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Sarah Byrne 

BA [Hons] Character MakeUp Design

My name is Sarah Byrne. I specialised in Character MakeUp Design in IADT on the BA in Design for Stage and Screen. Working in the TV and film industry has been a dream of mine for as long as I can remember. My passion for working in the industry has only grown over time with the experience I have gained on the many jobs working in the hair and makeup department during the past 4 years. I have gained experience working with the Irish National Opera, designing and creating silicone masks for music festivals, working on RTE shows in the makeup, hair and art department and Grad Films at IADT. My passion has only grown stronger with this experience and I welcome new projects

Character design and makeup application for the character Canio from Ruggero Leoncavallo’s, ‘Pagliacci’. Full face of custom made, overlapping, silicone prosthetics and custom made latex bald cap.
Character design template for key character Canio to demonstrate materials required for recreation for film sequence.
This images illustrates the technical processes used in the creation of silicone prosthetic pieces. Casting in alginate to create plaster facecast. Mapping cast for sectional prosthetic pieces. Mother mould for sectional casts to create flat plates. Image of sculpts in sectional mould. Silicone prosthetic pieces.
storyboard sequence for key character
Character design and makeup application for Tonio from Ruggero Leoncavallo’s ‘Pagliacci’. Custom made latex bald cap, with laid on crepe hair.
Character design and makeup application for Nedda from Ruggero Leoncavallo’s ‘Pagliacci’.
Character design and makeup application of Beppe from Ruggero Leoncavallo’s ‘Pagliacci’.
Nedda; without her clown makeup. Natural women’s makeup, with a simple half up hair style, to keep the hair away from her face and show her natural beauty.
Beppe; without his clown makeup. Subtle male makeup to create skin imperfections.
Tonio; without his clown makeup Skin imperfections, and custom bald cap with added crepe hair.
‘Pagliacci’

A verismo opera written by Ruggero Leoncavallo in 1892, an opera filled with humour, romance and dark violence. It depicts the life of a traveling acting troupe whose leader, out of an act of jealousy, murders his own wife and her lover while preforming in front of an audience.
I decided to design this with the intention of creating characters that could be seen within society, while also creating their clown personas that represent their emotions on the inside.

Character MakeUp Design
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