Specifically a japanese body painting artist
The Biggest Body Painting Festival
Some say body painting is one the oldest art forms known to man – ancient people have been tattooing, piercing and painting their bodies for thousands of years. In the last decade or so, a new festival has been making waves, praising this ancient art form.
The biggest festival for the body painting community connects cultures from two continents – the festival is held every year both in Seeboden, the Carinthia province in Austria and in Daegu in South Korea. The main festival, a true “Mecca of Bodypainting”, started in Austria but grew so big it needed a bonus exhibition, set on the Asian continent. With thousands of artists and models and ten times more visitors, the festival has been spreading excitement for the art of body painting for over 12 years.
The artists have both women and men as their canvases. These usually volunteer for a chance to have their body painted by a famous artist. All models are required to wear underpants while painted, however many of the female models choose to be painted topless. The body painting masters compete for the big prizes: trophies, prizes and the public’s respect for their work.
The festival that lasts a week consists of two steps; in the first four days, everyone attends special workshops and body painting lessons and the festival itself, when every artist displays its works. Artists can compete in three different categories: special effects, airbrush, or brush and sponge, and their creations are displayed often accompanied by live music.
Full Body Painting Arts
Maybe some people could define a body tattoo just as a simple drawing in a skin, others think is an unnecessary action of mutilate the skin of an human being for no reason… but people like me could think that a tattoo means nothing more than an expression of a soul, a living experience, an unforgettable journey that marked an individual life forever and this individual wanted that experience being marked on his/her skin and people can see it, as well contemplate it. And when we get to the decision of having our first dermagraphic design, or maybe our next one, is really important to know that: A tattoo design of your choice is a permanent commitment with yourself. Like everything we do in our daily life, Must be a decision made from our heart and true desire. There are so many people that have their own reasons of having a tattoo, such reasons will be:
1: A loss of a love one, or the birth of a new love one.
2: A passion for something, from animals, cultures, music, etc..
3: An act of a commitment, loyalty, Pride..
There's so many ways that we want to express our self, be identified, and the art of derma pigmentation, or tattoo, has been a way that many people been using for centuries to express their roots, culture and feelings, as well. I am an artist for so many years, and every art i do has its own signification, its own meanings, and the beautiness and originality came from each customer i have treat it, because i understand that sometimes, we have some idea in our mind that we want to realize it in our skin, but we need to visualize images or different styles of arts so our mind get that boost of creativity, or even catch up the style of art that we are looking for. To choose a body art, you can't just have to like it, you have to FALL IN LOVE with it, because like i said before, is an expression of life, a commitment from your heart. There such a worst thing to know someone, and you ask him/her about the new tattoo they got, and answered, just because is cool!!, or everybody has one or many, and i wanted to have one, too or don't even know why they did it!!
So is very important that YOU are completely sure about the design you want, the meaning, and how valuable is for you…so you will never feel regret of it.
maori shoulder tattoo
maori shoulder tattoo with shadow.
shoulder maori tattoo.
maori shoulder tattoo.
Queen of Women Body Paint 2010
Do you like the body painting? If you've got the information about body painting? If not here on my blog where this all related to body painting, I show to you all, that at times the body painting is dedicated to women in like many people in 2010, many millions of people started doing body painting as needed usually for exhibitions, competitions and so forth, may be in the picture below can be the inspiration for you all ok ..
Queen of Women Body Paint 2010 (3)
A New Blog - Drawsigner
New "Drawsigner" blog.
My first venture into blogging happened May 29, 2005. I wasn't sure when I started if it was a waste of time or a practical way to communicate with others on a new level. Thankfully the later turned out to be the truth. (At least for me that is)
Needless to say technology has changed and it's time to say goodbye to the antiquated ways of Blogger and move my blogging over to a brand that better suits my work and the audience I communicate with.
So this post will be the second to the last one I'll make on the Art Backwash blog. It'll remain active moving forward, but all my new content will be posted to the my new blog called Drawsigner.
I'll make one last post announcing when the new blog is live and provide the exact address at that time. Thanks to everyone who has made this blog so much fun and I hope you'll enjoy the new format and look even more.
- Von
Slum Sans
Photo of some slum typography.
It's been nearly six months since I spent time in the Mathare Valley Slums located on the outskirts of Nairobi, Kenya. My emotions are still raw when I think about that experience and it usually makes my eyes water.
At this time the post production of the documentary is in full swing and in good creative hands as well.
A common site in the slums is hand drawn typography used on signs. They are everywhere you look. For an upcoming collaborative project with Rule 29 I wanted to mimic this aesthetic so we could use it for titling in our project.
Slum Sans on light background.
As you've seen in previous posts the slums continue to be source of inspiration for me.
Slum Sans on dark background.
I drew out the whole set by hand pretty small so it wouldn't be crisp. Then I created a rough highlight you could add to the type to give it some pop. I even used a slum texture to degrade the letterforms as well.
Slum Sans complete set.
The whole set is just a simple vector file with the letterforms on one layer and the highlights on another. So you just compile what you need to create the word.
Slum Sans detailing.
I optimized the texturing as much as I could without loosing that nice authentic feel. The source file in the download below is a CS2 Adobe Illustrator file.
Update: A big thank you goes out to Brian Carroll who took my raw vector files and not only created a working font but also created the missing letter "I" that some how I over looked in the process? Brian is a multi-talented creative who is part of Studio Litchfield so check out their site.
