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THE ARTISAN SUMMER 2024 • 27 MANHUNT WAS A UNIQUELY SPECIAL PROJECT. It hit a lot of notes that resonate with me on multiple levels. When I received a call from make-up designer and Dept. Head Make-up Robin Beauchesne, it was a fast and easy yes to come aboard and create Lincoln on the wonderful Hamish Linklater, who we had previously worked with on Angelyne. Hamish has a wonderful look and a great canvas to work with, but poses quite a few proportional and anatomical contradictions to the real Lincoln. I wanted to try and hollow him out as much as possible while keeping the prosthetics as thin as possible, and really only adding where it felt necessary. My approach is always less is more, and in likeness make-ups like this, the goal is more the essence then a duplicate of the person. So, it's a balancing act to find what works and push Hamish into some of the quintessential Lincoln characteristics while also maintaining some of his own and allowing performance to prevail. One of the choices was to give a bit more of a receding hairline, and allow us to utilize a custom lace front that could match up a bit more closely to Lincoln's own hairline, beautifully created by Sasha Camacho Van Dyke who also handled two versions of the infamously iconic beard. Colleen LaBaff was the Dept. Head Hair Designer for the show, and we discussed his partial front heavily, so that we were also matching to what she was doing with the rest of Hamish's own hair that would be exposed and utilized. To complete this look, custom contact lenses were used to shi Hamish's brown eyes a steel blue. is was then stacked with a full scleral lens that would age the white of his eye as well, both being painted by Cristina Patterson. e on-set team was led by om Floutz and Glen Griffin who handled the Lincoln look, Matt Sprunger also stepped in on multiple occasions as well. Lincoln is a character that has been duplicated by so many in our industry by make-up artists and actors alike. His gravitas and unique characteristics have made him an appealing subject, one that I had hoped to have an opportunity to take a crack at in my career. With this opportunity, I certainly felt immense pressure but also great excitement in approaching this design. When I started to block out this sculpture, it was quite tricky to find the balance that was needed while still addressing those key likeness points. Ultimately aer our initial test make-up I felt as though we found a place that managed to bring the likeness and subtlety while also allowing Hamish to shine through. His overall prosthetic look consisted of cheeks prosthetics, nose, ear prosthetics and pieces to push them out, lower lip/chin and a pate piece. Aside from Lincoln, there were also a variety of other prosthetic pieces that we created for the show such as Seward's facial gash and Booth's broken leg which was a full wrap around lower leg appliance for an internal closed fracture break which progressively gets worse throughout the hunt. is leg was lightly pre-painted and had hand punched hair as well. Which along with the other odds and ends were wonderfully applied by Dave Dupuis. A huge thanks to the entire team at my studio Vincent Van Dyke Effects Inc. for their work across the season in producing all of the prosthetics for the show. • PROSTHETICS B Y V I N C E N T V A N D Y K E P R O S T H E T I C S M A K E - U P D E S I G N E R Photo by Matt Sprunger Hamish Linklater