Face Off (2011) s02e03 Episode Script

Previously on Face Off makeup artists came to Los Angeles to compete to join the world's elite.
Your makeups are now going to have to be waterproof.
Oh, my gosh.
He goes underwater for a moment and he comes right back up.
He can't breathe.
Tonight's winner is Matt.
And who's going home tonight? Nix.
Now, 12 artists remain.
And tonight Please welcome hip-hop star Asher Roth.
Oh, Oh, my gosh, this is awesome.
All completely nude models, flopping in the wind.
And it goes from bad to worse, like, real quick.
To make it to the top, they'll have to impress our award-winning panel of judges.
Ve Neill, three-time Oscar-winning makeup artist whose work includes Beetlejuice and The Amazing Spiderman.
Patrick Tatopoulos, production designer on this summer's Total Recall and director of Underworld: Rise Of The Lycans.
And Glenn Hetrick, cutting-edge makeup artist on The Hunger Games and custom designer for Lady Gaga.
Who will be the next great name in movie magic and earn $25,000 worth of makeup from Alcone, the reinvented 2012 Toyota Camry hybrid, and $100,000? Get ready for Face Off.
- I think Jerry.
- I know.
- It's like Jerry's a virus.
- Yeah.
- A parasite that he attaches to anybody-- - Thank you.
- And whoever's associated with him, goes home.
And then he's like, Yeah.
It's the Jerry curse.
If you work with him, he's gonna sap any of your creativity and bring your makeup down.
I'm just upset because he's always telling people how to do this, how to do that, and his stuff doesn't work.
And you're on the bottom every time.
Ooh.
We walk in and our models are standing there with sunglasses on and we're like, "what's going on?" I'm a little confused.
Why are there only four makeup stations and only four models? Hey, guys.
Life on the set of a Hollywood movie or a primetime television show is fast-paced, and time is money.
Makeup artists are often pulled in many different directions, forcing them to pass off what they've started onto a team member.
Well, that is the basis for this week's foundation challenge A timed relay race.
Oh Working in teams of three, you will take turns creating a single face makeup.
Each team member will get two 15 minute turns.
When the 15 minutes are up, you will run back to the start and hand this brush to your next teammate.
Oh, man.
You also will not be able to see what your teammates are doing.
What?! Models.
Underneath your models' sunglasses are a pair of specialty contact lenses.
Your makeups must be built around the lenses your model is wearing.
And you won't know what they are until you start.
Your guest judge this week is best known for the fast-paced world of sketch comedy shows.
Not only was she the department head on Saturday Night Live and Mad TV, but she has won an emmy and has been nominated 14 times.
Please say hello to Jennifer Aspinall.
Jennifer Aspinall is so respected in the makeup world.
She has to do so many different looks on Saturday night live.
I want to impress her! So, Jennifer, you know what it takes to thrive under pressure.
What advice can you give to these guys? This challenge is a really good opportunity for you guys to fine tune your decision-making skills.
You will have to follow the lead that was put before you.
Stay focused, make choices really quickly, and work as a unit.
Okay, so Jennifer will select the winner of this challenge.
That person will then win immunity, and, of course, cannot be eliminated this week.
Every time there's an immunity, I'm dying to get it, because the stress level on the judging days is just sending me through the roof.
She will be judging on creativity, technique, and overall contribution to the team's final look.
Everything else has been selected randomly for you.
Team one-- Jerry, Miranda, and Sue.
Team two-- Tara, Brea, Heather.
Team three-- Rayce, Beki, and Ian.
And our last team is Matt, RJ, and Athena.
Please head back to the starting line and pick who's gonna go first.
Let me go first because I can throw down some pieces real quick.
Okay, your time starts Now.
I'm faster.
Look at me.
My model looked at me, and there were these yellow contacts with green and black spots.
And I'm like, "all right, cool, Alien.
" Out the gate.
Ooh.
The contacts my team has are fiery, so I thought we'll do a zombie.
