John "Greco" Lucas the artist's rambling discourse on MJ's face
Ol' Knuckle-Draggin' Pambo Russell, Queen of the Ghetto Gorillas
From: "John Lucas" <johnlu...@coastalnow.net>
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Subject: Believe it or not, Michael's face really hasn't changed that much
Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2002 09:49:41 -0500
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I know this is going to come as a shock to everybody but whether you believe
it or not Michael's face has not really changed all that much. I study faces
& the details & I'm telling you overall Michael hasn't done that much to
his face. The main thing that has obviously been done is his nose. And the
nose is the balancing centralizing feature of the face. When he changed
this, he dramatically altered his appearance. I think his nose jobs were in
1978 after his infamous fall during rehearsing; Early 1983 before the
Thriller video. Because if you look at his nose in Billie Jean & Beat It,
it was the same nose he had in the Off The Wall days. But in Thriller it
was different. Look at the Motown 25 performance & compare his nose there
to the Thriller video. They are different. He had the nose from the
Thriller days for a long time & for the most part that is the same nose
he has now. But I think somewhere in the 90's he had a slight alteration.
And that's the nose he got now.
The other thing that MJ has done to shape his appearance is the eyebrows
shaping. He started this eyebrow thing in 1982 while he was making Thriller.
Even the Thriller album has evidence of this. He started out just tapering
the outer corners of the brows. Cutting the eyebrow under the upper edge.
Then in 1983 he just cut them all the way thin. Michael kept this famous
look from 1983-1985. Then somewhere he started growing them back out again
by 1985-1986. But he kept doing this tapering eyebrow thing as you can see
by the Bad album & the videos of the time. I think when Michael stayed
homebound he grew them out to their natural shape from time to time but when
he went out in public appearances again he started shaping thme again. And
MJ pretty much has been varying his eyebrow shaping technique all this time
especially in the 90s. When he had that conference from Neverland Valley
Ranch protesting the child molestation allegations you could see his
eyebrows being thicker. You gotta remember that Michael had some fairly
thick eyebrows like his dad. MJ takes after his dad like Tito does. And
like a great number of the Jackson siblings do. He alters his appearance by
constantly shaping his eyebrows. The eyes & eyebrows & the nose are the
anchoring features that determine someone's facial looks. I'm an artist & I
know this because I draw faces. When these are altered it's obvious.
Michael's eyes themselves are exactly the same as they always have been
save for the eyeliner.
And the other thing that make MJ seem to look so differently is (1) he lost
his color & (2) he wears an insane amount of makeup. Before Vitiligo messed
up MJ's skin, his medium-dark skin softened his features. You didn't notice
things about his face until he started losing his color. Lighter colors draw
the eyes toward & darker colors let the eyes coast. A known fact. As his
skin got paler & paler his features became more noticeable. The darker skin
when exposed to light sources exhibited a better contrast between the shine
& the shadow on his face. But on a lighter skinned/pasty skinned person that
contrast is not as clear. The person's skin is already light & any shine
just won't show up like it would on a darker skinned person.
On top of all this is that Michael's heavy heavy makeup blurs this line even
further. Makeup destroys shine & certain creases & wrinkles fade in the
makeup. You won't notice the smile lines, the natural wrinkles around the
eyes, ridges & edges & stuff like that. With an exposure to bright light his
skin will blanch out because he is just that pale. He almost reflects the
light back at you 'cause his skin is so pale.
Michael has become adept at playing with his features & not meaning through
plastic surgery either. Through make-up & eyebrow shaping. Not to mention
hairstyles. Hairstyles also have a strong effect on how you look. Look at
his head all throught the 70's & the different style of Afros he had & how
each one colored his appearance. And then in 1979 in the Destiny days when
he drastically cut down the Afro. It was still an Afro (plus curl) but he
looked so much different after that change. His head shape seemed different
a bit. Take a look at all those hairstlyes he has had over the years & how
they make him look. Look at the tape he has. It has a very strong effect on
someone's appearance.
One day I'm gonna take an old 1977-1978 pic of Michael & use some drawing
techniques to prove how Michael's face is fundamentally the same as always.
His face got gaunter from the days in the 70s & also keep in mind that he
has aged as well. Don't forget about that.
The only surgeries I see is his, I think, 3 nose jobs & his chin cleft.
Other than that I don't see anything else. Now recently I believe that he
HAS taken botox because his brows (not the brow hair) & his mouth seem
partially paralyzed. And this seems very recent. Cause he wasn't like this
in the Ghosts video from 1996 or in that 20/20 interview in 1997. I also
have a theory that he may be suffering from another illness that maybe
causing these paralyzed looking appearances. He might have some kind of
Muscular Dystrophy or some kind of paralysis or syndrome that he hasn't
disclosed yet. I don't want to give food for a rumor but this is a theory I
have about him lately.
Yeah it's a shame Michael has these self-image issues & felt that he had to
have those nose jobs. People take MJ & use his human shortcomings as fodder
for calling him a monster or some creepy individual. He's a man just like
anyone else with faults like anyone else. But hey that's the world. Some
will pick just because they like to pick.
Also many people don't notice the intricate details about things. I do & I
can tell you without a doubt that Michael's facial structure is except for
the drastically different nose the same as it was in 1978. I'll prove it one
day too.
--
Being a Michael Jackson fan makes you stupid.
Tattoo Vampire
Member in good standing, Hatergoon Cabal (tinc)
"You need to talk to somebody, boy. Professional. Before you go any
further beyond the deep end. You have truly become one sick bastard."
(John Lucas to Tattoo Vampire on 2-15-05)
Fragile Warrior Bees
"Ol' Knuckle-Draggin' Pambo Russell, Queen of the Ghetto Gorillas"
<oscarr...@thegraybarhotel.net> wrote in message
news:1651070.6...@linux01.ziggynet...
> What an enormous pile of steaming horse shit:
It's a very disturbing pile of steaming horse shit, too. The discourse on
eyebrow shaping makes me wonder if k00kass doesn't do some gump work to earn
his cranberry juice cocktail. And let's not even talk about how long he's
been studying photos of :O <=8 (and wankin' it?) -- the whole thing is
disturbing on lots and lots of levels.
<shudder>