Download Links
- Slum Sans - Vector Art (1.9MB)
- Slum Sans Font (217KB)
If you find this resource useful please consider donating to the work of Life in Abundance who works in African slums helping people improve their lives. Donate here. Thanks.
Ricoh Copies?
Keyboard Characters Set.
Four years ago I created a unique self-promotional product I called Keyboard Characters. It was a fun set to create and worked really well as a self promotion for my business.
I still give them out at speaking engagements even though Apple has changed the modus operandi on keyboards so you can't insert stuff like your use to be able too. And I still have about five boxes of them sitting in my closet at home. ;-P
"Pet Monster" Keyboard Character.
Since I have them posted on my web site I periodically get email from art directors or creative directors who request a set. When I get a request like this I always send them one and include a few tear sheets as well. So in that respect it's still serving as a promotional item for me.
Around September, 2008 I received a phone call from an ad agency in New York. The person asked if I could send them two sets of the Keyboard Characters. I did and included some tear sheets. Nothing ever came from it and soon I forgot all about that brief interaction.
Ricoh Ad showing artwork in question.
Around February, 2009 I received an email from another designer asking me:
"Did you do some illustration for Ricoh?"
I told them I hadn't and they responded "Well I saw this ad in a magazine and it looks just like your character."
When I saw this ad I got that sinking feeling in my stomach, you know the one that happens when you look in your rear view mirror and a police car is right on your bumper.
It turns out that the agency (I'm purposely not naming names) I had sent two sets of Keyboard Characters too was the same agency that handled the Ricoh campaign for the C900 in September, 2008.
They didn't simply copy (pardon my pun) my art and use it, that would be easy enough to deal with. What they did is borrow the concept and equity (segmented multi-colored monster) of my art and exploited it for their own work. And they didn't even do a good job at that.
Ricoh "Scary!" campaign for C900.
Since I posted this I've been contacted by a lawyer explaining my opinions and I'm now pursuing that course of action. Thank you for helping me understand how I can address this through official circles, I appreciate it.
I think anyone with an ounce of common sense can discern the source however, so I'll leave it in the court of public opinion.
Hostage quality photo of Ricoh brochure.
This summer I got another email from someone containing this image of a Ricoh brochure showcasing this character art again. Every time I think about this it pisses me off. I know someone, some where had to reference my design in order to create their own B movie version of it.
I debated whether to even post about this or not. But over the last year I've had numerous other people email me who have seen the original ad and thought I had done the monster art. Its like having a scab that just begins to heal and than gets snagged on something and ripped off again exposing the original wound.
So I decided to post about it, and see what others thought.
Chumlee
Chumlee on Black.
My family and I enjoy watching a show on the History Channel called Pawn Stars. It's a reality show centered around Gold and Silver Pawnshop located in Las Vegas.
Our favorite personality on the show is a guy by the name of Chumlee. (Austin Russell) He's a lovable buffoon with just enough of a cool hipster vibe mixed in to surprise you at times and make you laugh the rest of the time. The old man is a close second.
Chumlee on White.
I've been inspired to do other pop culture centered artwork like Billy Mays and Twitter. BTW, you can follow Chumlee on Twitter here.
I think it's pretty cool when an average joe like Chumlee gets to enjoy the lime light for a while. Unlike the elite Hollywood centric stars that tend to irritate me more than they entertain me. So think of this creative exploration as my personal attempt to extend da Chum's 15 minutes of fame.
Go get 'em Chumlee! You can help expand the chum-centric universe by voting for this design on Threadless.
PDF Art Downloads
Chumlee on Black Chumlee on WhiteThis artwork is Copyright © Glitschka Studios. You can use these PDF files for personal viewing and to print out and hang in your work area. No other usage is granted.
Slum Textures
"Slum Textures" 35 Royalty-Free Textures.
Back in April and May I spent 10 days in the Mathare Valley Slums located on the outskirts of Nairobi, Kenya. It truly was a life changing experience.
The slums consist of a vast network of small corridors that weave their way through haphazard constructed shacks. While there I took a lot of pictures capturing the daily life of those who call the slums their home.
Many of my pictures documented textures I came across while walking through the slums and this set represents the sensory experience I visually encountered during my time there.
Source photo and resulting texture.
The best things about textures is they never go out of style unlike other resources such as fonts, stock art or even photography. A texture that looks crappy now will still look crappy 50 years from now. And that's craptacular!
All "35" Textures in set.
I've put together this set of "Slum Textures" so you can use them in your own projects. If you don't like the way I created the PSD file or the bitmap tiff file no worries, you'll be able to create your own versions using the original source photo included for each. So the possibilities are endless for your creative needs.
Source File Specifications.
Each Texture Includes the following formats for each of the "35" textures.
- Original Source Photo (Hi-Res, RGB jpeg)
- Layered Grayscale PSD (Hi-Res, 10x13 @ 315 ppi)
- Bitmap Tiff (Hi-Res, 10x13 @ 315 ppi)
Also included in the download is a bonus PSD source file for you to deconstruct and see how to put the textures to use.
(All PSD Files are CS4 but will still open in CS3 or CS2 without any problems.)
Download Links
The whole set is broken into four manageable downloads.
- Slum Textures 1 (192MB)
- Slum Textures 2 (173MB)
- Slum Textures 3 (169MB)
- Slum Textures 4 (168MB)
If you find these textures useful please consider donating to the work of Life in Abundance who works in African slums helping people improve their lives. Donate here. Thanks.
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