bodypainter

I guess it's a testament to how long I've been a a member here that my nick is "bodypainter" since I haven't really painted any bodies in 6 years. Until now, that is. My wife and I are returning to Fantasy Fest this year and I have rescued my airbrushes from storage and am practicing for this year's event.

So, I am hella rusty right now. Even worse, I'm not much of an artist even when I am well practiced. Anyway, I wanted to share my efforts so far this year. My goal is to go to Key West at Halloween with a dozen paintings and accompanying costume bits that I can do without lots of effort so we can all get on with the party. Here's what I've done so far.

The models are my wife and a few of our friends. Much thanks to them for being so patient with me.



A scene oft-repeated the last few weeks!


These next couple paintings will look a lot better when we've got the wig and face makeup that goes with.





A just for fun painting.


Experimenting with airbrush makeup instead of paint.


I gotta work more on this concept.


Another just for fun painting.


Your basic sunset scene.


That's it for now, but probably more tomorrow and periodically through the end of October!

Daniel_

Love the stars. Thanks for sharing.

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Overhead, the Albatross hangs motionless upon the air,
And deep beneath the rolling waves,
In labyrinths of Coral Caves,
The Echo of a distant time
Comes willowing across the sand;
And everthing is Green and Submarine
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Meditrina

Those are so cool. I really like the one with the stars.

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Jetée

The "concept" one was funny; I was wondering what you were going for there as well.

How long, on average, do you take to complete your body-painting?
I've heard of others in the body-painting industry as having to work continuously alongside the model for upwards of 6-8 hours, but I'm guessing that depends upon the exact intracacies and type of paint finish (top-grade) they typically use. It'd be more personal to know how much time and effort you expend, in comparison.

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DaniGirl

Wow you are very talented. I really like the last photo. Thanks for sharing!

powerclown

Wow...cool and unique. I like the red one.

bodypainter

I'm trying to spend no more than an hour on each one, including drying time between colors. In competitions and photo shoots I'm sure the artists spend many hours on a painting, but we're going to Fantasy Fest to party and I don't want it to turn into a job.

thirdsun

Cool. Ah, so the name bodypainter is actually titular, I see....nice work!

dlish

another 2 thumbs up for the stars job

great stuff bodypainter. i'd love to see more!

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bodypainter

Update time!

I didn't really like this one, but it was good practice.


We had a professional airbrush artist over today to give me some tips. We painted side by side for several hours and here are the results.

Me painting my wife.


Finished. I was happy with most of my work (on the left) but not happy with my tree (which is hard to see in this pic). I need to work on details like that.


Next up, a neighbor that lives down the street and her friend. I was more happy with my work this time (on the left) but still need a more natural touch.


I got a big kick out of these two walking home, about 4 houses down the street, in their paint.


Last up, a starfield scene.


The girls admire their paint one more time before washing it off yet again.


More to come!

Xerxys

These are really good.

Jetée

Lost..in..Space!

I love it. Rippling universes, shining stars, and big moons.

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Grasshopper Green

Wow. Those are awesome. I like them all but really love the beach ones.

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little_tippler

great work, love the spacescapes! I have always wanted to do body art like this...I can see your skills being perfected in each set. Looking forward to more

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Whether we write or speak or do but look
We are ever unapparent. What we are
Cannot be transfused into word or book.
Our soul from us is infinitely far.
However much we give our thoughts the will
To be our soul and gesture it abroad,
Our hearts are incommunicable still.
In what we show ourselves we are ignored.
The abyss from soul to soul cannot be bridged
By any skill of thought or trick of seeming.
Unto our very selves we are abridged
When we would utter to our thought our being.
We are our dreams of ourselves, souls by gleams,
And each to each other dreams of others' dreams.

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bodypainter

Today I practiced a couple of yesterday's paintings by putting the designs on my Mac Planters. Pics!

Start with a few splotches of color.


Brush in some details.


And finish it up.


Back in service.


That was fun, so I tried it again. Here's the end result.






Then to top off the day, we did a little role reversal and I walked the girls through painting me!

I think they did a terrific job for their first try.




More to come!

dlish

this is good stuff! i love it

just had to ask..you didnt do the tats on the girl did u?

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blahblah454

Wow those are really good!

Tully Mars

Looks damn good to me. Certainly looks as good as any other work I've seen at FF. Have a great time! Wish I were going this year, hopefully next.

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bodypainter

Thanks everyone!

Here is today's work. Again we are working on practice for the girls. Today, I painted Dianne, Dianne painted Dorleen, and Dorleen painted me. I sort of made this design up as we went along, and my little War Of The Worlds alien ships didn't work very well, but overall it was great practice and looked pretty good.


As an added bonus, here are a couple pics from a few days ago. Not a very good painting day, but we had a lot of fun.


And if you're wondering how we get this paint off, this is how.


That's all for today, more to come!

bodypainter

Update time. Fewer pictures now that I'm mostly re-painting stuff I've done earlier. We are nailing down the Key West portfolio. Here are some from the last couple weekends.





Dianne continues to practice. It's going to be very different this year because I'll be painted many days as well.


This one frustrates me to no end. The next (and final!) time I practice this I am going to delete the hole + laces effect completely. I just can't make it look like I want it to look.


My Pants Rocket.


Pants Rocket v2


Which brings us to today. Today I am playing with lace and this was the first result.


Our neighbor Michelle stopped by early this afternoon to give Dianne a break from modeling.

Black base with white lace later painted blue. The lavender paint in the chest area was a failed experiment. Wouldn't do that again.


White base with blue lace and the white later painted gold.


Both white and black base work well. Both use a lot of paint but go on really fast. These took about 1/2 hour each. At Fantasy Fest I'll be painting the back also so add another 10 minutes and that's a fast paint job.

Any opinions on the color combos for the lace, particularly the white versus black base are welcomed.

Redlemon

Are you spraying through actual lace to achieve that effect? Also, what would it look like without a base coat behind it (black/flesh)?

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bodypainter

Yes, spraying directly through the lace. I tried it without a base color and the results were poor. The background color is what actually becomes the lace because the stencil is a positive (where one would want a negative).

The best result I've ever seen was with a white background topped with a flesh color. That make the paint look very much like white lace and only white lace. I may play a bit and see if I can mix something that's close enough to achieve that effect myself.

Anormalguy

Wow, those are cool, I especially like the lace.

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bodypainter

We did a couple more lace practice runs tonight, holding ourselves to just red and white. Here is a a white base with red on top.


And the reverse with a red base and white on top.


I remain impressed with how fast and easy the lace stencil thing is.