Expressing yourself through pieces of clothing is definitely a great way to showcase your personality, but if you're in the mood to be a bit more artistic and adventurous, then these bold body paint looks will give you some great ideas on how to appear more visually expressive.
Painting a person's body with images and designs that blends in with a theme or background is an amazing artistic technique, which serves to incorporate that human being into the overall imagery. Body paint is a technique that is now being used by photographers and fashion designers as a way to add that shock value that consumers will surely remember.
From skeletal body paint photography to light reactive face paints, these body paint looks are making a bold artistic statement, showcasing a very intimate and revealing aspect of human expression.
16 Bold Body Paint Looks
From Eclectic Body Paint Captures to Golden Queen Photoshoots:
Tana Makmanee — Jun 12, 2013 — Art & Design
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Lippy Animal Art
Paige Thomas Creates Elaborate and Adorable Lipstick Designs
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Bestial Lipstick Art
Paige Thompson Creates Cute Non-Kissable Designs
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Feathery Fowl Faces
Bird Body Paint That Will Make You Squawk With Delight
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Bohemian Body Paint
The Daisy Lowe FutureClaw Spring 2010 Shoot is a Trip
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Color Pop Paintography
Miles Aldridge's Overly Saturated Fashion Editorials
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Vibrant Body Paint Photography
Allison Chase's Bodypaint Work is Equally Horrific and Beautiful
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Golden Queen Photoshoots
'Boundless as the Dark' by Rio Surya Prasetia is Breathtaking
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Hidden Model Photos
Camouflage Body by Cecil Parades Creates Illusion Life in Walls
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Conceptually Colored Lookbooks
The BUTTERFLYSOULFIRE Fall/Winter 2012 Collection is Avant-Garde
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Body-Painted Hogwarts Makeovers
Allison Chase's Creative Harry Potter Makeup is Stunning
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Eclectic Body Paint Captures
Manon Cormier Uses the Body as a Canvas
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Light Reactive Face Paints
Electrify Your Halloween Look with the Neon FX Make Up Kit
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Titillating Typographic Body Paint
The Aizone FW11 Campaign Adorns Models with Seductive Text
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Gilded Opulence Editorials
The Briller Male Model Scene Exclusive is Beachy and Bronzed
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