Actors and actresses usually spend several hours doing their hair, makeup, and trying on costumes to turn into the character they will play in the movie. The level of detail and perfection that must be achieved to make them look as believable as possible is so high that many people are usually involved in the different tasks to make everything look as good as possible.
When a character has tattoos, it is a whole extra task that requires a lot of time and dedication on those who are part of the makeup team. Originally, many years ago, tattoos were done with make-up but this posed several difficulties as, for example, if the actor or actress perspired or the tattoo had contact with the costumes, it ended up moved or erased.
In 1970, a company called Temptu created an alcohol-based, water-resistant paint to overcome this initial problem. At that time, it was possible to make the tattoo last a whole day of filming, retouching it only a few times, but the hard part was that, as with makeup, it had to be applied by hand, so if the character had multiple tattoos, the actor or actress had to spend long hours waiting for the tattoo to be done.
It was with the movie Pearl Harbor that the renowned makeup artist Christian Tinsley was hired for the special effects area. There were several scenes in that film with many extras involved who had to have tattoos and wounds; therefore, Tinsley devised a system that consisted of transferring images directly to the skin. Since then, this greatly facilitated the work and is still a very popular method used in films.
One of the main physical characteristics of the character Hardin (Hero Fiennes-Tiffin) in the entire After movie saga is his tattoos. This has been a great challenge for those in charge of placing them on his body, especially to make them look real and always in the same place. A big challenge, isn’t it? But as we have seen in the three movies, they have successfully managed to make them look super realistic. Haven't you seen them yet? Don't miss them in After We Fell which will soon hit theaters in Latin America on September 2 in Brazil and on September 9 in Mexico, Argentina, Colombia, Bolivia and Peru.
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