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issue # 1 JULY 2015

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FEATURING Editor’s letter

Editors letter

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uring the last years I have been involved in the world of body painting, I have met wonderful people who are also immersed in this industry, and like me are body painting lovers; I have conceived this magazine for them and for all the other people that want to appreciate this beautiful and fascinating art.

I welcome you to this first edition of Paint Up, a magazine specially designed for people who want to be aware of the current global trends of body painting.

As graphic designer and artist I have been able to mix in Paint Up Magazine my greatest passions; design, photography and the art of body painting, a perfect space for inspiration and knowledge.

In this first edition you will find articles you will feel identified with, as well as others that allow you to open your mind and submerge into this thrilling world.

I am proud to present Articles from recognized international artists, like Erasmo Daaz, Nick Wolfe, Filippo Ioco, Roxanne Horn, Sabine Voguel and many others, who

have shared their experiences and their creations in this industry, also you will find photographic material from artists who have been inspired by body painting, like quee jay Tee. Finally, you will find information related to events, tutorials on techniques, brands, makeup tools, models and so many more!

I hope this magazine is your total satisfaction, enjoy the articles and the photos specially designed for you, the body painting lovers.

See you the next edition!

Lina Carvajal

Featuring

NICK WOLF

USA FACE PAINTER AND BODY PAINTER

SABINE VOGUEL NETHERLANDS FACE PAINTER AND BODY PAINTER

QUE JAY TEE

USA PHOTOGRAPHER

ANNA AND ALEX BARENDREGT AUSTRIA WORLD BODY PAINT FESTIVAL

MAAYKE HOGEN

ERASMO DAAZ

ROXANE HORN

JULIAN ARIAS

NETHERLAND MANEGER IN SUPERSTAR

NETHERLANDS BODY PANTER AND FACE PAINTER

SPAIN BODY PAINTER LIGHT PAINTER

COLOMBIA BUSINESS MANAGER

FILIPO IOCO

ITALY BODY PAINTER AND PHOTOGRAPHER

RANKO NOVAK SLOVENIA GRAPHIC DESIGNER PROFESSOR

Light Painting TRENDS

7 Who is Behind The Camera PHOTOGRAPHY

14 Superstar In The Spotlight MARKETING

23 World Body Paint Festival EVENTS

25 Filippo Ioco - Nick Wolf INTERVIEWS

35 - 44 Cubes Body Painting Tutorial HOW TO DO IT

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BODY LIGHT PAINTING THE WORK FROM ERASMO DAAZ

TRENDS Erasmo Daaz 8

By: Erasmo Daaz www.erasmodaaz.com

Body Light Painting is a recent expression in arts that mixes 2 different technics: body painting and light painting. Its main characteristic is fusing different contemporary disciplines such as photography, video, lights, modeling, hair style and fashion.

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lhough it is common to think that the most relevant artists of body-light painting were unknown, important artists such as Pablo Picasso, Dan Flavin and Marko 93 substantially contributed and influenced the concepts that surround body-light painting.

Light painting is the evolution of the classic painting art by fussing natural materials with machines and elements from contemporary arts such as electronic and music. Light painting essentially is trying to create art with light, it is a matter of capturing light inside a photo.

In order to make compositions we need to control both body painting and light painting. To control body painting we must study all the possible techniques that we might apply such as brush, sponge, airbrush and makeup.

Definetly this is art of XXI Contemporany Art

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Paint Up TRENDS Body light painting

METALIC, FLUORO, AND GLITTER PRODUCTS ARE THE BEST FOR THE REFLECTION OF THE LIGHT.

It is also extremely important to know the available materials into the makeup and body painting market, especially all those specialized for light reflection such as metallic, fluoros and glitter products.

To control light painting is important to learn and study all concepts related to light, especially we need to learn how to capture it inside a picture or video. For doing so, leveraging Technology is definitely essential. However,

mixing arts with technology is a tasting fruit that a lot of people want to try but very few succeed.

Therefore, spending lots of hours studying and practicing will be key for achieving better results.

If we can control all these concepts, body-light painting will be ready for us. Then our main objective will be the refection of light on the bodies.

Building and managing your team is also an important job for everybody-light painting artist. Every session might require collaborations from different artists, who can not only complement your skills but also provide new insights and perspectives. Here I share what I consider a full team structure: Photographer,Model(s), Assistant, Bodypainter, Light painter, Video, Hair dresser. Designer,Post Production team.

