By Sophia Rahman
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Jacqueline Lombardo spends up to 12 hours on creations from Game of Thrones villains to 2D Wonder Woman.
Using little more than a camera, a black table cloth, a whole load of make-up and even more talent, the 26-year-old art director brings her other-worldly characters to life.
Jacqueline, based in New York, said she has always been attracted to using makeup to customise looks, and first branched out by doing her friends’ makeup for functions, before graduating to special effects styles two years ago.
She said: “When I create pre-existing characters, as opposed to original designs, it’s usually based on movies or TV shows coming out.
“You start seeing posters and other promotional media and it’s instant inspiration for me!”
For her most complicated designs, such as ones with morphed perspective, Jacqueline uses an un-made-up photo of herself and digitally sketches over it in Photoshop, then continuously refers to high quality photos as she creates the look.
The painstaking process takes between four and six hours on average.
She said: “The longest one took 12 hours, which was for Comic Con. I was a woman White Walker/Night Queen.
“I painted the normal area - face and chest - but also had to do my full arms, legs and even my back. I also did my sister’s and cousin’s makeup who were the Mad Hatter and a Splicer from Bioshock.”
After completing the look, Jacqueline then captures the finished character by lighting herself an LED ring light, against a black backdrop.
She said: “The most recent look of mine was Arya Stark. Because she is a real actress without heavy makeup or SFX prosthetics, it was very difficult to get her facial proportions right.
“Getting those minute details of facial structure and realistic texture is the most challenging part. I’m still working on that skill.
“Since I mostly stick to flat, 2D painting, I only can use shading and highlighting - as opposed to 3D moulds - to create the illusion of shapes and features.
“But it’s these challenge that keeps me excited to keep going and continue to improve!”