God, those are gorgeous.
You have gorgeous eyes.
I look at the contacts and immediately I'm thinking, fantasy beauty, why not? Come on, Jerry, you got this, you got this.
I run over to the prosthetics and I just rip the appliances out of RJ's hands, and I'm like, dude, you just gotta go.
Okay, that's how we're gonna play, all right.
I immediately grabbed blue eyelashes, thinking we're going with blue star princess here.
Oh, my God, gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous.
I only have 15 minutes to set a foundation for where we're going.
I lay down nasolabial fold prosthetics.
We're off to a really good start here.
Send me the concept, RJ.
You can do it, RJ.
Beki's first because she's really good at applying prosthetics and she's really fast at it.
But I just don't know what to expect when it's my turn.
And switch! Ah, go! All right, what are we doing? The prosthetic piece that's already been applied looks like a zombie so I start hitting the eyes, shadowing it with some dark reds.
Well, hello.
I turn around the corner, I'm pretty shocked by what I see.
All the other teams has prosthetic pieces and we have eyelashes and blue glitter.
Now I'm gonna go over your eyes.
Just keep drying.
Perfect.
Thank you, sir.
I wanna do more things but I'm worried that ours is just gonna be a wacky beauty makeup.
And switch! Hi, friend.
I don't know who did what.
What is happening here? I just know what it looks like now, and it's different.
Look up.
All right, can you lean your head back a little bit? We need more texture, so I actually lay paper towel on his nose and his lips.
By the time I'm done with that, it's, uh, next person up.
And switch! Round two, I run up Wow, they're doing a good job.
I-- I don't know if it was Miranda or Sue, but it looks good.
Oh, wow.
I'm really enjoying the way the piece is coming together.
We're awesome.
I feel pretty confident about ours.
I just have to paint this as fast as possible so that they can do some detail work on it.
Ooh, ooh, um The vision I see is getting a little jumbled.
But I'm hoping the blue wig will lead these girls into the right direction.
Wow, you look really pretty, actually.
Turn your head this way.
And switch! Oh, beautiful.
Switch! No.
My God.
Look up.
Time's up! Brushes down.
I know where we stand.
And it's not the top.
Pretty.
- Hey, you three.
- Hi.
Cool.
- Creepy.
- Yeah.
What was your concept? I came over, I saw his eyes.
I had it in my head we were going demon.
Did you know what direction he was going in when you saw it? I saw where it was going.
I was like, "my job is just to get it all blended in.
" You guys did a great paintjob.
I like your spackling.
- Thank you.
- Thank you.
Hi, ladies.
So, who exactly did what? I put the eyelashes.
I did the wig.
- Mm-hmm.
- The lips You did the three dimensional stuff? Yes.
Then I came in and did the highlighting and changed the eye shape a little bit underneath.
I think you guys had a couple of different directions going at the same time.
So tell us a little bit about your makeup.
I was the first one up, so I came over, I saw that they were sort of alien eyes, and so I laid down the brow, the chin and the ears.
I could see where you were leading, and these guys were doing a good job of following you down that path.
So I feel like it really worked.
Thank you.
- Hey, guys.
- Hello.
Wow.
I'm not sure what it's supposed to be.
Maybe she got hit with a paintball? No, it's a zombie.
I'm not sure that those lenses would have said "zombie" to me.
Blood looks great.
The blood was a good call.
Gave it some dimension.
Thank you very much.
- Thanks, you guys.
- Thank you.
So, Jennifer, how did they do overall? I think you guys did a really good job with a really hard challenge.
But I do think some of the teams worked a little better than others.
Which team won this challenge? I'm gonna go with The green alien.
- Aw, thank you.
- Awesome, thank you.
It's okay.
We can only have one winner this week, and, remember, immunity is at stake.
Who is the winner of this challenge? The winner of this challenge is Beki.
Thank you very much.
I think Beki had a really clear vision from the beginning, and I think she set it up so that her team could really follow that vision, and they did a great job.
