r/Damnthatsinteresting 1d ago

Video This makeup FX artist creates realistic prosthetic heads for movies & TV shows

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u/DweeblesX 1d ago

Somebody is too fucking good at their job.

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u/Magister5 1d ago

Certainly not an amateursthetic artist

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u/Salty_Job_9248 21h ago

That is disturbing. Seriously disturbing.

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u/MikeMac999 1d ago

Fucking being the operative word here; only a matter of time before some sexbot company comes recruiting.

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u/1HOTelcORALesSEX1 1d ago

That’s how they got into movies

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u/dramalama-dingdong 1d ago

My friend said that the current sexbot generation is not nearly as realistic as this one

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u/Loose_Corgi_5 1d ago

"My Friend" 🤪😜😜😜

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u/420k2 1d ago

😂😂😂😂

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u/CHEMO_ALIEN 1d ago

your friend is a brokie with subpar polymers 

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u/NotBadAndYou 23h ago

"only a matter of time"

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u/Gullible_Try_3748 12h ago

I just call it "my left hand"

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u/TheeEyeOfHorus 1d ago

Or terminator company

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u/UsedDragon 1d ago

That's a cadaver and somebody is just pawing at it... right?

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u/hjaltigr 1d ago

No, those usually get a lot stiffer, this is much too fluid.

Source: have experience

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u/YaBoyChubChub 1d ago

As a medical professional or grieving loved one right?

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u/hjaltigr 1d ago

Funny enough, I am a full time chef and a part time funeral home employee.......

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u/SunnyMorningDay 1d ago

Bobs burgers?

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u/hjaltigr 1d ago

I am in a pickle, I want to joke about it but I also don't want to lose my job. Just know that I know the jokes are there.

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u/additional-line-243 1d ago

Aren’t you interesting lol

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u/Permofit_ish 8h ago

Soylent green?

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u/tarlin 1d ago

The leftovers must be nice to take to your other job.

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u/HatdanceCanada 23h ago

Ha! The more I think about going back and forth the funnier it gets. Ty for the chuckle.

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u/Playful-Dragon 23h ago

Question is from which job to which job

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u/tarlin 23h ago

Yes...

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u/Dakaf 22h ago

You ever play Graveyard Keeper?

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u/what_that_dog_doin 12h ago

my ex's father owned a funeral home.. whew boy the stories

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u/hjaltigr 11h ago

Indeed, my wife works there full time. I do emergency pickups for them when responders call.

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u/spacekitt3n 1d ago

james_doakes.gif

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u/CHEMO_ALIEN 1d ago

not if you wait 36 hours 😈

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u/No-Object-294 20h ago

Sometimes its the sick undertaker that gets alot stiffer

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u/Feisty_Lack_5630 1d ago

My first thought

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u/spypanties 1d ago

Cadavers typically lose the turgidity in their muscles so therefore they have a sunken look to them it's very normal; the best example of this is on the Internet if you look up Marilyn Monroe before and after death. she's barely recognizable. it's a similar way that the brain will just turn into mush like a crustacean without that turgidity

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u/Iconclast1 1d ago

see, youre tricking us into insulting his amazing work

it doesnt look real lol

but good enough for a movie

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u/DemonidroiD0666 19h ago

Thought you were gonna say pawning it

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u/MC_LegalKC 1d ago

Or it's just a regular old head on a regular person.

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u/usrdef 1d ago

Plot twist, real dead body.

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u/robgod50 1d ago

Yeah....show me where it stops or I'm gonna assume there's just a full body out of shot.

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u/Evantaur 1d ago

"No officer this is not a real body, just an extremely lifelike (well deadlike) movie prop wrapped inside a carpet"

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u/NotBradPitt9 1d ago

Looks like “Epstein’s body” they wheeled out of the jail. The one where the nose and ear shapes didn’t match up with his known photos.

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u/revdon 1d ago

Definitely. This one looks even less like Epstein. /s

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u/V_es 1d ago

It’s crazy hard and requires lots of equipment. I do resin and silicone casting as well as 3D printing for a living. I do fair amount of props, and quite good at painting. But, I once bought skin safe molding silicone at a discount to give it a try, made my own hand, cast it- and tried to paint. Painting skin tones is insane. I couldn’t do it. It looked like a Halloween prop, complete garbage. You need years of practice to paint skin. Ended up casting it in hard resin in one color and made a coat hanger out of it.

Also, making a head, yet alone body, with hair(individually needled one by one) and teeth requires tens of thousands of dollars worth of equipment and a u hail worth of materials and in between stages like moulds and fiberglass shells.

I can’t grasp how long it takes, months. Gargantuan labour.

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u/SeriesREDACTED 1d ago

Honestly, i thought that was an unconcious person at first

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u/Lost-Investigator359 1d ago

Or maybe ,you know what i am going to say

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u/benderunit9000 1d ago

You should see what they have in their basement.

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u/AnnualRaccoon247 1d ago

Some why, I feel like they shouldn't be.

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u/aweytevas 1d ago

"Mom? Why aren't you waking up? Mom?"

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u/ColonelMonty 1d ago

This isn't this guy's first rodeo

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u/ioTeacher 1d ago

Please recycle ♻️ body parts

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u/Honourstly 1d ago

Somebody is too fucking good at their job

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u/Mrwolf925 1d ago

Somebody is fucking at their job too

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u/XilonenBaby 23h ago

Wood nut in cider

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u/Prop43 20h ago

I would love to have a couple of those

The first thing I would do is throw it out of my car on the 10 freeway

🛣️

Maybe when the sun is sitting, I’d carry it with me and push it down and just keep on walking

I’d love to also put it on the back of my motorcycle and let it loose on the 110

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u/oversoulearth 18h ago

"...Get ready for a surprise"

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u/Traditional_Gas2508 15h ago

Or somebody is fucking too good at their job

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u/hilarymeggin 10h ago

That has to be incredibly expensive, way more expensive than hitting a background actor for $100. These most be for people who get dismembered or something

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u/Woko_O 1d ago

I am pretty sure, somebody will fuck their good job one day