We live in a society where our future and our profession has been decided for us, most of us have no say in this , you're either a doctor, dentist, engineer or lawyer.
Ever since i was kid i felt this burden that i had to be a doctor to be successful but it never felt right, i felt like i was suffocating and i lost faith and felt like i didn't have a purpose and that all I'd ever be is an ordinary failure who has achieved nothing in life and there was a time i broke down because i felt like i had no purpose and that what's the point in living if you don't even know why you're alive .
I had given up but some part of me still had hope. And I remember watching the walking dead i was so intrigued by the show itself and so fascinated by the makeup i watched 3 seasons in 4 days and i started to replicate the wounds and stuff using house hold items and started to post them online , there is no platform in Pakistan for special effects.
And i had to learn everything on my own through trial and error , I'm self taught and i started to note that people were really fascinated by this as it's something no one else in Pakistan does and i kept on teaching myself and posting my work on Instagram and that's when i got my first big break through an online magazine and I knew this was what i had to do and in a span of 1 year i now have multiple interviews on television and magazines and at the age of just 19 I have a proper career.
And I'm still learning and i will keep moving forward and keep challenging myself to do better and my goal is Insha'Allah to be an international SFX makeup and creature designer and I want to provide a platform for the youth of Pakistan.
- Neha Karim Ullah (Islamabad) - SFX makeup designer
An Inspiring Personality -Neha Karim Ullah, Pakistan
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