By Kirsten Mahon/nw news/multimedia editor
![Lukach shares tips on makeup and where to buy special effects supplies. Photo by Haylie Jones/The Collegian](https://collegian.tccd.edu/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/10022013Zombie4-300x200.jpg)
![Oliver Lukach demonstrates his makeup skills on student Alexis Nelson. Photos by Haylie Jones/The Collegian](https://collegian.tccd.edu/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/10022013Zombie5-300x200.jpg)
NE student Oliver Lukach taught a one-time special effects makeup class during his art period Sept. 25.
In a session open to all students, Lukach demonstrated how to professionally create a zombie look using face paint, fake blood and masks. He made fake blood with food coloring and gave students tips on what supplies were better or cheaper than others.
![Jackie Barajas adds the finishing touches on Joseph Cristie’s zombie makeup. Photo by Haylie Jones/The Collegian](https://collegian.tccd.edu/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/10022013Zombie2-300x200.jpg)
![NE student Tyra Lampkin gets a zombie makeover from fellow student Heaven Roskilly during the class. Photo by Haylie Jones/The Collegian](https://collegian.tccd.edu/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/10022013Zombie3-300x200.jpg)
The full-time student started his career in special effects when he was invited as a student to work on the set of Risen, a horror film released in the United Kingdom. Lukach said he did so well the crew hired him as the head of special effects. Now, Lukach offers private lessons and charges a fee to do makeup for special events.
“It would be great if more people pursued it,” Lukach said about the special effects industry.
![Maureen Wood shows off a zombie face. Photo by Haylie Jones/The Collegian](https://collegian.tccd.edu/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/10022013Zombie7-300x200.jpg)
![A prop foot designed and created by NE student Oliver Lukach sits on the table in the art lab on NE Campus. Lukach had the opportunity to teach a one-day special effects makeup workshop during his art period Sept. 25. Students were taught to create quality zombie makeovers on other students. Photo by Haylie Jones/The Collegian](https://collegian.tccd.edu/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/10022013Foot-300x200.jpg)
He said now the rise of CGI in movies is killing the industry.
“It’s kind of a dying breed,” he said. “Those movies don’t look as real as they did back when they did movies like Aliens.”