- Congratulations, Beki.
- Whoo, thank you.
With that, you have won immunity this week and cannot be eliminated.
Whoo! I will see you all tomorrow for the spotlight challenge.
But for now, head back to the house.
Going into this next challenge with immunity, I'm feeling pretty confident.
We're back in the lab again.
We see McKenzie and a bunch of covered black boards.
Welcome to your next spotlight challenge.
Today I have a very special guest.
He's a hot new artist whose innovative music videos have been viewed over And his last album reached number five on both the R&B charts and billboard's hot 100.
Wow.
His hit single, I love college, has sold over 2 million copies.
So if you would please welcome Asher Roth.
I wanna go to college for the rest of my life sit back in this club and drink Miller light This is ridiculous, wow.
I have his first albums.
How you guys doing? I'm pretty excited to meet him.
Asher has a new album coming out very soon.
It's called, is this too orange? Oh, cool.
Today, you're going to be creating an original piece of artwork for him that should be worthy of an album cover.
So, Asher, why don't you tell them a little bit about the new album? I found out along the way that orange is the color of the creative chakra.
So it's just warm, fun, creative music.
I want you guys to get weird.
Have fun with it, and just see how twisted your minds are.
- We need to break you into randomly-selected teams of two.
Oh, gosh.
Team one-- Jerry and Tara.
Team two-- Rayce and Beki.
Awesome.
Team three-- Ian and Miranda.
Team four-- Sue and Heather.
Team five-- RJ and Athena.
Team six--Brea and Matt.
Behind these pieces of fabric are the backgrounds that you will be working with.
So why don't I bring in some friends to help us uncover these? Whoa.
Oh, my God, don't look.
- Okay.
- You okay, Sue? I'm gonna turn.
I can't stand in the front.
We get to the lab today and McKenzie is standing with Asher Roth, in front of all these huge boards.
So, why don't I bring in some friends to help us uncover these? Oh, my God.
They have no clothes on and I can't look at them.
You okay, Sue? My face is getting hotter and hotter and I'm just looking up at the sky.
I'm gonna turn.
I can't stand in the front.
I just can't do this right now.
This is a nude body painting challenge.
Yay! I'm very excited because everybody knows that I am basically a master body-painter.
So I finally get a chance to shine.
All right, guys, you need to select an element of what Asher just told you about his album as the inspiration for your designs.
Each team must paint two models.
One must blend into the background and the other one needs to be a character that interacts - with the background somehow.
- Okay.
Each member of your team must be responsible for one of your models and cannot work on the other one, so it's very important that you are both on the same page, conceptually.
All right, guys, pull down the sheets.
Oh, sweet.
Oh As you can see, the models have been pre-assigned two backgrounds.
Keep that in mind when you make your pick.
Models, you can put your robes on.
Tara and Jerry, go ahead and make your pick first.
We're checking out the canvases.
On one side we have this elephant that's skateboarding in the middle of the air.
Another one is a park bench.
There's one with a pool.
Then there's the wall of sneakers.
And finally, there's an old abandoned barn with a noose hanging in the middle of it.
I like this.
Tara and I decide on the brick wall.
We both feel this one.
Although I'm not sure why.
Rayce, Beki.
Nobody wants the shoe background.
In order to make that blend, you have to paint every individual shoe, and there's no getting around that.
Ian and Miranda.
Very nice to meet you.
Sue and Heather.
- Hi, Sue.
- Heather.
Nice to meet you.
RJ and Athena.
Yes, relief.
We are going straight to the pool backdrop.
It's not an elephant, but it's better than sneakers.
Brea and Matt, go ahead.
All I'm thinking is, "great, "how are we gonna make a wall of sneakers into an album cover?" Well, our photographer will be here later to capture your work.
And Asher will be joining our judges onstage to see what you've created.
Keep in mind, the judges will be looking not only at the final image overall, but your individual contributions as well.
You have one day to complete this challenge.
