After graduating from Joe Blasco's School of Makeup and Prosthetics in 1993, Darren has gone on to work in Film, TV and Theatre. The projects ranging from low budget horror films like Terrortories and Book of Lore to big budget films like Avatar and District 9.
Moving to New Zealand with his wife and becoming a Special Weapons and Prop Designer was huge step for Darren. Cutting his teeth on Bungy's Halo 3 short films (pre-game release) and continuing on work with WETA Workshop on Chronicles of Narnia - Prince Caspian, District 9 and most recently Avatar. Previously a makeup and prosthetics designer, Darren has worked in Theme Parks (Universal Studios, Terror on Church Street Station), on Television (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) and in theatre (Marate Sade, North and South). He frequents convention panels and is regularly requested to give talks to film making and directing classes/schools about working with makeup and special effects departments and artists.
Bungy - Halo 3 Pre-release Short Films
Body Armour and Helmet Fabrication
Chronicles of Narnia - Prince Caspian
Armour and Weapons Fabrication
AVATAR
Marine Expopack Fabrication
Walt Disney World
EPCOT Canadian Pavilion
District 9
Special Weapons Fabrication
Walt Disney World
EPCOT Moroccan Pavilion
Owl
Flights of Wonder
Eagle
Flights of Wonder
Book of Lore
Leg Amputation
Walt Disney World
Magic Kingdom Haunted Mansion
Wilderness Lodge
Dockway Path
Invasion
3D Design - Maya/Vue
Stork
In the Oasis
Walt Disney World
Cinderella's Castle
Homecoming
3D Design Maya/Bryce
Twilight
3D Design Maya/Vue/Composite
Chopper Low
3D Design Maya/Vue
In the Jungle
3D Design Bryce/Vue
Weeping
3D Design Bryce/Vue
Moon Over
3D Design Maya/Vue
Incoming
3D Design Maya/Vue
To Mars
3D Design Bryce/Vue/Composite
Walt Disney World
Haunted Mansion by Night
Spring Carnival
Carousel Horse
This week I was invited to join Doug and Rick on the Season Pass Podcast
It was a pleasure to sit down and have a chat about Halloween Haunts, theme parks and what goes into making a good scare.
My thanks go out again to Doug for making me feel so welcome as a first time guest and I send my appologies for the allergies getting the best of me.
I admit I get bored easily with this sort of thing and wanted a change in the format of the site.
I decided to sit down and hammer out a new site and focus more on the photography aspect this time.
Yes, I agree I do miss the old animated design, but updating a fully flash driven site is no easy task and very time consuming. This new format is very smooth, much faster loading and gives me more time to get more work done.
A request for a Life-Cast was made by the Royal New Zealand Ballet. The casting was to be used as a head dressing base for one of their ballerinas After two hours prep, I was assisted by my colleague Brian Stendebach from casting to pouring of the mold.
The casting went smoothly that night and I returned the next morning for a bit of time for removing edging, mounting a flat bottom to stand the positive upright and room cleanup.
(photo by Dawn Logan)