While the werewolf costume was created by a special-effects team, Jack's Day of the Dead makeup was integrated into the design. "We had to establish that makeup first, and then [the effects] team took the design and then married those two things together, which I think looks really cool on the werewolf, too," Arden says.
The artist explains that the makeup was airbrushed onto the werewolf costume on García Bernal's face, then set so it wouldn't move. "We had to come up with a formula of sealers and airbrushing makeup," she says. "We also wanted it to be transparent; we didn't want it to be super white or cartoony."
To ensure continuity, Arden says she created stencils that made it easier for the makeup team to apply and keep track of the werewolf's face markings.
The total time it took to transform García Bernal into the werewolf, costume and all? Around four hours, Arden says. But, she adds, "I think that they may have gotten it down to two."
