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By Sean Michael Ragan

Sean Michael Ragan

I am descended from 5,000 generations of tool-using primates. Also, I went to college and stuff. I am a long-time contributor to MAKE magazine and makezine.com. My work has also appeared in ReadyMade, c't – Magazin für Computertechnik, and The Wall Street Journal.

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March 2nd, 2010 2

In honor of DIY Movie Making Month, I’ve been digging through the archives to de-blog some special-effects-related oldies-but-goodies from months past. Click on in!

Action effects:

• Almost-free squirting blood effect
• HOW TO – Make fake glass…
• Twins from “The Shining” projection

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Makeup effects:

• HOW TO – Realistic scar with stitches
• DIY Halloween : Zombie Makeup from the Haunted Report
• Flashback: Halloween Wounds and Prosthetics

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Set decorating:

• Alien twins life support system haunt prop
• Weekend Project: Hot Glue Web Gun (PDF)
• DIY Halloween – The Classics :: Fog Chiller

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Animation:

• Graphic animations from a gunsight
• MUTO – Graffiti animation
• City of books papercraft animation
• 1985 computer animation on an Apple IIe

What’s that? I missed your favorite F/X related post? E-mail me!

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By Sean Michael Ragan

Sean Michael Ragan

I am descended from 5,000 generations of tool-using primates. Also, I went to college and stuff. I am a long-time contributor to MAKE magazine and makezine.com. My work has also appeared in ReadyMade, c't – Magazin für Computertechnik, and The Wall Street Journal.

View more articles by Sean Michael Ragan

@seanragan

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