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Skills that get you booked more

• Hair as well as makeup

  Artists who can do both work far more days, especially on small crews.

• Special effects and prosthetics

  Wounds, aging, creature work, casting and sculpting. A separate craft and a well paid one.

• Airbrush and camera-ready technique

  High resolution cameras show everything. What reads well in person can look painted on screen.

• Period and character research

  Getting 1962 right is half the job on a period production.

• Sanitation discipline

  Clean kit, disposable applicators, no double dipping. Reputation and health rules both ride on this.