Legendary Makeup Artist Rick Baker Takes on Greg Capullo's Joker

Famed makeup artist and creature effects guru Rick Baker has crafted a Photoshop model of The [...]

By Russ Burlingame

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Famed makeup artist and creature effects guru Rick Baker has crafted a Photoshop model of The Joker, as he appeared in Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo's Death of the Family, and shared it to Twitter.

The Clown Prince of Crime in his grimy coveralls and horribly disfigured features is one of the most iconic and disturbing images of Snyder and Capullo's acclaimed run on the comic -- and Baker, best known for his work on films like An American Werewolf in London and Michael Jackson's "Thriller" video -- has provided a gorgeously detailed and disturbingly accurate model of the character.

The thread is a mutual love-fest between Baker and Capullo, with Baker saying that he hopes he did Capullo's art justice and Capullo thanking Baker for considering his work worth reinterpreting.

You can check out some process tweets as well, buried in Baker's feed, if you click through to his Twitter profile.

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