Don’t forget – this week is the third San Antonio Horrific Film Fest!
We’re working through the clock to bring you five chill-packed days of horrific entertainment. With movies, zombies, gothic beauties, and all kinds of blood-curdling craziness!
The festivities commence this Wednesday, August 25th at 6pm; at the La Quinta Convention Center in Downtown San Antonio.
Check out the official website for more details. We’ll also be live-blogging from the event on Twitter using the hashtag #horrificfilmfest, and uploading plenty of photos to Flickr.
Hope to see you there!
The Darkness have been rather busy over the past few weeks, in preparation for the San Antonio Horrific Film Fest. Nevertheless, we’ve also been beavering away through the night as we work on one of the largest projects we’ve been offered: Creating not one, but two 12 foot tall statues of Lady Justice.
Although very much a work in progress; the slideshow below shows how the project starts off small, as a hand-sculpted maquette. Clay is then piled onto a reinforced platform and armature before the big sculpt commences.
The slideshow will be updated as we cast molds of the sculpt in silicone over the next few nights. These molds will then be used to make lightweight fiberglass shells of the original sculpt.
Stay tuned for more updates to the website, as well as a couple of long-awaited video blogs!
…Take that title as you may, but here is a quick pic of a zombie on the set of our latest FX shoot!! ( Courtesy of our friend Heathenstorm!) More pics and our second video blog coming up over the weekend. Take care!!!
"Damn,.....they can read!!!"
Hey guys…Check out our first Production Webisode!! We’ll be bringing you a new one every week to keep you updated on what we’re working on and show you a behind the scenes look at The Darkness in action!
The Darkness production blog 01 from The Darkness on Vimeo.
Also, I’ve had some requests for more workshops on different dates so I’ll be sure to post up some “extras” this coming week. If you don’t know what I’m talking about feel free to go to our FX Workshop schedule and sign up for some really cool classes! Talk to you soon Zombies and Zombettes!!!
Hello boys and ghouls!! I know a lot of you have requested more in depth “how-to’s” than what is taught at the demonstrations we do around town every now and then. Well, we’ve finalized a great schedule of special effects workshops for the rest of the summer and early fall before Halloween!
If you’ve ever wanted to know how to make zombies, scars, burns, or even your very own halloween masks then you definitely want to check out the class schedule. You’ll learn great techniques to make monsters on a budget and even take part in special advanced classes to work with some of the leading techniques and newest materials used in film and tv right now.
Here’s a small list of things you’ll learn;
Life Casting
Sculpting
Mold making
Prop building
Painting and Airbrushing Techniques
and much, much more!!!
Halloween is just around the corner! If you’re interested in Special Effects Makeup, independent filmmaking, or even if you’re just an artist who wants to expand their horizons, you’ll enjoy these fun workshops. We provide all the materials you’ll need and even your lunch!! Take advantage of these classes now and be the scariest monster in town this Halloween!!
Quick update to let you guys know that we’ll be posting the schedule for our FX Workshops in May by the weekend. Also some new pics up of some of the models for our upcoming “Girls of Darkness” Calendar!!
Girls of Darkness Calendar Coming Soon!!
New Website is Live!!
Hey guys, a quick note about our new website. Feel free to look around. Check out the Forum and post some pics of your own work. We are still under construction but you can start getting used to the new AWESOME layout. Much thanks to our friend Heathenstorm for getting us up to speed with the rest of the internet.
Thanks for stopping by and be sure to check back in couple of days when we’ll have alot more pics and info up for you to see. Also coming soon are some makeup tutorials and a customer gallery as well as new products for 2010. Take care of yourselves and hope you enjoy the new site.
