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VanossGaming//Uriah Madi//Male//Water
What do they do while waiting for Halloween?
When Halloween has come and gone Uriah is normally stuck, bored, with no young gators to scare, no houses to haunt, no legends to spread. However there is one thing that he can always practice for the time the next Halloween rolls around. His makeup. Uriah is self taught in special effects makeup and tries to go all out every year. With enough practice he can usually string together something awesome by the time the next Halloween comes around. Sometimes it's more fantasy based with lights strung throughout the design, making it light up and glow to amuse his neighbors, the younger gators down the block, and his friends. Other times it's a scary sort of monster stuffed to the brim with ketchup (a very tasty alternative to fake blood), and made to terrify the gators around the block. His proudest achievement is the one time he managed to make a full fledged jigsaw face-up. He keeps the picture of the final product hung up in a nice silver frame over his bed. He loves applying the makeup in general. The fact that it only takes a little bit of time to completely change himself is stunning. His first time doing something original involved giving himself devil horns, which was a thrill and a half to complete. The final product amazed him and he continued to work on more original things since then. Being apart of the Water element gives him a real boost when creating his fantasy effects. Being able to manipulate water droplets or waves of water adds another level of depth to the reality of the make-up.
A little about Uriah;
His first Halloween costume was Cecil Baldwin from Welcome To Nightvale.
His favorite makeup special effect is adding horns.
Uriah's dream face-up is to make himself look like a siren of the deep.
Draws inspiration from re-runs of shows like
Face Off,
Skin Wars, and
Jim Henson's Creature Shop Challenge.
There was only one year where Uriah didn't do anything for Halloween. He was really sick and couldn't get himself out of bed.
His jigsaw face-up forever remains one of his favorite works and he still goes back to make minor changes to it as he gets better with every passing year.
Uriah likes to see how others do their special effects makeup and sometimes takes tips and pointers from others to improve his skills.
Depending on what he's aiming for, Uriah will order wigs to give the design a more feminine touch.
He plans on eventually training another gator in his ways but just hasn't found that specific one with the same passion.
~Feb: 14 My B-day!~ 
