My first make-up experience was at Circus World in 1979 when I got my face painted like a clown with oil based make-up that didn’t wash off for three days. I didn’t play with make-up when I played dress-up because my mom never wore it, so until I was well into my teens, I only [...]

Previously: Women in Special Effects: Weta Workshop Women in Special Effects: Weta Workshop Part 2 The first miniature I ever had was a model of the original Battlestar Galactica, which was built by my dad because I was four years old and couldn’t be trusted with an Exacto knife and super glue (still can’t be, [...]

In part one of this series, several of the women working at Weta Workshop offered their advice on trying to get work in special effects. In part two they discuss the challenges they’ve faced, specifically as a woman and in general as a professional, and overcome. So, what are the biggest challenges? Related Stuff:

My brother and I were obsessed with peeling our faces off when we were kids. It looked so cool on V when the aliens would pull back their human faces to show the lizardy thing underneath. We were also obsessed with making ourselves look as gross as possible, and for no particular reason. Halloween wasn’t [...]