Good luck, because your time starts now.
Athena is really good at body paint, and this is her thing.
I don't want to take that from her, so I let her do the character that was going to be standing out, and I'm going to take the character that has to be sunken in and camouflaged to the background.
What if she's standing here and does this pose? We create these balls coming out of the sky that represent chakras.
Like-- like you're basically reaching for something.
That's a great idea.
Okay, well, we need some sort of dynamic pose.
We need to be thinking of-- It's gotta be an album.
I'm trying to draw some things and come up with a design.
And incorporate it.
I mean, it's a park bench with some bushes and a drink on it, you know? We may not be the best body-painters here, but we're certainly not the worst.
Nope.
Tara and I come up with a concept fairly quickly.
We want to blend the male into the background of the wall and have the female be a graffiti tagger.
I like that she's gonna be in color - Oh, yeah.
No, that's-- - And you're gonna be all black and white.
Tara says she's a really strong body-painter, so she should do the clothing on the girl, because that's gonna be harder than doing the blend.
What if she's spraying something orange too? Like, the finishing color's orange.
I was thinking of making her into another elephant.
What's more fun than an elephant on a skateboard? I don't know.
- What do elephants eat? - Peanuts.
- Peanuts.
- Peanuts! Yeah, let's make him hold a big peanut! Still, that doesn't matter.
We have to figure out what it is that we're using and stuff.
Well, it does matter, because if they're interacting, they can hold props which interact with the coke, or whatever the hell it is, you know? It's hard to think of what you could possibly do that would have anything to do with Asher Roth or an album cover.
We're looking at them, and we have no idea where to go with this.
We see sneakers, and I think, "what can you do with sneakers? "Hey, basketball player.
" Does an ass cheek make a better basketball, or a stomach? What do you think? Ass cheek.
I ended up thinking, let's put a basketball on her buttocks, and just have him palm it.
'Cause if it's, like, her hair-- We haven't figured that out.
The concept is definitely abstract.
These characters are both trying to rip away.
He's part of the warehouse, and he's trying to bring her back in, and because she's freed herself from this, she's become this whole other entity, so she's gonna be almost glowing.
My biggest concern is that the judges might not get this at all.
Everyone else has started, but Miranda and I, we're having some pretty big struggles with the conceptual design.
We can't figure out how to make an album cover of this at all.
I'm throwing out ideas to Miranda, and she's not liking any of them.
What the hell am I gonna do? We gotta make an album cover out of this, and it's gonna be a pretty difficult thing to do.
She could be like-- We have no ideas.
Could they be, like, someone's peeking out of the bushes, or like, I don't know, like, something like that? We just don't have the time to continue conceptualizing.
And we're not really getting anywhere.
We only have six hours to do this, so we really just have to start getting painted.
We finally chose to go with some kind of hip-hop roller girl, so I'm painting the tank top and some sporty shorts and some socks on her.
That's about the best I could do.
I want to do the blend, just because I feel like it'll be easier to match something than it will be to paint something else.
We are mixing color, I mean-- - No, I think we're good.
- Not bad, yeah.
I said I thought an hour for color, and - I think that's great.
- And we're doing it.
It feels almost like we're wasting time, but on the other hand, if this color-matching isn't right, everything's thrown off.
All right, let's see.
We're gonna try to incorporate the title of the album, "is this 2 orange," and the "2" being the number on the Jersey.
The majority of the body will be covered in paint, because it's a naked body-painting challenge, but I'm using a piece of rubber to create his three-dimensional-looking shorts.
How are you doing, you good? - Great.
- Okay, tell me if you're thirsty or anything.
Yeah.
I'm really still unsure of myself with this elephant, but as soon as I think I'm heading in a right direction, here comes McKenzie and Ve Neill.
I am a little worried, because I'm not used to body-painting.
What did you make your elephant ears out of? Uh, latex, cotton, and armature wire.
