Kenneth Calhoun

@superkenfx

IATSE Local 706 Makeup Artist: Prosthetics | Beauty | Grooming | Character | Lab work | FX Los Angeles, CA For bookings or inquiries, please DM me.
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Words cannot express how much working on @michaelmovie meant to me! Having the opportunity to work with and learn from @bcorso was such a dream come true already, but you combine that with MICHAEL JACKSON, I pinched myself everyday. I learned so much and am eternally grateful for Bill to trust me to assist on such a huge project. Thank you @farmercarla for also teaching me and being such a huge support. Thank you @lilliesf for always brightening the day! And thank you @jaafarjackson and @julianokrue for being the most AMAZING actors to work with!
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3 days ago
Artists at work! Doing touch ups on our zombies in between takes. I’m so grateful I had the opportunity to work along side an artist who I’ve always admired, @garrett_immel . Not only a great makeup artists, but he’s also the guitarist for one of my favorite bands @the_ghastly_ones ! I had so much fun those two nights! Dancer: @ryanlramirez Photo: @carmetenuta Prosthetics: @tinsleystudio Makeup department head: @bcorso Hair department head: @farmercarla
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8 days ago
@farmercarla , @lilliesf @bcorso and myself doing touches on @jaafarjackson in between takes for the Billie Jean section of @michaelmovie . This was one of the many pinch me moments I had while filming Michael. 😊photo by @carmetenuta
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11 days ago
BTS shot of a little touch up paint on the lovely @ryanlramirez during the filming of the THRILLER sequence of @michaelmovie . Makeup department head @bcorso Hair department head @farmercarla Prosthetics provided by @tinsleymua @tinsleystudio Photo by @carmetenuta
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13 days ago
Flashback Friday! Painting a polyfoam head for the short film @watchershortfilm for @alanpoefosho . Hand painted with @ppipremiereproducts @skinillustratorofficial and @melproductsusa . Here I’m just taking a little alcohol on a thin brush and going over capillaries I had previously painted to soften them a little bit and try to create the feeling that they are under the skin.
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14 days ago
Laying hair is one of my favorite things to do when working a character makeup! Here are a few pics of some hand laid facial hair I applied and styled for the @michaelmovie ! Featured in the photos are @josephdjones @_rhyanhill and @_christopherharris . All incredibly talented artists ! Makeup department head @bcorso .
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15 days ago
A really nice shot taken by my friend @melbellmua while I was working on my THRILLER zombie performer @ryanlramirez . It was such a surreal feeling being surrounded by so many artists that I absolutely admired and inspired me to get into makeup. I was lucky enough to get the chance to talk with many of them over the course of those two nights and learned so much. @dennisliddiard told me “Your in school, so learn as much as you can while working with all of these artists.” He was totally right and that’s exactly what I did. Every one of them answered every question I had m, and gave me so much great advice! So grateful for this opportunity. Thank you @bcorso , and shout out to @frendsbeautypro @frendsbeauty for supplying us with all of our makeup and fx needs 😊
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15 days ago
I absolutely love these THRILLER makeup kits created by @bcorso and @tinsleymua @tinsleystudio that were given to every artist! They had teeth, paints, mouth stains, some had prosthetics, and reference photos! I’m going to make a display for mine! Very grateful I was able to do a zombie for the THRILLER sequence of @michaelmovie ! Foam ran by @rbfxprosthetics @rbfxstudio
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16 days ago
Doing touch ups on my boy @julianokrue . I can’t say enough great things about him! He’s so nice, talented, and funny! He had me laughing all the time. We shared a love of professional wrestling, so we would constantly be talking about matches while he was in my makeup chair. He’s truly one in a million. Thanks for being so much fun to work with @julianokrue ! Photo by @melia.kai.ford
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18 days ago
Along with assisting with prosthetics, tattoo cover, hair, and character work, @bcorso was kind enough to let me do some beauty makeups as well for @michaelmovie ! Here is a fun disco makeup I got to apply to the stunning @hayltheking who I absolutely adore, for Studio 54. I got to use my @patmcgrathlabs_contact @patmcgrathreal pallets for this along with @ardellbeauty lashes. Photo by @bcorso Beautiful hair by @farmercarla
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18 days ago
One of the highlights of working on @michaelmovie was being able to do my own zombie for the recreation of THRILLER! As a kid, of course I was obsessed with the making of video. Soon after moving to Los Angeles, I’d go to the Pasadena library, and check out the making of thriller book regularly to study the work of @therickbaker . This was such an amazing experience. Thank you @bcorso for trusting me with my own zombie. Thank you @tinsleymua for the amazing prosthetic. Thank you @dennisliddiard for encouraging me and thank you @ryanlramirez for being so amazing to work with. Photo by @carmetenuta This makeup was created using no airbrush or spattering. Rubber mask grease, aqua color, eyeshadows, pax, and alcohol inks. All done by hand. Wanted to try to keep it as authentic as I could 😊
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19 days ago
Keeping @jaafarjackson cool in between takes to help maintain the makeup. As you can see by my double makeup bags, I wanted to be prepared for anything 🤣. I absolutely loved working with Jaafar! Seriously the nicest person ever!! Also photographed the incredible @_christopherharris ! Photo taken by @melia.kai.ford . Fan created by @mikemekash . Makeup designer and department head @bcorso . Prosthetics created by @tinsleymua @tinsleystudio hair created by @farmercarla
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20 days ago