Bruised and beaten
According to face painter Viken, one of the hottest looks this season is the dead man or an injured face look. "We get all kinds of requests. I often have youngsters, usually above the age of 15 come to me with photos of a dead man's face, when it has slightly greyed after the body being kept for a few days. These youngsters are not keen on characters. They like to focus more on enhancing certain features like the eyes, or the mouth region." Injured faces are popular too. "People love that crack on the forehead with blood dripping from it, or a tear on the skin with the skeleton exposed. Zombie faces are popular too. Usually, the customer shows us a photo of a prototype and we just try to match it, on the spot," Viken says.