- You're air-brushing? I'm air-brushing most of it, so-- And you're hand-painting, for now? I'm laying in with hand paint, and then I'll make a little stencil and clean up, and-- Got ya.
I'll be interested to see how it turns out.
Me too.
"Me, too," well, that's scary.
First time body painting, so-- Yeah, me, too, yeah.
Well, what's your concept? The guy who is gonna be blending in would ultimately have his hand being body-painted into the cup, and then she's gonna be reaching for the cup, - so also reaching for his hand.
- Oh, okay.
So tell us about your concept.
We went towards the spiritual side of it, because when we were talking to Asher, he told us it's all about the chakras, and the color orange is the color of the chakras.
- Hi.
- Hey, Matt, how are you doing? - Great.
- How are you doing? So, Matt, what's your whole take on this thing, are you happy with what you're doing? Um, it's a daunting task.
Um, but - Definitely-- - You got the hard job.
Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.
So I'm just trying to-- I got everything planned out so it's all, you know, coordinated accordingly to the racks, and then traced a shoe, and then created a stencil, and then we airbrush.
Got ya.
What is your concept? What we thought we would do is take our male model and blend him in with the environment, and what's gonna be happening is, he's going to be reaching out, and so she has already escaped from this environment, so she's very bright and vibrant.
So both of them are kind of an energy.
- Yeah.
- Good luck.
- Good luck.
- Thanks.
Okay, Ve, which one do you think looks the most promising? I like Rayce and Beki's concept.
I love the colors in the female model, and it looks like he's starting on the back of her, which means she probably is gonna be turned sideways a little bit, so that would be very helpful.
I think everybody's doing really well except for Ian and Miranda with their picnic table.
You know, if they had a strong concept, it might have helped them a lot more.
And I think Matt really has his work cut out for him.
He's gotta, you know, detail all those tennis shoes.
I'm on the fence with those guys.
- Okay.
Thank you.
- Good.
Yeah.
Maybe an hour and a half goes by, and I'm starting to worry a little bit about Tara.
Tara, come here.
I don't feel her colors are pink enough.
There's too much flesh tone showing through.
I just don't think it's coming together.
And I'm-- I'm getting a little worried about you.
- I'm not done yet.
- Okay.
I mean, if you love it, then ignore me.
I don't love it yet, but I'm not done yet.
I just-- I just think it needs a lot more contrast.
Our characters are in this black and white, gray world, so if I paint something colorful, I'm worried the black and white concept will be lost, I've never even painted on canvas, so this is, like, a whole new world.
"IsThisTooOrange?" We are fifth hour into our challenge, and I am looking to the right of me, and I see Brea's model getting light-headed.
That's why I'm thinking that something is not going right.
You're doing great.
Almost done.
Yeah.
Things are going awesome.
I look at the clock, we have 17 minutes left.
Next thing you know, he takes a seat.
I'm like, "why are you sitting down?" Actually, will you stand up? No, you gotta-- Okay.
You feel like you're gonna pass out? Are you okay? I turn and I look, and I see that Brea's model is sitting on a chair, and he kinda looks like he's passed out.
I'm gonna get you some water, okay? Oh, great.
.
It goes from bad to worse, like, real quick.
That's when I started to freak out.
I have no idea what he's going through.
No, this is not happening.
You've gotta be kidding me right now.
- Coming up - This is like a bad dream.
Some people really took chances, and others played it a little bit more safe.
I'm freaking out inside.
The body-painting that you did here on the model isn't good enough for a face-painting booth at a county fair.
Brea has been working on this guy all day.
left in the challenge and he's down for the count.
Everybody really freaking out that this poor guy just passed out in front of everyone.
Okay, what about the oxygen? Is that helping your breathing at all? Is he okay? Uh, no, I guess they're just gonna take him away.
The ambulance is coming.
Paramedics show up, and they've got a breathing tube on this kid.
They're rubbing my makeup off.
It is so depressing.
My world feels like it's crumbling right now.
There goes my masterpiece Off to the hospital.
