Anna the Artiste

Anna the Artiste

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Makeup, SPFX, Hairstyling, Wigs I am a local makeup artist who loves to collaborate with other creative minds and see a project through beginning to end!

I graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a degree in Technical Theatre (wig making and makeup design) before attending the Vancouver Film School in BC, Canada for Makeup Design for Film and Television, where I received the Makeup Design Achievement Award. I have experience in theatre, film, and print. Please contact me if you're interested in having me on set, at a photoshoot, or even getting together for a private makeup tutorial!

03/17/2026

COLORING SHEETS AVAIL NOW!

Pt 2 of the Iron Lung crew's Make Your Mark face charts reveal! Coloring sheets are avail on my Sellfy now for digital download - annatheartiste.sellfy.store 🩷

Featuring work from the team of Producers and our Art Department:

Creative Producer: Amy Nelson
Producer: Jeff Guerrero .of.austin
Line Producer: Adrian Testolin
Associate Producer / Script Supervisor: Larissa Garcia-Baab .austin.amazon
BTS Photographer / Artist of the Amy Coloring Sheet :
Production Designer: Iman Corbani
Construction Lead: Travis Eisenberg
Prop Maker: Ryan Fuson

03/11/2026

BIRTHDAY HAUL!!

open some presents with me! Big thanks to my friend for gifting me the Overlook Hotel carpet-print bag behind me in the video - she knows me so well (the Shining is my favorite movie!)

I love my gifts! I got an Iron Lung poster from my movie with , a shirt from my friend with the most gorgeous tarot card art on it, tickets to see the , and the game X from !!

I'm lucky all the time, but the thoughtful awesome gifts are really a good reminder! Now off to get ready for birthday dinner 🥰

Photos from Anna the Artiste's post 03/11/2026

💜BIRTHDAY PHOTOSHOOT REVEAL!💜

Today is my birthday! This time last year, all I wanted in the world was to document the love in my coven before one of us moved so far away. If you ever needed encouragement to book a photoshoot with your friends, consider this your sign! I will cherish these forever - they so perfectly encapsulate what it feels like to make magic with these mystical people

Photos - (I can never thank you enough!)
Models/Witches -

03/10/2026

IRON LUNG COLORING SHEETS

y'all have been asking about these drawings of and ! These are close-ups of the Make Your Mark coloring sheets, part 1/3. Get to know our crew through their creative expression on set!

a digital download of the coloring sheets is available now!

Coloring sheets in this video by:
Hair, Makeup, and FX designer -
Head FX makeup Artist -
Key Makeup Artist -
Key FX Artist -
Key Hair Stylist -
Costume Designer -
Lead Set Dresser -
Set Dresser -

03/09/2026

🩸IRON LUNG BTS🩸 in-depth look at building the HMUFX office for 's blockbuster movie!

I'm really lucky to have a project-minded partner who ate down on this FX office build for me! Overnight, we had a space to foster our creativity and be able to produce the best work of our careers so far.

it was like we took up a 3-month artist residency and just so happened to make an amazing movie at the same time!

for those who don't know, I'm Mark's makeup designer from Heist, In Space, and Iron Lung! Follow for more makeup design and behind the scenes 🩸🩸🩸

02/16/2026

🫁more IRON LUNG design bts!🫁

hey y'all! if you don't know me yet, I'm Anna Fugate-Downs - 's hair, makeup, and FX designer from Heist, In Space, and Iron Lung!

thank you to everyone who has followed and reached out since this movie was unleashed upon the world! the team and I have been blown away by y'all's response and praise.

we can't wait to keep making beautiful movies and exciting content for y'all. thanks for loving our movie - thanks for loving our Mark!

Character design on as Ava - costume design and hairstyle test subject is !

02/13/2026

"This is bigger than any of us! Eden doesn't understand that! YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT!"

I LOVED the creative process of crafting this effect. Not only did it reflect the gravitas of Ava's character, it also served as a piece of worldbuilding for the story of Iron Lung. Only the strong survive in the Coalition of Iron, and you don't get there without collecting a few scars first.

Caroline Kaplan is such a sweet, joyful, tender soul in real life! nothing like the brutal, stern, impatient Ava.

I loved working with Caroline and helping her deepen the connection to her amazing performance through the character design process!

fearless leader:
Ava:
Hair Makeup FX designer:
Makeup FX Crew:

02/13/2026

🩸WE ARE ONE IN THE BLOOD🩸

y'all may have seen our crew motto around! this HMUFX team already worked well together, but we really did become one in the blood on IRON LUNG. I could trust these people with my life!

something special about this crew is that we have all worked for each other - we've all been each other's boss and we have all been each other's assistant. the trust and ability when the team is bonded by shared experience and not by a strict, corporate-style hierarchy is truly phenomenal.

I'm so proud to have assembled THIS team for THIS project. combined we have almost 75 years experience in this industry, and we brought every lesson any of us has ever learned to the bottom of the blood ocean.

Just wait to see what we can do next!

fearless leader:
HMUFX Designer:
MUFX Dept Head:
MUFX Key Artist:
Key Makeup Artist:
Key Hair Stylist:

Photos from Anna the Artiste's post 02/07/2026

🩸INDUSTRY ADVICE🩸

Y'all have 2 big questions: what did we do to Mark's hair to make it look like that in IRON LUNG, and what advice to I have for aspiring FX artists?

This is the quick, aesthetic version from my POV. Someone else would have a different viewpoint and likely tell you something different!

Working on IRON LUNG with has been the most spectacular validation of this path I have been walking for over 15 years.

Thank you to for all these amazing BTS photos! Ima was the on set photographer for IRON LUNG - you should absolutely be following her!

On a personal note to all the folks in these photos - thank you for speaking my name, for recommending me and supporting me, and for creating art with me for all these years. I love y'all so much!

02/06/2026

🩸HAPPY ONE WEEK, IRON LUNG!🩸

We as a crew could not be more grateful to and for the opportunity to be part of this phenomenal film

It is a milestone for so many people and a set we will never forget. IRON LUNG was one of the most exciting, respectful, and joyous film experiences many of us have ever had!

Normalize treating your crew like humans worthy of dignity and respect. If you need guidance on how to do that, just follow Mark and Amy's example.

Thank you to everyone - production crew, post-production crew, and the fans who made this movie such a success.

To the fans specifically - when you support Mark and Amy, you support ALL of us too! We could not be prouder to have contributed to this enormous achievement of theirs.

02/03/2026

HAVE YOU SEEN IRON LUNG?

here's a little taste of what the crew culture was like! thanks to for sending this, to our BTS photographer, and to for making our sign!

And big thank you to for literally giving us the space to make this movie thrive!

Follow me on YT, I'll be posting longer-form BTS content there!

01/31/2026

🩸UPDATED🩸 the video that took me over 3 years to make!

optimism! grief! ferocity! triumph! Working on Iron Lung with and has been the most joyful emotional roller coaster of my life!

I was the hair and makeup designer, and together with , , .of.austin and MANY other talented crew, we created something I'm enormously proud of!

I knew back in 2022 that this project would be worth documenting every step of the way!

Now that the movie is out, y'all need to take a seat and stay sat for the blood ocean of BTS that is about to consume you

thank you to all of Mark's wonderful fans who celebrated with us and came to say hi after the movie!

I fully stood when the lights came up and told everyone in the theater that we were on the crew (someone screamed "I KNEW IT!!" 💀💀💀) and then made them all stay to film the new clip at the end!

what a wild ride

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