Body Painting

For this assessment I have to create a design and paint the whole body with it! The whole body has to be painted and it has to be an original idea.

I have decided to use my own personal artwork. experiment what my normally same artworks would look on large scale. What I love about makeup is the ability to create illusions using such a simple medium as paint. Im my art work (as you can see below) I like to create individuals with 'unusual bodies, thus painting one of my 'creatures' on a human body will be a challenge and a chance to create a large scale illusion.

My personal work that I will be drawing from:

Other inspiration:

All found from: http://www.google.com.au/search?q=body+painting&client=safari&rls=en&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=ln8CU_z6H8e4iQf_9IDgCA&ved=0CAkQ_AUoAQ&biw=1024&bih=593#imgdii=_


I have experimented with a range of colours as a base, but I have decided to use a multicoloured, rainbow-like foreground with a black outlining background. So that when against a black backdrop the colourful body is the only thing a viewer can see. Thus creating the illusion that the the body is the shape i have intentionally created.