Body-light painting is growing quickly. New artists are starting to move on the same direction under the leadership of the World Body-Light Painting Federation.

Although new workshops and products are boosting it, any artist who is passionate about body-light painting is surely called to be part of its future since there is still a whole world to be discovered.

MATERIAL CONTROL Materials are crucial in body-light painting. The final result will depend to a considerable extent on them. Although it might require heavy investments, it is also possible to obtain high quality and non-expensive materials. Knowledge and experience will be very important to manage your budget in a proper way, here I share some tips in this matter from my own perspective:

-Search on the web: this is always a good strategy for getting cheap products.

-Buy directly to producers and not through distributors. You will find significant pricing differences especially in effect machines and lasers.

-Be inventive, resourceful. f you have no budget for lasers use anything that produces light.

BODYPainting Material.

LightPainting Material.

Metallic colors, ByN. liquid Glitter.

Kryolan powder and liquid, Laukrom glitter cream and powder glitters, Aquacolor cream, compact stick,Mac Cream, compact stick and glitters, Uv liquid colors Kryoland.

Multiple gliterring colors. Fixer.

Products with reflecting material.

Reflex Camera.

Lasers.

Portrait laser.

Colors light lamp.

Portrait white light.

Effects Machine.

Reflective material.

White Lamps, Regular lights, candels, Sun.

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WHO´S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

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Initially I liked the special effects category.

I was really into the creations. But lately, I’m more drawn to the brush and sponge. Though simple, the art is really fascinating.

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Paint Up photography Qee Jay Tee

QUE JAY TEE PHOTOGRAPHY Body painting is the result of long working hours; it is a communicating moment between the body painter and the model. It is as beautiful as ephemeral that only a good photographic work can conserve and reproduce this image. In some festivals there are special photo areas where the models pose and show the striking creations over their skin, everybody searches the best angle, everybody pushes each other searching the best place, they expect the model to do her best pose and them to get their best shot!.

Que Jay Tee has been experiencing this over seven word body paint festivals and others around the word. However, his photographic vision prefers to capture in an organic way the artist work and the naturalness of the model, that is why from his photographs emerge trails of stories, warm smiles, natural poses, communication between the artist and the model, between the model and the audience, the connection he has with the camera, the objects and the people who desire to be photographed.

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How did you decide to start photographing body paintings?

It was not really a conscious decision to start photographing body painting. In general, I’m a traveler and culture nut.

I like to go around the world and see/ photograph, different festivals. I read in a Lonely Planet book, “A year of Festivals” and learned about the World Bodypainting festival in Austria. Since then, I’ve photographed 7 events.

What do you like the most about photographing body paintings?

My favorite thing is the art. It’s just amazing some of the creations people come up with! Initially I liked the special effects category. I was really into the creations. But lately, I’m more drawn to the brush and sponge. Though simple, the art is really fascinating.

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Que Jay Tee

Photography is just a hobby for me. I love to shoot and share. I think I get pretty good results because I don’t have to worry about getting “the shot”, deadlines, or anything else. It’s just a very organic way of shooting.

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Paint Up photography Qee Jay Tee

Is there something that you don’t like about that?

There are things I don’t like! For one thing, pushy photographers. Some of the photographers act as though the goal of the festival is to create pretty pictures! For me, it’s all about the artist’s visions, and the models helping bring that vision to life. As a photographer, I want to capture that intent. So I rarely try to get a model or artist to pose. I like to capture them bringing their vision to life, however the two (or more) of them have decided in an organic and natural way.

I also don’t like the special photo areas. The photographers are all packed in, yelling at the models to pose! All trying out to do each other. It’s awful. Not natural at all. And rarely you see anyone in the photography pens smiling or having fun!

They make it look like work!

How could be a Great Photography for you?

I guess a great day of taking pictures (of body painting) would be good weather, around 23°, so it’s warm enough for the models, but not so warm they sweat off the paint! Great art being created, of course. And a mix of experienced and new artists and models. Like with many things, the first time is often special. So capturing the excitement of a first time artist or model is really interesting to me.

A great photo to me would have, good art. A design that is striking, but has detail. Elements that show up after several viewings. Also, the photo should show communication.

