway.

Check out what I came up with for my first make-up and costume run.

Some of the preliminary foundation and contouring, to elongate my nose, thicken my brows, make my cheekbones pop and my mouth and jaw to look more masculine. 

Finished product, handsome-man brooding face included. 

Potts? 

Where could she be? I forgot my Social Security Number again. 

Tony Motherfuckin' Stark. 

What I would do differently next time: 

- Slick my hair back with gel 
-Get actual black crepe wool for realistic facial hair (sometimes eye liner and a sponge just doesn't cut it.) 
-Not attempt this at 3 am. 

Questions? Comments? Requests?
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A 'stache by any other name

Easy Costume idea: 

HOW TO BE A HIPSTER. 

I found some stick on mustaches in a box and subsequently spent the rest of my day wearing one.
Time well spent. 

Commission work: Cowardly Lion

So I was commissioned to make a Cowardly Lion Costume for under $100. This is how I did it (though not a very good step-by-step guide, as I did seem to forget to photograph most of the steps. Oops....) 

Sculpting the ears out of polymer clay. 

Clay is baked and hardened, and now painted. 

Working on the body suit piece - basically an adult footie pajamas with a zipper in the back. 

More polymer clay sculpted for the feet.

Attaching the lion claws to the feet and make it basically indestructible with superglue and duct-tape

Glueing/sewing the fur over the polymer clay. 

Wish I had a better photo, but this is pretty much the finished product for the feet: lion toes jutted off the end, and the rest easily tied over the top of a man's sneaker with elastic bands. 

Now Sculpting for the Hands. 

Attaching nails to paws and gluing/sewing fur over. 

Adding little leathery touches. 

Finished Mittens. 

Hood and lining of hood with ears. 

Now all attached! 

Hood with cowl, ears, and curly mane. 

The body suit finished. Chest fur, Tail, and Padded knees. 

My client was so thrilled! 

IT crowd: Moss costume

After I found out my managers were pretty dorky, I came to work on Halloween dressed like this. It earned plenty of laughs. 

Key elements of a Moss costume: 

-A checkered shirt 

-A zig-zag brown tie 

-Baggy pants (preferably corduroys because that's what he wears, but I went with tweed. Close enough). 

-Frizzy dark hair 

-Big nerdy glasses 

-Converse 

I spent the night in character, wreaking awkward havoc on our unfortunate customers. When my boss asked me to do something, I asked her if I could just send an email instead. 

She was not amused.