After they haul Brea's model out, I start to worry a lot.
I start to wonder if I should even finish my work.
Hey Don't worry about it, it's not your fault.
These things happen.
And we're, like, almost done.
Everyone's freaking out, but we all have to maintain our composure and get our makeups finished.
Guys, time is up! This challenge is unique in that we won't be presenting the final makeup in front of the judges.
They'll be judging off a photograph.
We'll have ten minutes to take pictures and do touch-ups.
- This is his girlfriend.
- Okay.
And he is going to hand him a peanut with her nose.
Ooh, I like it.
I think you have to move in more.
As the photographer starts taking the pictures, I'm a little worried, because I didn't know what was going to happen.
I was thinking, if I need to, I will paint my body, and stand there and hold her ass, 'cause I'm not losing this competition 'cause a model passes out.
Ready when you are, Miranda.
Perfect.
OneTwoThree Go.
Can you, like, bend your knees and, like, really move? Yup, yeah.
Step away and stretch over, yeah.
There are many horizontal lines that are not gonna line up if this thing is not shot properly with the camera, and I'm really starting to sweat this.
Nice.
Go for him and go away from him.
No, no, right hand away, as it was.
Camouflaging is very difficult to do.
I am extremely worried that it's not gonna work.
So after everyone gets their photos taken, everyone heads home and I'm in limbo with Brea, wondering what's gonna happen.
The producers tell me I'm getting a new model.
I'm thinking, "okay, maybe the next day I'll do it.
" Oh, no, no, no.
They tell me I'm doing it right now.
Six more hours.
And my heart drops to my feet.
When we come back to the house, and we all felt really bad for Brea.
Now she's gotta do it again.
It's like, she's gonna be there till midnight.
- Matt! - Ooh, it's Matt! Walking into the house, everyone wants to know what's going on, what happened.
Was there any, like, thing actually stated about what happened to your model? He wasn't hydrated, and he was just out.
I feel bad for him, but at least he's okay.
Brea will actually be able to recreate only what she made originally and superimpose him on the picture that I've taken with my model.
She has an extra six hours? - Right.
- That's 12 hours.
She's gonna be exhausted.
I'm really worried.
You know, I did my part of the job, I just want to make sure Brea can pull it through.
Welcome to the Face Off reveal stage.
Tonight, one of you will be eliminated.
Say hello to your judges.
Owner of optic nerve makeup effects studio, Glenn Hetrick.
Hello.
Three-time Oscar-winning makeup artist, Ve Neill.
Hi, everybody.
Creature designer and director, Patrick Tatopoulos.
Hi, guys.
And joining our panel this week is chart-topping hip-hop star, Asher Roth.
- What's up, guys? - Hi.
So this week, your spotlight challenge was to work in teams and create a piece of artwork worthy of an album cover, but you also had to incorporate two nude models.
One blended into the background, and the other one as a character.
Now as everyone knows, there was an issue with Brea's model yesterday.
Brea, the judges have been made aware of what happened.
With that said, let's see what you all came up with.
First up, Tara and Jerry's creation.
When I see my picture blown up, I could see straight through the paint.
The airbrush was not heavy enough.
My biggest concern is the judges won't get the abstract concept that I'm going for.
It's not the best, most elaborate concept, and that might kill us.
Is it what they're looking for? I don't know.
I'm really not sure where we stand, so I'm kinda scared at this point.
I'm a little nervous that the judges are gonna think, "these girls went way too kooky.
" So we could definitely be on the bottom.
When our photo comes up, I am wowed.
I'm like, "yes, that looks beautiful.
" My model totally pops out of the whole photograph.
At this point, I'm just, "hey, what will be will be.
" I tried my best.
I don't even know what to expect at this point.
So, Asher, how do you think they turned out overall? I think there's some really, really amazing stuff.
Some people really took chances, and others played it a little bit more safe.
All right, everybody.
The judges have scored your art, so let's find out what they thought.
RJ and Athena, Sue and Heather, congratulations, you are safe.