Communication between the artist and the model, communication between the model and the audience or the photographer. It should also feel natural. The model, the pose, should really seem like a natural extension of the artist, a natural interaction with the photographer.

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Que Jay Tee

I was initially going to shoot the model. But as I composed the shot, I noticed this young girl. her pose was as striking as the model, though more sublet, a bit more natural. I decide to pull back and include both in the shot. I think it encapsulates the artists vision, the model showcasing that vision, and also illustrates how the public, get drawn into the festival! For me, that one shows why the festivals are great, not only for the artists and models, but for the public. Most art is not interactive It is presented to you. but this shows that the public can become part of the same canvas.

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In this photo the artist is Liefi Olivier, and the model is Nnene Sarah. This was the first time they worked together, and that Liefi used Chameleon paints on a model. The two were not so happy working together! I heard there was a bit of drama between them. Anyhow, Kesha did her best to show the work.

Liefi did not feel that she expressed what she wanted. They did not pale so well in the competition. But, when they saw my photos of the work, they were really happy! It showed what they were trying to achieve. The colours on the dark skin, the concept. Both were plea that I was able to preserve the work the way they felt it should have been viewed, but unfortunately was not by the judges.

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Paint Up photography Qee Jay Tee

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Que Jay Tee

What is (are) the photography (ies) that you like the most?

Why? I guess my favorite photography is travel photography. The thing about travel is that usually you are capturing things you have never (or have rarely) seen before. There is little time to set up, little control over the environment. You just have to go in, explore the situation, and shoot! In a way, that’s how I shoot bodypainting. Okay, after so many years, I kinda know what to expect. But not always, and I never know the theme or individual designs. So I shoot, like it’s the first time.

I also like sports photography.

I like capturing moments in time. Showing the speed, the complexity of movement. I’m not so good at that yet, but I’m learning!

Finally, I like candid portraits.

Just capturing people being people. Slice of life sort of things. Even the most mundane activities, expressions can be really beautiful.

What makes you different from other photographers?

Am I different from other photographers? (Laughts) I’m not sure I am. But, if I had to say something, from some of the stories I’ve been told, I guess I would say I’m different because I think the subject of the photograph is more important than the photographer. I always respect my subjects; never shoot anyone/thing that does not want to be photographed.

With bodypainting, I’m there to document the process and preserve the work of the artist and model. I’m really in awe of what they do. I just hope I can that vision, that inspiration, in a way that shows what they were trying to achieve!

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Paint Up marketing Superstar

SUPERSTAR in AMERICA

By: Sabine Gabrielle Vogel Let me start with explaining that I am not a superstar in America — I wish! — I am a Superstar sponsored artist who went to the Face & Body Art International Convention (FABAIC) this year. Luckily for me I had some experience from the previous year and this time I actually had some preparation time.

FABAIC is, in my opinion, the greatest and biggest convention on the face and body art industry. Something to have in your todo list or in your bucket list if you are part of the body painting world. For me it’s not enough only attending and participating: I have to take part in the competitions.

This years theme was ‘twisted fairytales’.

What a lovely theme for my already twisted way of thinking! In the months before the competition I broke my head over the idea, every night thinking of perfecting it, but still I couldn’t get it right.

Normally I would not let a competition get to me like this one did. This is my ten-year anniversary in the body painting world. I started out when I was a young girl, just rolled into the business and started to compete. I think I’m allowed to say without any arrogance that I have some experience in this world, having already 30 prices worldwide. But I went crazy for FABAIC, knowing that it maybe my last chance to win here because you never know where you are going to be next year.

The time went fast and I got stuck with my idea. I tried it out on one of my good friend models and I loved the pictures but I needed something that connected it all. At this point I was not afraid to ask anybody for help and so I did. One week before FABAIC a friend of mine gave me the connecting idea by accident: she made a comment about hallucinating mushrooms. That was

“Haluccinating mushrooms with light in it. In the back: rapunzels hair and malificents horns are becoming ursula’s tentacels (little mermaid). Haunted forest at the arms. Al disney figures into the black and white of the clock of Alice in wonderland. Tinkerbell with a joint in the hands.” what I was looking for: the complete image came to my head and in these last days before travelling, me and my husband went crazy to work to make this mushrooms and special effect that I wanted to use. All the pictures came together and the peace finally settled on my head.

