Wolf Halloween Face

Oh Boy! I think Ive done it! I have booked my first ever one on one adult face painting session! He wants a scary wolf face for a party hes going to. OI!! I told him my paints wash off easily but he still wants the whole face painted. (I was thinking food and drinking at party...not to mention dancing)

I have never even DONE a wold before and I have two days to practice, I researched and saw a few good ones on here Im going to merge and inspire to make my own. Especially since he wants a BROWN wolf face, lol Im just generally nervous, its for Saturday after I paint two kids parties. I will either be warmed up or tired. Maybe both! lol

any good ideas you wouldnt mind sharing Id love to have. There dosent seem to many wolf designs floating about the net. its about like an elephant face...darn hard to do!
also, on a side note METINAS photo kept cropping up in my SCARY WOLF FACE PAINT search...lol thanks in advance, ~T

oh yes, I had him send me a head shot so i could hopefully start planning where things will go. angles and such... anyone else do that to help? or is this a silly thing to do?

The Wolfe Brothers "Extreme Face Painting" has a fierce wolf in their book. I bought the book for $25 Canadian. You could go and look up the book at your Barnes & Noble, or Amazon and then go home to practice to make it your own.
I have loaned out my book to my Facepainter partner so, alas, I cannot copy it for you.
Here in Canada, we are always surrounded by swirling snow & hear the howling wolves. Always.

fesspenter wrote:, alas, I cannot copy it for you.

And that's good because you would be breaking the law.

What? I can't hear you with all the snow and wolves!!

Oh, Shannon, I hate it when you are right.
xoxo
Lisa

oh i dont wanna break any laws! its all good, ill get go me a copy to look at. =0) there are a few on this forum that has inspired me, going to merge them together along with one on google. i want to make an awesome wolf! this one is brown and making me think twilight. i seem to have it on the brain. lol

It is a very awesome wolf...the Extreme face painting book is fantastic...get it. What I like about it is the 3-D effect of the mouth because they use the bottom lip and chin to make the mouth and it looks like upper teeth and tongue. Cool. There's also an old-school movie werewolf.

Good luck.

There is also a great wolf painting demo on UTUBE, from the Chicago FP group.
Good luck and happy howwwwlllling.....

They actually havethe wolfe bro,s extreme FP book at our local library! Worth a look....I recently did my first adult facepaint for a party also..I was so nervous it was'nt funny,, but it turned out fantastic and he was the hit of the party..You will do great,,your doing all the right things..Cant wait to see it!

I recently had to come up with a wolf face, and had no idea how to do one! I am actually painting the girl tomorrow morning. I had a good look round on the net and on this forum, and came up with the one on my gallery - it's not a scary one, but gives you an idea of the great ideas and inspiration you can get from all the talented people on here!

Google an actual wolf face and see if you can figure your design from there... that way you can see exactly how the face works and figure out how to fit in on the human face to make it look more realistic.

thanks for all the new tips n tricks!! i will post pics when i get them. =0)

I've got brown wolves... grey wolves... white wolves...

These photos are both grey, but you get the idea. I have photos of brown, but they are on my other computer and I am just getting ready for work so don't have time to get on it. I did a whole wolf pack for the Jungle Book.

The second photo is actually one I painted on a guy for Halloween last year - his wife made the appointment for him (she was Red Riding Hood). It is face paint... and it does last all night on adults. They know they are wearing make-up and are generally careful enough.

ooo I love the second one!! I think that is an image i grabbed off google to look at!! lol thanks for sharing here. im combining several different images, i feel like I can tackle the design now. ...i think

ONe of my favorites is the one that Lone wolf does.
http://lone-wolf.dk/ansigtsmaling-en.html#galleri
scroll down to
"Galleri 3" (bottom left of those)

When I do a full face, I tell them to eat beforehand and to take a straw to the event to drink through. Their face will stay nicer much longer.

oi, he loved it thankfully. Im not to happy with it though, it screams BEAR to me, not BROWN WOLF. but he didnt want a 'cartoon' look with black outlines everywhere. i was lost after he said that, i cant do realistic!! never been able to. had to share the pics once I got it though, he will send another when he gets all dressed up, ill post that one to.

you did awesome!!!!

ok, this is with his costume and the girl. lol the girl always makes it better, yes? I still think it resembles a bear, but least it dosent scream it now. with little red its wolf. yahoo! my first ever halloween adult painting (besides pumpkin heads at mommy events)

thanks. =0) Im proud of it.

I think you did a great job. Congratulations

It looks great, especially with the costume.

D.

That looks great!!
And thanks for posting this thread...my son is being a brown werewolf this year and I had NO idea where to start with a wolf face!

This is helping me with werewolf options also, I can't believe you say you aren't happy, looks incredible. I'm a huge wolf fan so I mean it. I know it can be tricky with straight on wolves, they really do rather resemble cats and bears at times, and especially working on a human face, you have limited options as far as large ears and elongated snout to make it clear....
This is making me sorry I didn't go ahead and splurge on that rake brush for the hair lines...Also LOVE the Lone Wolf designs, wow. Such a mixture of inspiration and intimidation Im feeling right now

I think you did a fabulous job!! He looks fantastic in his costume. I just did my first private booking today for an adults fancy dress party. Feels so good hey!!! I was on a bit of a high after he left! : )