You can head back to the makeup room.
The rest of you were the best and the worst of this week.
So the judges would like to speak with each of you to learn more about your work.
Tara and Jerry, if you would please step forward.
The colors are completely off.
To the eye it was perfect, but in the photo it looks absolutely awful.
I really don't want to be at the bottom again.
I have no idea.
Maybe it is okay, maybe it's not.
I don't know.
I see all the problems with it.
I'm freaking out inside.
To start, could you tell me a little bit about the concept that you were working with here? We had this black and white background, and originally, you know, it was Jerry's idea to do a tagger.
We decided to make her part of this black and white world, and since he mentioned orange is the color of inspiration, it's the orange paint that's giving her life in her hand, but fades away into her little black and white world.
That said, I think that the blend is the more successful of the two, but I really don't understand what's going on.
The body-painting that you did here on the model, in my opinion, isn't good enough for a face-painting booth at a county fair.
It just completely fails.
The shadows and the highlights don't work at all.
The character this particular photograph in black and white was a really poor decision.
- You know? - Yeah.
The whole thing about black and white, if you don't have a contrast with it, then it's pointless.
Feels careful.
Nobody tags like that.
That's not happening at all.
Um, but, yeah, it just feels like you guys put these unnecessary restrictions on yourself when doing this piece.
Jerry, Tara, please step back.
Rayce and Beki, you're next.
Judges, as a reminder, Beki has immunity this week.
Ve, let's start with you.
You told me your concept.
Can you revisit that for me? Instead of taking, like, the literal approach and try to fit something into that picture, we took the emotional value of it.
So we said, "that's a dark, ominous background, "we want to make our characters have some kind of opposite reaction.
" We wanted her to be, like, she's ripping away, and she's actually trying to pull him out of the ominous environment.
So that's why his hand's starting to shake and crumble and turn that white color.
I really like your concept, and I think you've pretty much effectively created the look that you were trying to achieve.
And I do like her paint job.
Taking that all into consideration, I think it's a very effective image.
One of the great quality of this image for me is the fact that you're using different techniques.
You're using a lot of airbrush and you're using the sponge, I assume.
I went in a little bit with the airbrush.
- A little bit.
- To give me some of that-- The blending technique.
But texturally, they feel quite different, and I feel that was-- One of the most appealing things about this image for me - is actually that.
- Thank you very much.
From just a high-concept standpoint, it's tempting, it's alluring.
I like it a lot, I think it's really, really cool.
- Thank you.
- Thank you.
All right, Rayce, Beki, can you please step back? Ian and Miranda, please step forward.
Did you guys have a concept for this piece? I live in New York, so, uh, I see a lot of girls skating, and it's usually hip-hop they listen to, and we also wanted them to interact as well.
That's why we made his hand the cup, and she's skating towards the cup to try and grab it.
Maybe she was skating around and got tired.
Overall, the concept was very difficult to come up with.
Well, whatever time you spent on conceptualizing it was an utter waste of time.
Your character on the left is actually holding the cup, yet we're trying to make him blend with the background.
Either you choose to make him a part of the cup language or you just make him disappear.
It's a little confusing to me.
- Since I never body-painted before ever, it was-- It was difficult for me to figure out how to attack it.
Ultimately, the thing I dislike about it the most is the lack of passion.
You didn't pick because you thought you had a strong concept to work with.
You picked because you thought it might be the easiest thing to integrate body-painting with.
You aimed for perfectly adequate and didn't even get there.
Miranda and Ian, if you'd please step back.
Matt and Brea.
So which one did what? Tell me.
I did the basketball player and he did the background, blending it in.
We constructed a stencil with the outline of a shoe, and just airbrushed the, uh, white shoes to start for a base, and went in and detailed all the fine details on the shoes.
It's actually, uh, quite remarkable.
Uh, the whole-- The whole piece is.
- Thank you.
- Very, very impressive.
Matt, you're the man, dude, seriously.