Being at FABAIC is — for some — a great lifetime experience; meeting new and old friends, learning, buying and a lot of painting. But it also means long days and not so much sleep! But hey! It’s only four days!

This year I was scheduled for giving a body paint class for Superstar (also a little bucket list thing). Giving a class in a different language is always scary and I was afraid I had no attendants at all. Especially in a line up with Mark Reid, Heather Green, Ronnie Mena and a few others. I ended up with 14 participants. Later that day at the Superstar™ Booth they came to say that they

loved my class and I gave them all a little Superstar™ gift.

Sunday was the day for the big competition. I’ll spare you the stressing details of the day filled by body painting. My finished piece had every detail I wanted it to have, I managed to do everything within the deadline. My theme was hallucinating fairytales and everything was thought of. There was a judge who told me she loved the shoes with the snakes, I asked her which snakes.

‘The ones in the shoes’ she answered. ‘There were no snakes’ I told her. ‘But I’m sure there were’ she said. Then I told her she must have been hallucinating and she had to laugh because she finally got it.

marketing Superstar

“ “A competition day is long; very long.

After finishing, the models have to go to the Judge individually.”

Then there will be a few photographers who would want to take pictures of them, of course you will want some for your own, as well. Then the waiting begins. At FABAIC the models are presented before the dinner so that the people can fill in their People’s Choice form. After that, the models are presented one by one. Dinner, dancing and announcement of the other competitions come after that.

The closure of the evening is the announcements of the body painting competition winners.

Your nerves are sky-high at this time. The text messages from home have already stopped for an hour because it’s already midnight there. No, mom… I don’t know anything yet!

Everybody kept telling me what a great winner I was, I must agree because i’m terrible loser as well!!!

The prices this year were sponsored by Superstar™, so my colleague was on the stage handing out the prices. Therefore I needed to squeeze the hand of the innocent bystander sitting next to me: Andrea O’Donnell (sorry for your hand).

The moment was there and my name was called. I really was the winner of this years FABAIC Body Painting Competition! I got my price handed over by my own colleague — which must have raised questions — but I didn’t care. I felt like my own Superstar standing at that stage watching all those people before me. What a surprise it was that, being already on the stage, they also handed me out the People’s Choice Award.

For me this was my goal, an item of my bucket list, but afterwards I realised that it was not the winning that made me so happy that evening, it was the feeling of all those people who were so sincerely happy for my victory. That’s a feeling only Superstars must know….

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the world body paint festival 2014

The 17th World Bodypainting Festival has come to an end with explosive fireworks cheering on the new World Champions in a range of categories.

! IF ONLY THE HOLE WORLD WERE THIS COLORFUL !

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PAINTED PEOPLE CROWNED AS WORD CHAMPIONS

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he art of bodypaint ting has taken on cult status throughout the world in the past decade. A small town in Austria becomes the mecca of body art annually as hundreds of artists converge from around the world to test their skills against the world’s best.

Artists travelled to PĂśrtschach, in the province of Carinthia from 47 nations to take part in a week long event that attracts visitors in the tens of thousands.

The main days of the WBF were full with live music, shows, active programs and of course the highlight with the World Bodypainting Championships.

This year has proved to be tough competition with some amazing stories. The top ten artists in the brush and sponge category came from nine different countries with Riina Laine from Finland coming up on top. In the Special Effects Bodypainting category Gabriela Hajek-Renner from Austria brought back a World Champion title to home soil. In the airbrush category artist Alex Hansen from Brazil won first place taking home a trophy that he had coincidentally also designed for the competition. Perhaps the most exciting wins of the festival were by Scott Fray from the USA who took home first places in face painting and UV effects. Scott has won every other World Title available making them the only artist in history to take out five world champion titles in five categories.

The WBF Installation Art Award saw the festival grounds transformed into living incorporated art that changed the landscape into an interactive experience for the guests. With Polish dancers from Art Color Ballet, a painted Orchestra in the lake by Gesine Marwedel and the winning artist Trina Merry from the USA with her painted bodies and backdrops, there was a lot for the visitors to interact with.

Adel Tawil and Inner Circle provided the music entertainment that drew the crowds and kept them pumping as well as many smaller international music acts that could be found in hidden corners and stages all over the festival areas.

Every day the stage was further used for international fashion designers showing daily their latest collections. Body Art Fashion has been combining the efforts of some of the best artists in the body art and make up industries to create spectacular fashion shows. These shows mix elements of art and performance with music, video art, bodypainting, dance, fashion and more.

