This study highlights the significant needs of the special effects makeup industry and begins to provide a solution through the development of a curriculum integrating special effects makeup and computer graphics. The value of the work is reflected in the investment made by the government of the People’s Republic of South Korea in the Korean movie industry as a growth industry. This work creates the curricula to train the highly skilled workforce necessary to advance special effects makeup as a science, supporting the industry and the governments investment. It also serves to create the necessary foundation for continued development of special effects makeup as a valued academic specialty. Research results, the curriculum presented focuses on use of PhotoshopTM technology and is designed to build on basic and advancing student skill. The work presented by this research aims to strengthen the academic value of special effects makeup and digital makeup education through integration of computer graphic skills to produce the skilled workforce needed by the continually changing digital entertainment industry. It does so with the intent of being able to add this skillset to academic programs which already exist in Korean universities. It is also recognized that continued integration of computer graphics may result in the development of new sub-specialized special effects makeup fields.