Special effects makeup · prosthetics · character creation

Antonina Shipniagova

SFX makeup artist and character creator

I build injuries, burns, prosthetic pieces and full character looks — three years of self-directed work on cosplay and character projects, and a 2026 SFX course at MUD Berlin where I worked on models for the first time.

I'm looking for work as a makeup or SFX assistant on film, television and commercial sets. Based in Bali, open to relocation and shoot travel — any country.

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Based in: Bali, Indonesia
Available for: Relocation and travel, worldwide
Looking for: Makeup or SFX assistant, brand and cosplay work
Languages: Russian native · English B2 · Chinese B2 · learning German

Technical SFX

Injury and prosthetic work

Created during the SFX course at MUD Berlin, 2026 — applied on models and fellow students.

Full-face prosthetic: stitched lacerations, grafted skin, discoloured tissue — Full-face prosthetic application

Second-degree burn across cheek and temple with blisters and a split nose bridge — Second-degree facial burn

Deep avulsion wound on a forearm with exposed tissue — Avulsion wound, forearm

Scalding burn along a forearm with intact and broken blisters — Scald burn with blister work

Extensive burn along a forearm, colour matched to a deeper skin tone — Burn work, matched across skin tones

Laceration and abrasion, turnaround

Deep incised wound on a forearm with defensive cuts beside it — Incised wounds, forearm

Ageing makeup: softened skin texture, shadowing and fine lines — Ageing effect

Scratches across the face and torn knuckles on the hand — Fight damage, face and hands

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Character and cosplay

Personal character projects

Concept, makeup, styling and photography developed and applied by me, over three years.

Porcelain doll character: painted face splitting open over raw tissue, stitched with thread — Porcelain doll, split face

Cracked porcelain doll makeup in white and grey with pearl detailing — Cracked porcelain, white face

Character with a glittered half mask lifted away from raw tissue beneath, pink sculpted fingers — Mask and sculpted hands

Creature makeup: hollowed eyes, slashes and raised ribcage ridges painted across neck and chest — Titan-inspired creature makeup — Attack on Titan

Masked executioner cosplay with a built helmet and oversized blade on a staircase in fog — Pyramid Head — Silent Hill

Bloodied nurse character with a faceless bandaged head — Bubble Head Nurse — Silent Hill

Anime character cosplay with a built bloodied blade arm — Yoru, the War Devil — Chainsaw Man

Sorceress cosplay in a pale gown with blue sculpted hands and a wide veiled hat — Ranni the Witch — Elden Ring

Dead bride character with blue hair, pale painted skin and an open corset wound — Corpse Bride — Tim Burton's Corpse Bride

Victorian doll character in green silk with cracked painted skin and a lace parasol — Victorian doll, cracked skin

Vampire character with custom fangs and dark red lip — Vampire with custom fangs

Drowned angel: moss and veining across the face, feathered wings, shot in water — Drowned angel, moss and veining

Masked angel figure in white surrounded by cast blank faces and paper birds — Angel among cast faces

Ruptured eye prosthetic built over the eye socket — Ruptured eye

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Props and fabrication

Built by hand

Pattern, foam, assembly, paint and weathering. Everything here is worn in the character work above.

Build sequence for an oversized chainsaw head: pattern, cut foam teeth, assembly, paint and finished piece — Chainsaw head, build sequence — Chainsaw Man

Oversized bloodied blade arm, built and painted, worn over the forearm — Yoru's blade arm, foam build

Built pyramid helmet and oversized blade carried on a staircase in fog — Pyramid Head helmet and great blade

Glittered half mask lifted away from raw tissue beneath, with sculpted pink fingers — Mask and sculpted hands

Painted doll face splitting open over raw tissue, laced together with thread — Split doll face, threaded

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Photography

Shooting the work

Three years of staged creative shoots — concept, lighting, styling and composition. Every character image on this page was shot by me.

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Skills

What I bring to a department

Working

Wounds, cuts, lacerations, stitched effects
Burns and blister work
Bruising, abrasions, blood work
Character and creature design
Painted prosthetic pieces and masks
Prop building in foam, pattern to paint
Wigs, styling and costume assembly
Photography, lighting and staged shoots

Building on

Sculpting, moulding and casting in silicone
Airbrush
On-set continuity and department workflow
Bald caps and hair laying
German

Working style

Calm under pressure, clean workspace
Takes direction, asks before improvising
Careful with performers' skin and removal

Training and background

Where the work comes from

Training: SFX101 Makeup Course — MUD Berlin Studio (Make-up Designory), 30 September – 14 October 2026
Experience: Three years of self-directed cosplay and character creation · three years of photography and staged creative shoots
Materials: 3rd Degree, Pros-Aide, Rigid Collodion, gelatine, alcohol-activated palettes, EVA foam and worbla for props

Audience

1.3 million views on horror and character work

TikTok @_maybe_emilyyy, 12 months to October 2026. Mostly organic: 88.7% of views came from the For You feed.

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Profile visits

Open to brand collaborations, Halloween and event work, and paid character commissions.

Contact

Tell me the project and the dates

Script pages, a reference, or just a description of the effect — I'll come back with an approach and what it needs in the chair.

antoninashipniagova@gmail.com

Instagram

@_maybe_emilyyy_

TikTok

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