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Paint Up events World Body Paint Festival

Highlights before the festival main days illusion art techniques

four days of workshops The week started with four days of workshops in the WB Academy. Over thirty teachers from the top levels of the bodypainting industry shared decades of knowledge with their peers and even previous world champions were seen expanding their skills.

Special effects, mask building, brush technique, costumemaking and airbrush were just some of the many workshops available.

There was a strong theme of camouflage running through the workshops this year at the WB Academy with landscape paintings and illusion art techniques being shared with the students.

People were disappearing into trees, walls, fabrics and all kinds of surfaces every day! This seems to be a strong and fast growing area for the industry.

body circus the bizarre club Fascinating and fancy figures turned the Wednesday night into day, illuminating the old mystic castle Moosburg on top of a hill into an adult fairytale down the rabbit hole. “Body Circus, the bizarre club” is the possibility to present, to express creatively, to dive into a world of magic and imagination, to dance the entire night away accompanied by sounds of international DJs in the middle of exceptional and breathtaking creatures, decorated with colour, make-up and costumes along with bizarre presentations from performers.

the global body painting conference Thursday saw the beginning of a new program at the WBF, the Global Bodypainting Conference Day. Participants were able to move from class to class taking presentations and learning from all of the industry’s best including Emma Hack who is well known for her wallpaper series as well as her music video for Gotye, who spoke about branding.

Birgit Mörtl who works for lifeball talked about working for the big stage and Elena Tagliapietra talked about her amazing project “A rose for Venice”.

On the Thursday night the movie HOME was screened on the main stage. Artists were again reminded of the many years of friendship and experience they have all shared together through the event. The awards for the best photographer and model of the year were presented to the winners from the year before.

SPECIAL EFFECTS BODY PAINTING WORLD AWARD 1 ST PLACE Pop Art / Artificial Intelligence Gabriela Hajek-Renner- AUSTRIA 2 ND PLACE : Birgit Linke - AUSTRIA 3RD PLACE: Carugati Benedetta - ITALY

AIRBRUSH WORLD AWARD 2ND PLACE Pop Art / Artificial Intelligence EKerstin B端low -Germany 1st PLACE : Alex Hansen -Brazil 3RD PLACE: Flavio Bosco- Italy

BRUSH / SPONGE WORLD AWARD 3 RD PLACE Pop Art / Artificial Intelligence Evgenia Parhatskaja-Sweden 1st PLACE : Riina Laine -Finland 2ND PLACE: Johannes Stรถtter -Italy

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Filipo ioco

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ctualy I fell into body painting because I´m a fine artist. Long time ago when I was having my fine art shows I realized that people just come, eat all the food, drink everything, leave, and they even remembered what they saw, so how can I make the people stay longer and really impact their minds? Then, I came up with an idea to painting people into my paintings because my painting are really big, they´re abstract very colorful, so I did that, I had a show in New York city and it was very successful, and from there on my Body Paintings just take life from his own, and I became a body painter.

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Paint Up interviews Filippo Ioco

His outstanding body painting work have toured the world and published on magazines, newspapers, and television. He have worked in diverse philanthropic campaigns that support breast cancer and Aids research, Children with deformities, Wounded Troops and their Families, among others.To go beyond trough his recognized work, we have conducted this interview where he shares some of his experience throughout his long career of 27 years. Some people do body painting just for hobby, others are full time make up artists, but just few can say that devote all their life to art like Filippo Ioco. He started to communicate through arts since he was a child, something that is reflected today in his colorful, abstract and large format work; his life takes as fine artist, decorative artist, photographer, and body painter.

Have you ever studied something related with arts or directly related with body paint?

Everything that I know in my art I put on my body paintings. I´m a self-taught, when I was a child in the school I have art classes, but as an adult I didn’t go to the art school, I took 2 years of graphic design and then I left so all my art background its just from me, and I started doing arts when I was little because I didn’t know how to speak English, so my way of communicating with people around me was with art, and they kind of left me alone, I didn’t start to speak English until I was 9 or 10 years old.

Which technique do you use for body painting?

I use brush and sponge, I use my hands, I use a lot of stuff, I don’t use airbrush,

I´m a Painter, working in fine art, body painting, decorative art, photography, I shoot my own stuff, in that way I don’t have any problem with photographers. I´m very artistic person. I´m an artist in the whole entire word.

