DIY Joker Makeup (The Dark Knight)

So in an attempt to redeem and revamp my Joker costume from last year I decided to show you an easy way to do your own Joker(The Dark Knight) makeup and this approach is fairly low cost and effective way to display your creative abilities when dressing up as the Joker. Or really for any other costume that requires the addition of bodily scars or wounds of various sorts.

Step 1 Stuff you need

Makeup Materials:  -Duct tape of course( what's an ible w/out it)

-Standard Makeup kit (from any party store or costume store)

-black and red makeup crayons(black is optional)

-black liquid eye liner

-Spirit gum

-Scar tissue

-Black lipstick

-White Hairspray (Yes hairspray this is key)

-Bald cap (optional but definitely helpful*recommended*)



Clothing materials: (these obviously can vary with whatever you choose but these were my choices)

-Joker Gloves (Party store or costume store)

-Joker wig kit (Halloween super store/ Costume store)

-Purple Pants

-Purple sports coat or tail coat

-Blue collared shirt

-Green Vest

-Your choice of funky tie

- Belt (optional)

-Shoes

Other Materials:

An OTF(out the front knife) or any knife will do

Comments

[Dusk Shadows]

creepy...I LOVE IT!

[prng500]

Me was joker:)

[rcollard]

You could use clown white face paint (Ben Nye brand is theater quality, that's the brand I use for painting up) instead of hairspray which might not be good for your skin. As you sweat it will wear off in the same manner that Joker's paint wore off in the movie, or if you don't want that effect then set it with a white talcum powder; Ben Nye makes one specifically for white. Also then you wouldn't end up with hairspray on your ears or in your mouth.

A big tub of paint runs around 8 to 11 dollars, or a smaller color wheel with white, red, and black runs around 7.50 at Halloween stores. BN also has brushes or you could use a clean paint brush meant for oil paints, makeup sponge, or clean fingers.

[kthekiss]

you look awfully feminine in this picture. ;)

thanks for the ible!

[St Jimmy]

I think it is a picture from the internet. Rarely do you see a perfectly black background on Instructables

[Mattrox]

I think he was being sarcastic. Hehehehe

[St Jimmy]

It wasn't really a reply, more of a comment on the same sort of subject, so I made it a reply anyway

[Mattrox]

Ok, well I was joking anyway.

[St Jimmy]

Yup. What I meant was that even if it were someone else, it would not have been taken by Bourne11. Anyway there are a lot of jokes you could pull out of this picture in context. Lol

[Mattrox]

What I meant was that it was really obvious the photo was not his.

[St Jimmy]

Betta dress yo'self before ya mess yo'self!

[sniper shot]

Might do this

[Bourne11]

haha i look so different don't I ;)

[skimmo]

why is the joker wearing a bat man belt?

[Hellchild]

hes jealous that he doesnt have an awesome logo like batman

[skimmo]

that would be awesome, a joker lego man

[Hellchild]

Legos? or Logo?

[skimmo]

i read it wrong, but either would be good

[Hellchild]

okay haha

[Aspersa]

Ow. Ow. A hundred times, ow. Masking tape of the sort you'd use on the baseboards of your livingroom prior to painting will sting a LOT less on removal next time. Duct tape hurts!

Great end-result, though.

[Bourne11]

Hahaha it only hurts if you have hair that might get pulled and masking tape doesn't stick long enough because of the oils on your skin

[reptedjess]

well, your methods are really strange. Never the less, you pulled it off well. There are much better ways though.

[afreeland]

This is definitely one of the better joker remakes I have seen...looks good =)

[cliffyd]

Very cool! hahahaaaaaaaaaahhhaaaaaaa!

[nightninja87]

why so serious?

[zascecs]

That sure does look like him.