Like Tom Savini, Damien Brooksbank (Lead Makeup Effects Coordinator) began experimenting with effects makeup at an early age, and by the time he was in his early teens, he was doing special effects on neighborhood friends (to the dismay of their parents) and running a home-based haunted house out of his home in Phoenix, AZ.  He has also found ample work in creating Halloween makeup effects for friends and recently began venturing into print work, where he has gone on to work on numerous airbrush body painting photoshoots. He has recently chosen to start his business, Dark Soldier Designs™, a custom special effects makeup, props, and costume company with his partners, Viktor Maddok™ and Claire Craig-Sheets.  This is his first stage production, and his future work may be seen in collaboration with onikobella photography™.  He hopes to add more professional experience to his resume during the Halloween season. Additional portfolio pieces may be found currently at www.myspace.com/darksoldierdesigns.