It is not for me, I need to deep my brush into water, paint, I’m a fine artist, I don’t have time to be changing colors in a little tube.

What is your concept or your style?

My style is to create a beautiful image, I don’t think that I have a specific style, I think my job has been to create beauti-

ful images. A lot of my body painting is simple, but the image is powerful. I want that somebody buy the image and put it in his living room, dining room or his office, so I don’t do a body painting just to do a body painting, I want to create an image.

As you say, your body painting is simple but you have powerful images, ¿What do you think about those body paintings that have a lot of details?

The works in a competition are very different, I believe in works that you create as art to hang on a wall, because I think, art that hangs on the wall should relay something, a message, a feeling.

So, if something that comes from the festival is just a straight body painting with a black background to me is nothing, I think it is more eye-pleasing when there is a beautiful background where you are making a statement.

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Paint Up interviews Filippo Ioco A lot of the detailed work of course is extremely beautiful, it is just that I don’t want to sit there for 12 hours painting those little details in a body, I prefer to have fun, I prefer to be bold, I prefer to be abstract , colorful , and again I prefer to create an overall image that is going to move someone.

Have you ever competed in the WBP? I competed the first year I came here, which was 11 years ago, and I lost, but I was extremely happy because I had never been here before, I had always been invited to the festival but I never came because It is not my style to compete, my work is not the type of body painting that you compete with unless it is a finished image competition.

I competed just one time here, I competed also one time in Thailand, I competed in Shanghai; In Thailand I won “The People´s Choice Award” which for me was amazing, it was much better for me to win the people choice award than to win something from the judges, because I know the judges (Laughs). In the WBPF I competed the first year, then the second year, and the other times I have been judge.

How long did you take for you to realize that you are pretty good?

I’m not that type of person that walk around telling everybody that I’m the best artist, I know what I’m capable of doing, I know where I’m strong, and I know where I’m weak, I have a lot of credits, I have a lot of interviews in TV, magazines, newspapers, but I don’t walk around telling everybody “oh, I’m the biggest body painter... “No, it is not the kind of person I am. Everything that I do is on my website, and if somebody wants to know about me they go to my website, which is a complete library of my career.

Which artists have inspired you in your career?

I would have to say myself, because I have worked really hard to do everything I do, and I work with an open mind and I work with open eyes.

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I want to go as far as I possibly can, but I think what´s important for me is to create images that provoke the imagination, my thing is to create powerful images to make people think what theirs looking at, and just open up their minds.

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Nick Wolf

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y hobby is making costumes. So, now I do make up and costumes together.

In addition, I teach, and you know, teaching is always a learning process where you cannot lag behind. I am a very much altruist, Altruist does everything for the benefit of all. That is why I´m a teacher. I help everybody, not just myself. I have found that through altruism is another way to help yourself.

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Paint Up interviews Nick Wolf

Nick Wolfe is undoubtedly an icon of the face and body painting worldwide.

His particular understanding of anatomy, the masterful use of light and shadow are just some of the elements that allow him to transform beautiful models into frightening monsters; as he himself states, his works provoke diametrically opposing feelings: beauty and stupor, love and hate.

Few artists can proudly boast of publishing 17 books and having his own make up brand “Wolfe Makeup”.

His life revolves around competitions and workshops where his altruism becomes evident. In fact, during this interview his words denote his calling for teaching, for helping others with his experience and knowledge compiled during 15 years of artistic journey. Paint up magazine has approached to him, who amusing, simple and spontaneous will share some of his anecdotes, his beginnings, his experience during the WBPF but especially he will deliver a message of persistence, patience and passion.

How did you start in the world of body painting?.

Well, I got a Job in Universal Studios, Florida as makeup artist, then I became a face painter. One day, Somebody -a women - came up to me in Universal Studios - I was painting her kids’ faces - and she said: Do you do full body painting? And I said “Sure, all the time!” ... and that was my first body painting job. We charged 100 dollars per girl and we did 4 girls. The name of the web site was Chocolatetiger.com, it was like a porn website and they wanted to paint all the girls like tigers, leopards, cheetahs, snow leopard… all the cats (laughs).

How were your first body paintings?

