Make-up for Special Effects Unit: Brave New World: Chinese Traditional Novels (Human Animal Hybrid)

After I have received the brief of the nature inspired human hybrid project, it reminds me of some nature inspired human hybrid characters which I saw on television dramas when I was small and they are the well-known Chinese traditional novels such as 'Journey to the West II' in 1998 and 'Gods of Honour' in 2001.

'Journey to the West II' (1998)

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In 'Journey to the West II' from 1998, you can discover several human hybrid characters inspired by animals. On below, there are two characters from the drama which is a human hybrid inspired by animals :

Sun Wukong

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The photos on above shows a monkey hybrid who's name is called Sun Wukong and as you can see the protagonist has got the features of the monkey (golden hair around his face, eyeliners is drawn on around the eyes to match the monkey's eyes looking).

Zhu Bajie

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Zhu Bajie's character is based on the idea of half pig and half human. The character has featured the pig nose and ears which you can see straight away he is a pig human hybrid. You can also see he has got a big tummy and looks obesity as well.

'Gods of Honour' (2001)

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In 'Gods of Honour', a character named Liu Tsan Tsi who is portrayed by Dickson Lee is one of the example of a hybrid based on human and Garuda Bird Eagle. The idea of his character is an immortal and the reason why he turned into a hybrid is because he was told by his master Yunzhongzi to help his father but he need to grab his weapon first which is at the edge of the cliff. He tries to search for it and soon he found two large apricots at the edge of the cliff and he ate them in a rush and after that, his back suddenly sprouted two large wings and his face turned into a monster looking. In the TV drama 'Gods of Honour' in 2001, his character has features the eagle's beak which was being reshaped on the mouth and he has got the eagle's wings as well. Also you can see the photo on below, the make-up artist has created depth in between the eyebrows and so it looks similar appearance to the eagles.

Liu Tsan Tsi