Have you ever seen those pictures of girls at Las Vegas clubs who have elaborate clothes painted on them? But when you look closer you see that they're NAKED.
...Now that's just
icky. ;}
Body paint, for me, has never really stood out as art. Sure, sometimes I see one of these showgirls and think 'wow, that's really pretty' but its always generic.
I've never really thought of the process a model must go through to become
perfectly painted. There would be such intimacy, more than a painted with a naked model-because that's from a good foot or so away. But a painted who paints on the model knows every fact of his/her body. The way the artist needs to take in the different way the body is shaped with curves and planes, it all needs to be observed and cataloged so the painting isn't too much affected by it.
I came across this artist's website who experimented with body paint, but took it to the next level.
Warning: XTREME BEAUTY
Unfortunately I can't read a thing on this website, so I can't give any credit to the painters/photographers, but you can check out the rest of this breathtaking collection here: http://2photo.ru/en/post/17575
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The forum that I followed this link from was on a steampunk site, and this is where the style of steampunk comes into play. In less than 10 words, steampunk is a sub-culture that emulates the late Victorian era with an alternative look at the Industrial age through art/clothing/music/writing. Not less than 10 words, but basically the nitty gritty of what steampunk is. I'll talk more about it when I have more info, but if you need a better definition find it
here.Anyway, this is what the clothing looks like. The body paint is meant to accentuate it and the fact that the pattern/style is like machinery.
The rest are just the different ways the body paint was used. Enjoy.
SOOOO MUCH LOLZ! And this isn't the finished version. At the art show, the waistband of underwear peeked over his hips and read 'Dance Magic Dance.' If that isn't art, I don't know what is ;]
