Begona is a freelance artist with a focus on Special Make-up Effects, and character and creature design.

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She studied Fine Arts at the University of Seville, with a major in Sculpture, Anatomy, and Drawing. After graduating from Winchester School of Art and getting her Masters in Photography at the University of Arts London, she enrolled in Neill Gorton’s Prosthetics Boot Camp in order to push her career forward. She has also studied sculpture with Tom Hester, and Illustration and Creature Design with artist Jared Fajardo. 

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In 2019 Begona was selected as the Winner of Ve Neil's Legends of Makeup Desing scholarship, Finalist of the KNB EFX Group Legends of Creature Design, and Winner of The Prosthetics Event AS Make-up contest. 

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Begona works now as a freelance Special Makeup Effects Artist, Sculptor, and Illustrator. She was also the Module Leader for Creature Design & Making for Special Makeup Effects Module at the Buckinghamshire New University 2020-2021.

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Begona has worked on several international productions, including Disney, Netflix, Warner Brothers, and the BBC, and on several independent films across the UK and Europe. She is often a guest at events (such as The Prosthetics Event, Comic-Con, etc) where she does live SFX make-up demonstrations on stage.

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