Halloween makeup

Student Vanessa Rivera, 20, of Palmdale applies the final touches of the prosthetic face piece to Brian Kelley.  (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)

Brian Kelley’s hands are made up to match his werewolf face in the prosthetics class.  (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)

Brian Kelley is canine and carnivorous after the final touches of his werewolf makeup at the Joe Blasco Makeup Center in Hollywood.  (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)

Young Bae, 32, of Los Angeles applies a skull-like prosthetic piece to Cecillio Rosales, 23, of Lancaster. She is putting the final touches on him at Joe Blasco Makeup Center in Hollywood.  (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)

Hailey Pratt, 18, of Redondo Beach is the next in line to work on a skull prosthetic on Cecillio Rosales. He agreed to be a model for an afternoon last week at the Hollywood school.  (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)

The finished skeletal look for Cecillio Rosales.  (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)

John Halfman, 41, of Pasadena, an assistant instructor in the Advanced Prosthetic Makeup class at Joe Blasco Makeup Center in Hollywood, works on a prosthetic arm.  (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)

Rachel Galey, 24, of Los Angeles takes a lunch break among the projects at Joe Blasco Makeup Center.  (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)

Alida Leon, 20. of Palmdale transforms through prosthetic makeup into a Halloween witch.  (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)

Los Angeles students Sabrina Siebert, 22, left, and Rachel Galey, 24, apply a prosthetic cone to the head of Christina Rodriguez. Rodriguez, 22, is a former student who agreed to sit as a model for the class.  (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)

Christina Rodriguez as a Conehead. The prosthetic makeup was pulled over the head and applied to the skin.  (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)

Makeup artist and former Joe Blasco student Michelle Christman, 27, of Valley Village. She was made up as a clown in the Advanced Prosthetic Makeup class. It took several hours for the plastic prosthetic and makeup to be applied to her face. She said, “I was always in my mother’s makeup as a kid.”  (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)