Terrible!! Terrible!! Everybody says “Oh, I will never be as good as you”, and I say: oh yeah! If you practice, you can, because I used to suck too. Look, do you want to see my first face painting? My first body painting? They were just terrible!

interviews Nick Wolf

The more you do the better you get. I started coming here in 2006 and looking out that everybody else does it, I get more ideas and try new things. I am always practicing and always looking for inspiration always hungry for something more, for something new and exciting.

What artists have inspired your career?

Which technique do you use for body painting?

How long did you take to realize you were pretty good?

If it is myself, I use everything, I use airbrush, brush and sponge (that is my favorite). If I do it at home I do everything. But here, you have to pick this, or this. Being honest, I like to be free.

Maybe not that much, because at Universal studios you have to Paint every day. Even knowing that painting kid faces is still painting, every time you go like this is practice.

It is a matter of hours, how many hours you put into practice that is how good you are and that is it. My job as face painter was 40 hours a week for 4 and a half years. I had 40 hours of practice a week. So, few years, 2 or 3 years later I was a lot better. I knew how to draw, but I did not how to paint. Once I learnt how to paint, then the next I could know is that I can paint better than I can draw.

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onsters!

I Paint scary monsters on pretty girls. In that way I get both, I get really really pretty and really really scary. People look at my work and they go “oh, It is so scary but it is so beautiful, I hate it but I love it”. That is what I want do, to freaking people out.

Richard Geiger, Brom, yasushi nirasawa, those are my favourites. Simone Bisley, Michael Turner, so many !! Sorayama, Takarada Tekeya , Akito Amamiya, I love Japanese.

How was your first participation here at the World Body Paint Festival?

It was 100 degrees here, all the models were throwing up and passing out, there were ambulances everywhere, we thought that it was normal. We were like “ok, if you want to be the worlds’ best you have to come out in a freaking hundred degrees and throw up”. Effectively, our model threw up and every time she bended over she was ruining her stomach. So we painted her stomach over like three times and her neck, then on Sunday we decided not to paint on her neck and not paint on her stomach but they didn’t like it very much, so well, we finally got 10. However, we were happy because we were top 10 within the best body painters in the world.

Any suggestions for those who are new participants?

You should learn beforehand what they want, the first year we did the anatomy which is all red, blue brown and white but then we looked at the winners and we were like “oh, they are all rainbows, every color in the rainbow”; people who are not rainbows are new.

What is the most important in body painting? Drawing? Painting? The Concept?

Passion. I always tell people, come out here to have fun, make that your number one priority, get some music and have a couple of drinks, do whatever you have to do to have a good time, because if you put your part into it, your passion will come out, and the judges will see it and the model will feel it. I decided that I was going to have a great time this weekend before I got here.

It does not matter what I place because that is not my goal to win. If my goal was to win, I might be disappointed, but if my goal is to have fun, I win, then everybody wins.

Especially for this business, your attitude is the most important because everyone here with rather work is a nice professional artist, and that´s ok, but better than an awesome artist, that is an asshole.

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Paint Up how to do it Roxane Horn

Roxanne H The body painter form Netherlands, explain us how to make a 3D cube efect, you also can follow all Roxane tutorials on her free youtube channel for face painting.

www.youtube.com/channel/ UCqOdHeEl9BINefJ4I1vYlsQ

To make equal sized hexagon shapes start with a zig zag line. (little triangles)

Make vertical lines which are the same length as the triangle.

Close the bottom with the same shape as on the top.

Repeat the pattern.

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Horn With the hexagon shape you can make a 3D cube. (See purple) You can use the cubes to add the blue pattern. When adding, the blue shape will always be one size bigger then the cubes.

Use a light shade of a color to fill in all top parts of the shapes.

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combine painting with my job as a tattooer in Amsterdam.

Tattooing gives me inspiration to paint and painting gives me inspiration to tattoo. One of my latest tattoos are geometrical shapes. I used this technique for the step by step body paint. The good thing about this technique and style is that it’s for women and men, for face painting and for body painting.!’’

Use a darker shade of the same color to fill the right side. And the darkest color, or black, for the left side.

You can use white as the lightest color (like with the Purple cubes) or use black as the darkest color (like with the pink cubes and the blue shapes.

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Body Painting: Lina Carvajal Photography: Tomaz Levztek Model: Dea Van Dann Ljubljiana, Slovenia 2014