Makeup department head Sharon Tabb has a world of practical experience she brings to every project. She began, as a lot of makeup artists do regardless of their ultimate destination, at a department store counter. That experience, as far as it might be from a television set, prepped her to work in the world of film and TV in a unique way—including giving her the soft skills necessary to work with talent. Tabb helped build the world of the lauded Sterlin Harjo/Taika Waititi show, Reservation Dogs, which featured a cast of fresh-faced young Indigenous characters and their adult guardians. The final season of the show, which bowed last year, took audiences in some new directions, into flashbacks like in "Deer Lady" and "House Made of Bongs," but also on the usual madcap adventures of these beloved characters. Tabb was there every step of the way, helping create these characters' looks in cooperation with Harjo and the actors. We hopped on Zoom to speak with Tabb while she had a break on another set. Enjoy! Reservation Dogs | Season 3 Official Teaser | FX www.youtube.com Editor's note: The following conversation has been edited for length and clarity. No Film School: All right, go for it. Your experience!Sharon Tabb: I had no formal training. And I didn't have the money to go to a makeup school. It was before the internet. Now you can search on YouTube and find anything, how to do something. But this was the early '90s. I...
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