Will AI Replace Makeup Artists, Theatrical and Performance?

Clean supplies such as makeup brushes.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Duplicate work precisely to replicate characters' appearances on a daily basis.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Apply makeup to enhance or alter the appearance of people appearing in productions such as movies.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Analyze a script, noting events that affect each character's appearance, so that plans can be made for each scene.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Alter or maintain makeup during productions as necessary to compensate for lighting changes or to achieve continuity of effect.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Confer with stage or motion picture officials and performers to determine desired effects.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Requisition or acquire needed materials for special effects, including wigs, beards, and special cosmetics.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Study production information, such as character descriptions, period settings, and situations, to determine makeup requirements.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Establish budgets, and work within budgetary limits.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Select desired makeup shades from stock, or mix oil, grease, and coloring to achieve specific color effects.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Write makeup sheets and take photos to document specific looks and the products used to achieve the looks.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Assess performers' skin type to ensure that makeup will not cause break-outs or skin irritations.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Attach prostheses to performers and apply makeup to create special features or effects, such as scars, aging, or illness.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Examine sketches, photographs, and plaster models to obtain desired character image depiction.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Cleanse and tone the skin to prepare it for makeup application.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Evaluate environmental characteristics, such as venue size and lighting plans, to determine makeup requirements.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Provide performers with makeup removal assistance after performances have been completed.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Design rubber or plastic prostheses that can be used to change performers' appearances.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Create character drawings or models, based upon independent research, to augment period production files.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Demonstrate products to clients, and provide instruction in makeup application.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Advise hairdressers on the hairstyles required for character parts.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Wash and reset wigs.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.