Crow face is a style of make-up made popular by the 1994 movie The Crow based on the 1989 comic book of the same name by James O'Barr. It consists of white clown-like face paint, heavy black eyeliner and black lipstick, a black line drawn from the center of the upper eyelids to just above the eyebrows, a black line drawn from the center of the bottom eyelid about an inch down the center of the cheeks, and lines drawn in a slight upward direction from the corners of the mouth toward the cheekbones.
Wearers of crow face Celebrities who have been known to wear "crow face" makeup include:
*Eric Draven played by Brandon Lee in the move The Crow *Amy Lee of the band Evanescence *Members of the pop-punk band Good Charlotte *Steve Borden (the professional wrestler Sting) *Aiden frontman wiL Francis (in the video for "Die Romantic"). *Criss Angel while filming his 'Made in Japan' special *Scott Levy (the professional wrestler Raven) wears the crow style make up on occasion *Justin Eldridge (Jlopeia The Crow) Horrorcore artist *Ville Valo from Finnish Dark Rock band HIM was wearing crow style make up on the Halloween gig of HIM 2004 *Members of the heavy metal band Avenged Sevenfold[http://www.burnyourears.de/uploads/mediapool/AvengedSevenfold.jpg]
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