S. Van Lokey has a thing for characters and mustaches. She likens this guy to an old science professor from the 1930s or '40s.
'Just a woman wearing mustaches' —
S. Van Lokey has a thing for characters and mustaches. She likens this guy to an old science professor from the 1930s or '40s.
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"This one, I liked it because I don't know what was going on with my hair but it looked like I didn't have much of it," Lokey said. She has a special fondness for thick, bushy mustaches.
'Just a woman wearing mustaches' —
"This one, I liked it because I don't know what was going on with my hair but it looked like I didn't have much of it," Lokey said. She has a special fondness for thick, bushy mustaches.
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Lokey uses black face paint to darken her hair and to get the five o'clock shadow looking just right. It takes about 30 minutes to put the makeup on, then 10 or 15 minutes to take the pictures, and just a few minutes adding the filters to achieve the finished look.
'Just a woman wearing mustaches' —
Lokey uses black face paint to darken her hair and to get the five o'clock shadow looking just right. It takes about 30 minutes to put the makeup on, then 10 or 15 minutes to take the pictures, and just a few minutes adding the filters to achieve the finished look.
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No Photoshop manipulation here, but Lokey adds filters that give the images an old-timey feel.
'Just a woman wearing mustaches' —
No Photoshop manipulation here, but Lokey adds filters that give the images an old-timey feel.
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She created this character after looking at photos of 1930s silent film stars. "My hair only does so much, but I tried to get the part the best I could. The amount of gel in there takes forever to wash out."
'Just a woman wearing mustaches' —
She created this character after looking at photos of 1930s silent film stars. "My hair only does so much, but I tried to get the part the best I could. The amount of gel in there takes forever to wash out."
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One in a series inspired by a headshot of 1930s and '40s film star Errol Flynn. Lokey extends her jaw or turns her head in a certain way so she can manipulate the look without having to use Photoshop.
'Just a woman wearing mustaches' —
One in a series inspired by a headshot of 1930s and '40s film star Errol Flynn. Lokey extends her jaw or turns her head in a certain way so she can manipulate the look without having to use Photoshop.
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S. Van Lokey, sans mustache.
'Just a woman wearing mustaches' —
S. Van Lokey, sans mustache.
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"I was going for kind of a '50s movie star. Back then it seemed like everybody smoked. I've got gray sides on my hair and use face paint to make my hair darker."
'Just a woman wearing mustaches' —
"I was going for kind of a '50s movie star. Back then it seemed like everybody smoked. I've got gray sides on my hair and use face paint to make my hair darker."
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"I posted a picture a few weeks ago on Facebook, and someone said I looked like William Faulkner. This was an attempt to look like him, but it didn't quite work out because his mustache was very different than the one I had. I didn't have one like his."
'Just a woman wearing mustaches' —
"I posted a picture a few weeks ago on Facebook, and someone said I looked like William Faulkner. This was an attempt to look like him, but it didn't quite work out because his mustache was very different than the one I had. I didn't have one like his."
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Lokey pulls inspiration for her characters from her Italian relatives and old photographs she finds online.
'Just a woman wearing mustaches' —
Lokey pulls inspiration for her characters from her Italian relatives and old photographs she finds online.
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"This guy probably is some smarmy butler," Lokey imagines. "Thinks he's better than he really is."
'Just a woman wearing mustaches' —
"This guy probably is some smarmy butler," Lokey imagines. "Thinks he's better than he really is."
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