David Gilmore + MAC Cosmetics + body painting.

The end of last month I had the honor of body painting for MAC Cosmetics at the IMATS in Pasadena.  (Click on that link to see the final looks.)  What I designed for the first day was a series of faces that cover the body.  The same face actually just in different color combinations.  I wanted to try out that look a few times to work out any kinks.  So this is how it played out.........  

First test run.  I painted my friend Khalif's upper body and that's his real hair.  It's magical... it's perfect... it's a thing of beauty.  I used MAC's acrylics to achieve this.  Over his face, some eyeshadow was added for shimmer.

Not a fan of the large watermark but my stuff keeps getting posted on other sites without credit so it's a necessary thing.  Made a black and white version of one of the images as well.

This took about five hours.  Thanks Khalif!

Second test run I painted my new friend Jose.  I painted him head to toe again with the MAC acrylics using a more restrained color combination.  Each face including: hair, features, and skin is one singular color.  

As with last time, I made a b&w version too.

This took about 7 hours.  Thanks Jose!

Third test I painted my new friend John.  This was another full body paint and I used MAC's water-activated chromacakes as well as their acrylics.  This version was more painterly and I opted to leave the face uncovered.  He's wearing a small undergarment in this that I went right over with the body paint.

And a b&w version..........

This took over eight hours to create.  Thanks John!  

It's simply a nightmare having to paint such nice and handsome guys.  :)

So happy that I tested the makeup three times as each session absolutely informed the direction I took for the event.

Hope you enjoyed my show and tell.

Comments

[Jen Gary-Baker]

Once again, so impressed - you truly have a gift, so jealous!

Thank you for sharing with us...

Jen in PA

[costa rica]

Impressive! Like your designs here. Totally awesome!

[Body Paints]

I really liked the designs of your Body Paints. Amazing work done by you. Great to see such Nice painted handsome guys.