Body art puts paint next to nothing
September 3, 2010 |10:09 | Gossips By : Team X
You need four things to get ready for body painting: "A shave, clean underwear, wine and nipple coverings," says model Veronica Guerra. You also need brushes. And an artist who appreciates an unusual canvas. Plus someone who's willing to walk around in front of a couple hundred people covered by only a thin layer of paint. But the clean underwear certainly doesn't hurt.
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Across the country, nightclubs are putting body painting on the summer's entertainment menu. From the L2 Lounge in Washington, D.C., to the Voyeur in San Diego, California, club-goers are gathering to watch artists cover models head-to-toe in sweat-proof, washable paint. Or they're showing up at glow-in-the-dark body painting parties to do it themselves. "It's so fun, it's ridiculous," world-renowned body painter Craig Tracy said. "It's just incredibly visual and a great way to meet strangers.
Curious Why So Many People Have Tattoos: Tattoos are everywhere – and seem to be part of every walk of life. It's been legal in Massachusetts to get a tattoo for nearly a decade. That has Nancy from Taunton Declaring her Curiosity. She asks: "Why are so many young people scarring their bodies? As your body sags, so does the art!"
The Review Of The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo: For the twelve people who haven't heard of Stieg Larsson, he is the Swedish journalist turned novelist who wrote the 'Millennium trilogy', a phenomenally successful crime series which has sold over 3 million copies world wide. The first book, 'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo', was adapted onto the silver screen over a year ago, and has grossed about $100 million worldwide since then. Larsson tragically died in 2004 before his books were published so was unable to see what a phenomenon he had created. However, it has also been rumoured that Larsson left half finished manuscripts on his computer, so we might yet witness the release of more books and films by this talented thriller writer.
Human Canvases Tattoo: The human body becomes a canvas in the hands of tattoo artist Horiyoshi III. Each dot, each line is carefully engraved, until gradually it becomes a colorful masterpiece. Horiyoshi fills the arms, legs, backs and fronts, bringing to life the dragons, tigers, flowers and characters from ancient Japanese and Chinese tales with his touch.
Creative Body Type: Knowledge is power Try as her elders did to raise her up old-school, the Cuban/Mexican Oxnard-bred Christina Diaz eschewed traditional gender roles, choosing an education over what she saw as the bridge to nowhere that they were proposing. “You find a good man, you get knocked up, and you bow to him. You don’t use your brain,” she said, describing the path many of her female peers and family members chose. At 29, Diaz has a B.A. degree in English literature and an M.A. in English rhetoric and composition. She received zero accolades from the women who hoped to see her knee-deep in domestic responsibilities and did not attend her graduation. Though not barefoot, Diaz was six months pregnant when she accepted her master’s degree. Today, she is one of the lucky ones, a self-sufficient single mom working her dream job as editor of Agoura Hills-based Tattoo Savage magazine and loving every minute.
Singer Beyonce Knowles has gone topless for a new photo shoot to promote her fashion brand - House of Dereon.In the pictures, the singer is seen wearing just a pair of black and silver leggings and leather boots. Her back, arms, chest and legs are covered in black 'tattoos' ofcircles,
A large design, featuring 10 stars and moon on right leg. A flower on the left lower calf. Geisha on left upper back. Heart/flower with daughter's name on my upper right back. Cost: About $2,500 to $3,000.
