Frequently Asked Bodypainting Questions

How long have you been bodypainting?

About ten years ago, when I returned to live in Canada after living overseas, I began to get the occasional calls for some facepainting or some bodypainting, but it was not very often. At that time I did not know anything about those artforms compared to what I know now so I could not offer the same quality and style and speed that I can now. I was beginning to do airbrushed tattoos for parties and events more and more often, which is kinda like bodypainting in a sense, and so it was via my learning process of airbrushing tattoos that I was I stumbled across  Joanne Gair‘s epic bodypainting work on Demi Moore, featured on the cover of Vanity Fair magazine. I think that it was then that I decided that I’d rather do art on people than on inanimate objects like cars and t-shirts, however it wasn’t until many years later that I finally made the switch.

Around 2007, I was working for an online magazine on the side and one day my job was to interview XXX legend Ron Jeremy at a huge convention show happening in Toronto called the Everything to do with sex show. At some point during the show I was walking by the bodypainting booth and I saw that they were airbrushing so I stopped by and began chatting the booth owner up. We got along quite well and to my utter surprise the booth owner invited me to come to the next show and do airbrushed tattooing in the booth alongside the crew. This was an offer which I immediately and happily accepted; it was a foot in the door and a golden opportunity and I grabbed it.

I began airbrushing tattoos at the Everything to do with sex shows in different cities and by pure osmosis by being there I learned how bodypainting was done and about the materials used. Eventually I began bodypainting  models and patrons of the show and began to get a lot of practice and experiment time in. It wasn’t long after beginning bodypainting and putting some ads out that I began to get calls from companies such as Converse Shoes for example, who wanted bodypainted models or performers for their events. One job led to another and before I knew it I was bodypainting  more than anything else and loving it and here I am.

Q: How long does it take to paint a model?

A: The answer to that is based upon the intricacy and size and amount of colors that there are in the design. It takes a 40 minutes to render  a corset, over an hour to render faux jeans, almost two hours to render a full body animal, while other images can take up to six hours.

Q: What can body painting do for my business?

Body painting is the perfect marketing, promotional and entertainment solution for a wide variety of promotional and atmospheric needs. Have your branding (company logo and a matching theme) painted on models to promote your company, product or project. Ads, Magazine Covers & Articles, Book Covers, Calendars, Billboards, Product Packaging, Commercials, DVDs, Videos, Movies, TV Shows,  Music Videos, CD Covers, Concerts, Band Posters, Concert Programs, Band Shirts, fashion shows, art shows, dancing events etc…