Job well done.
Uh, working with what you were given, uh, this is very, very conducive with the hip-hop culture and with shoes and athletics, and using the butt for the basketball that's just-- It's funny.
It's got a sense of humor and it-- it grasps your attention.
So job well done.
I really, really, really like it.
The shoe integration is just insane.
I still-- I'm staring at it for how long now, and I still don't know exactly where the edges are.
That's impressive.
You know, my only criticism, I think, of this, is the fact that the lettering is just a little bit dodgy.
You probably could have cut out a stencil of some sort.
But everything else, I think you guys both did a pretty great job on it.
Well done.
Okay, Matt and Brea, will you please step back? The judges have heard what you've had to say, so if you'd please head back to the makeup room while they make their final decision.
Okay, judges, so let's start with some of the looks you liked the most.
Beki and Rayce.
Conceptually, it was a really, really amazing piece.
You know, they took a chance and I think they really exceeded.
Technically, it was really beautifully executed.
The only thing is, part of the job was to create a great integration to a background, and I don't think Beki succeeded at that.
Okay, so let's move on to Brea and Matt.
I think Matt did an amazing job with his blend of the tennis shoes was just phenomenal.
You know, even Brea, she had a huge setback.
- Absolutely.
- She worked 12 hours yesterday.
- Right.
- To do that.
That's a lot of painting to expect somebody to do.
Okay, so let's talk about some of the bottom looks then.
Jerry and Tara.
It's very lopsided in terms of whose fault it is.
Such a squandered opportunity to do something so amazing and really incorporate it into the hip-hop world, especially when the taggers are the idea.
It turns out to be quite a boring and very uneventful image.
Okay, what do you think about Ian and Miranda? I think Ian an Miranda just totally blew it on this deal.
You know, the blend for me, uh, didn't really cut it.
If you're not going to bring it, if you're not gonna take on every challenge as hard as you can, then why are you here? Very forgettable.
It's forgettable.
- Yeah.
- All right then.
Judges, have you made your decisions? - Yeah.
- I think so.
- Believe so.
- All right.
Let's bring 'em back out.
Okay, Asher, why don't you tell us about the top teams? The top teams Rayce and Beki.
I loved it Conceptually, technically, job well done.
Thank you.
And Brea and Matt.
Overall, everything just tied in and blended together very well.
Mission accomplished all the way around.
Thank you.
Which team came out on top? The top, top, top team is Okay, then which team came out on top? The top, top, top team is Brea and Matt.
Yay, high five! Thank you.
Thank you very much.
Congratulations, Brea and Matt.
But, as you know, we can have only one winner.
So, who will that be? Every single artist ran away from those shoes.
Matt, you killed it, man.
Congratulations.
You got it.
Yay.
I'm feeling really great.
And I'm so excited to hear that they love what I created.
I'm so thrilled about that piece I'm gonna-- I'm gonna go home and I'm gonna figure out how to get so many people to see that piece, because it's really cool.
I'm excited about it.
It's great.
- Congratulations, Matt.
- Thank you.
You and Brea can head back to the makeup room.
Thank you.
Beki, Rayce, you are also safe.
Please head back to the makeup room.
Unfortunately, that means that you were our bottom looks this week.
If you would please all step forward.
Glenn.
Jerry and Tara, your poor technique and lack of color resulted in an incoherent image.
And, Ian and Miranda, we felt you had an unacceptable lack of passion and an absence of direction.
So then, who is going home tonight? The person going home tonight is Miranda.
I just feel that you are not yet prepared to meet this level of challenge.
I really, really appreciate the opportunity, it's been a great learning experience - Good luck.
- Miranda I am so sorry that you happen eliminated.
If you'd please head back to the makeup room and pack up your kit.
I'm going home.
Aww.
I'm frustrated that I didn't showcase what I'm capable of.
I'm gonna miss all these people here.
We've formed some really strong friendships.
It's been awesome to be able to come here and just be given this opportunity.