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There was a time when prosthetics and SFX make-up were reserved for monster movies, gory fight scenes and maybe an ambitious Halloween costume. Over the last few years, however, we’ve seen a steady infiltration into the world of fashion, editorials and celebrity. Animals have been a popular trend – think Collina Strada’s barnyard animals at the AW23 show, for example, or Doja Cat’s transformation at the 2023 Met Gala into Karl Lagerfeld’s cat, Choupette. Then there’s been the rising popularity of pain and injury make-up. At Rombaut in Paris last season, SFX make-up was used to make it look like models had been in a fight with cuts, scars and footprint welts, and celebrities including Charli xcx, Doja Cat and Chappell Roan experimented with the look. Meanwhile, musician Ashnikko went full alien when she showed up at the Brit Awards last year with boil-like bubbles covering her body.

While boils and bruises may not appeal to everyone’s tastes, it’s refreshing to see the playfulness that prosthetics and SFX make-up bring to a world that can often be dominated by nude lips and dewy complexions. From Carole Méthot’s goofy buck-teethed beasts to Malina Stearn’s surreal celebrity reptiles, these artists are dreaming up creations that are equally wondrous as grotesque. 

As the gargoyled monster of SFX is coaxed out from the underbelly of the film world and reimagined in runway shows, album covers and Instagram feeds, get to know the artists raising the bar with their transformative creations.

Tilda Mace is a London-based 3D body make-up and SFX artist, known for her post-human transformations. Using prosthetics and special effects,  Mace’s work ranges from reptilian beasts to futuristic nymphs. Recently, Mace has become a frequent collaborator with musician FKA twigs, transforming her body in hypnotic performances.

Combining traditional airbrushing techniques with mixed media, Mab is the SFX artist painting satirical animations that spotlight the absurdity of female hypersexualisation. Mab’s designs are over-exaggeratedly sexual, in a way that ridicules how women’s bodies are so often depicted as sexual objects. “The overarching message behind my work is a commentary on society’s perception of women’s bodies and their rights,” Mab explains.

Wirey-haired werewolves, pierced fleshy mohawks and triple-breasted green-skinned ghouls. These are just some of the creations of SFX artist Carole Méthot, known online as Carole the Artist. Created from a toolkit of prosthetics paired with household items like paper and tape, Méthot’s work is reimagining the parameters of the SFX world. Her unnerving creatures are a testament to her ethos; to encourage fun and remind people that “imperfection is nice”.

Buttons bulging from backs and skin-deep zippers buried into chests, Loïse Hulin uses both handmade and digitally designed elements to blur the boundaries between reality and artifice. Think football jersey numbers embossed into backs and large-scale plasters embedded into thighs. Hulin’s perception of beauty allows her to create work that feels otherworldly while intrinsically human at the same time. “Beauty is the ability to transform the ordinary into the extraordinary and the extraordinary into the ordinary,” she tells Dazed.

Malina Stearns is the SFX artist who specialises in fantasy and horror. Her outlandish designs range from an albino alligator body to a full dog face prosthetic. Stearn’s reputation for her surreal creations has made her a go-to name for high-profile projects, including the likes of A$AP Rocky, Doja Cat at the Met Gala, Kim Kardashian and Nadia Lee Cohen.

There was a time when prosthetics and SFX make-up were reserved for monster movies, gory fight scenes and maybe an ambitious Halloween costume. Over the last few years, however, we’ve seen a steady infiltration into the world of fashion, editorials and celebrity. Animals have been a popular trend – think Collina Strada’s barnyard animals at the AW23 show, for example, or Doja Cat’s transformation at the 2023 Met Gala into Karl Lagerfeld’s cat, Choupette. Then there’s been the rising popularity of pain and injury make-up. At Rombaut in Paris last season, SFX make-up was used to make it look like models had been in a fight with cuts, scars and footprint welts, and celebrities including Charli xcx, Doja Cat and Chappell Roan experimented with the look. Meanwhile, musician Ashnikko went full alien when she showed up at the Brit Awards last year with boil-like bubbles covering her body.

While boils and bruises may not appeal to everyone’s tastes, it’s refreshing to see the playfulness that prosthetics and SFX make-up bring to a world that can often be dominated by nude lips and dewy complexions. From Carole Méthot’s goofy buck-teethed beasts to Malina Stearn’s surreal celebrity reptiles, these artists are dreaming up creations that are equally wondrous as grotesque. 

As the gargoyled monster of SFX is coaxed out from the underbelly of the film world and reimagined in runway shows, album covers and Instagram feeds, get to know the artists raising the bar with their transformative creations.

Tilda Mace is a London-based 3D body make-up and SFX artist, known for her post-human transformations. Using prosthetics and special effects,  Mace’s work ranges from reptilian beasts to futuristic nymphs. Recently, Mace has become a frequent collaborator with musician FKA twigs, transforming her body in hypnotic performances.

Combining traditional airbrushing techniques with mixed media, Mab is the SFX artist painting satirical animations that spotlight the absurdity of female hypersexualisation. Mab’s designs are over-exaggeratedly sexual, in a way that ridicules how women’s bodies are so often depicted as sexual objects. “The overarching message behind my work is a commentary on society’s perception of women’s bodies and their rights,” Mab explains.

Wirey-haired werewolves, pierced fleshy mohawks and triple-breasted green-skinned ghouls. These are just some of the creations of SFX artist Carole Méthot, known online as Carole the Artist. Created from a toolkit of prosthetics paired with household items like paper and tape, Méthot’s work is reimagining the parameters of the SFX world. Her unnerving creatures are a testament to her ethos; to encourage fun and remind people that “imperfection is nice”.

Buttons bulging from backs and skin-deep zippers buried into chests, Loïse Hulin uses both handmade and digitally designed elements to blur the boundaries between reality and artifice. Think football jersey numbers embossed into backs and large-scale plasters embedded into thighs. Hulin’s perception of beauty allows her to create work that feels otherworldly while intrinsically human at the same time. “Beauty is the ability to transform the ordinary into the extraordinary and the extraordinary into the ordinary,” she tells Dazed.

Malina Stearns is the SFX artist who specialises in fantasy and horror. Her outlandish designs range from an albino alligator body to a full dog face prosthetic. Stearn’s reputation for her surreal creations has made her a go-to name for high-profile projects, including the likes of A$AP Rocky, Doja Cat at the Met Gala, Kim Kardashian and Nadia Lee Cohen.