You are meant to carry your country’s flag with pride, but surely it is even better to carry it on your skin. This collection shows the best of patriotic body painting.
Most flags look pretty good when painted onto a naked body or face. Advertisers have long been aware of the visual impact of this, the classic example being the Wayne Rooney body-painted England flag for the World cup.
As long as you stay within the country which faces your design, you would think that everyone would want to give you some love if you sport patriotic body or face paint. Not so it turns out.
The gallery also shows a Rogue magazine cover which raised a lot of hype through controversy. Australian-Filipina Joey Mead was featured wearing nothing but a flag in the “State Of The Nation” issue, and it stirred up quite a fuss
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Key Themes Behind This Trend
- Patriotic Fashion
- Patriotic body painting can be used as inspiration for clothing lines that incorporate national flags in their designs.
- National Pride Photography
- Patriotic body painting can be used as inspiration for national pride photography sessions that people can participate in during national holidays and celebrations.
- Online Body Paint Tutorials
- Body painting artists and enthusiasts can create online tutorials about how to paint national flags on the body to reach a larger audience.
Where This Applies
- Fashion
- Fashion designers can create clothing lines that incorporate national flags in their designs inspired by patriotic body painting.
- Photography
- Photographers can offer national pride photo session inspired by patriotic body painting during national holidays and celebrations.
- E-learning
- E-learning can feature body painting tutorials on how to paint national flags, inspired by patriotic body painting.
