Local 706 - The Artisan

THE ARTISAN SPRING 2021 • 45 Transluz and alcohol. John and I got him done super fast and the cover lasted all day. Dom Fishback played Deb, Fred's 19-year-old girlfriend. Her early looks are more edgy as a student, to softer through her love story and pregnancy. Her skin was always dewy with soft brows. I used 4KLWC + Schmix for skin, 4K Lipwear in Nudism for cheeks and lids and Alco Color for brows. The Panthers were the main group and were kept clean and groomed. As the story intensified, so did their look. The other Chicago factions forming The Rainbow Coalition were The Young Lords—Puerto Ricans, The Crowns—African Americans, The Patriots—poverty-striken Irish and Polish Americans. Each had their own leader. Nicholas Velez played Cha Cha Jimenez, leader of The Young Lords. I bleached his brows, shaped and bleached his beard, toned them and changed his skin tone to work for his character. Khris Davis had float-off sideburns made by John Blake for his Steel character. Blake also did Nick Fink's make-up and sidies as Fesperman.• The Panthers as you never saw them, behind the scenes L-R: Dom Fishback's Deb as a student; in daylight; without make-up Row 1: Nicholas Velez; Velez as Young Lords leader Cha Cha Jimenez; Nick Fink playing Young Patriots' Fesperman. Row 2: Khris Davis before make-up; Davis with float-off sideburns for Steel, The Crowns leader; Amber Chardae Robinson as Panther Betty Coachman. Row 3: Dominique Thorne as Panther Judy Harmon, Darrell Britt-Gibson as Panther Bobby Rush, Algee Smith as Panther Jake Winters.

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