Turkey, born 1988
Biography
Onur Ünder, a sculptor and special effects makeup artist, has been interested in sculpture, illustration, creature design, special effects makeup, and stop motion since childhood. Therefore, he completed his education in the Sculpture Department of the Faculty of Fine Arts at Eskişehir Anadolu University from 2007 to 2012. During this time, he also studied stop motion at Escola d'art i superior de disseny Pau Gargallo in Badalona/Barcelona through the Erasmus Exchange Program, where he earned a certificate of achievement for stopmotion. After graduating, he went to Toronto to receive specialized training in special effects makeup and creature design at Complections College of Make-up Art & Design. After graduating from the school's intensive "Complete Makeup Artist" program in 2013-2014 and receiving his diploma, he worked in various special effects studios on different film projects in creature design, sculpture, and special effects makeup application. Later, he returned to his home country, working as a sculptor in several sculpture studios and producing illustration projects abroad as a freelance illustrator.
For his individual works, you can check: https://www.instagram.com/onurunder/ or https://linktr.ee/onurunder
-IMATS (International Make-up Artist Trade Show) Toronto - Metro Convention Centre Show 2017 - Exhibited the creature piece titled "Centipede." https://www.instagram.com/p/BYVghvbArlK/
-The werewolf creature mask and some parts of the body suit costume that I designed and sculpted for the film Beast Within (Hunter's Moon) won the Best Monster Award at the Canada Hexploitation Film Fest 2020.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CAumPOUjlmG/
The Butcher Shop special effects and spfx makeup studio-Hamilton, Ontario, Kanada
-Worked as a creature designer, sculptor, special effects artist, and makeup applicator - 2014
-Sculpted the shark puppet made for the Shark Week program aired on Discovery Channel (Ontario Lake Shark Hoax).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8a2iMwB27pM http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/lake-ontario-shark-turns-out-to-be-a-publicity-stunt-1.2708893 http://globalnews.ca/news/1454110/watch-is-this-a-shark-in-lake-ontario/ http://www.citynews.ca/2014/07/20/big-lake-ontario-shark-hoax-shows-risks-posed-by-viral-marketing-experts-say/
-Designed and sculpted the werewolf suit head and legs from clay for the film Beast Within (Hunter's Moon) (Matthew Campagna, Christopher D. Green, Steven Morana), and modeled the back part of the torso. Additionally, sculpted other important pieces used in the film, such as prosthetic werewolf and werewoman masks and a prosthetic severed arm, also from clay. Applied the prosthetic pieces to the actors on set.
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6775514/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cr13
- Sculpted the main character's mask from clay for Shrieker 2: Night of the Shrieker.
-Created busts of characters such as Chucky, Regan from The Exorcist, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and Gremlins for a wax museum and for sale.
Haunted House Creations, Paul Hopkins studio,Scarborough,Ontario,Kanada
- Sculpted a hellhound dog and a zombie head
- Worked on mold-making, casting, and painting of many different creatures using various materials such as resin, silicone, and polyester.
- Assisted in the preparation of animatronic skulls and pumpkins that were mass-produced for haunted houses and scare tunnels.
David Scott Form and Dynamics: Special Makeup Effects and Animatronics
Participated in the creation of a werewolf sculpture for Complections College of Make-up Art & Design. Responsible for torso modeling, teeth sculpting, and the mold and casting of the torso.
Dükkan ül Hayal spfx studio
Worked at Hayal special effects studio on the film Emre Çiçek - Naciye, where I took face molds of the actors, sculpted the prosthetic makeup pieces, and applied them to the actors. - 2015
Eskişehir Büyükşehir Belediyesi Büyükerşen wax museum
Worked as a sculptor and makeup artist, modeling a bust of a celebrity and preparing many wax busts for the museum with hyper-realistic coloring. Contributed to various sculpture and monument projects in modeling, molding, and casting work. - 2016-2020
From January to May 2022, prepared an illustration-animation format music video for the song "Entombed in Solitude" by the progressive heavy metal band Brutal Awakening.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7wsSJj1dow
Between 2022 and 2024, worked as an illustrator on the project "Los Vagos NFT," which originated from personal ideas, collaborating with GBLSTS labs and Mexican curator Gabriel Santos, creating many characters and creatures and designing dozens of different faces.
https://www.gblsts.com/newsletter/onur-under-the-genesis-batch
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