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Sacred Geometry with Natalie

Got together with Natalie Mae and painted up a little Sacred Geometry on her. She was so wonderful to work with. We spent so much time talking about the common things in our lives. She's a lifetime yoga guru and it made sense to try this style of art on her. I'd never painted it before, so I did a lot of research beforehand to make it somewhat accurate. It's pretty intricate, but simple, hard to explain. I'll probably ta...

More Behind the Scenes with Steph at the Pool!

Luckily, I had a friend around to help me capture some behind the scenes with Steph Sinn as we did the photoshoot. Stick around to the end of the video to watch me race her. She's a competitive swimmer!

With growth comes change.

Hey everyone! Seeing the growth here on Patreon has been exciting and validating! It's time to spread my wings a little bit.

Beginning August 1st, I will be introducing tiers to my Patreon.

There will be two tiers:

$1 and $5

The $1 tier will only offer access to the photos (which was my original intent for Patreon)

The $5 tier will unlock all photos and videos as it is now.

What does this mean for you?

Swimmer Timelapse

Here's the timelapse from my photoshoot with Steph Sinn more to come!

The Swimmer

This is the second time I painted Steph Sinn and I just adore working with her. She is an amazing artist, and an absolute joy to work with. I've been wanting to do this swimming pool theme for over a year now, and since Steph is a former competitive swimmer, it made sense to apply the concept on her.

We captured so much magic from this shoot, I should have two extra videos to post here this week. A time lapse, and an...

Behind the Scenes with Tiana

This is from back in the day. A photoshoot with Tiana Hunter back before cameras had super high quality video.

Jahla Goddess

Gooooold! Everything just looks more amazing with gold. And here's Jahla doing just that!

BTS Blue Willow Body Painting

Here's a little Behind the Scenes with Louise.

Notice how I constantly refer to the Blue Willow plate on the wall for reference. I was trying very hard to recreate the style and patterns of the plate onto her body. It's important to use reference when you are trying to draw something you are not completely familiar with. Otherwise, it can look a little off.

It's funny, when I watch this I see ho...

Blue Willow Body Paint

Tiny Little Spitfire and I were brainstorming our collaboration.

"What should we paint?" I asked.

She mentioned Blue Willow China.

That's something I'd always wanted to try, so it made sense to do it on someone that found great meaning in it.

This one took a loooong time. It is amazing how much detail goes into the designs on those classic China Plates. I did not think it would take as long as it di...

BTS from the Voyeur Shoot

Here's some unedited footage from my recent body painting on Kat Hall.

Voyeur

Endless windows tell endless stories. Like stacks of televisions. And despite what people try to portray, we are all curious. Mrs. Carnegie with her quirky collections, the cat that just wants out, the exhibitionist, the nice couple that fights ALL the time, the man with the gun, they all lead their own unique and mysterious tales.

model: Kat Hall 

Unedited Clip Painting Shadia Behind the Scenes

Here's a quiet moment during the process with a couple subtle Shadia dance breaks.

"We can talk or not talk forever, and still find things to not talk about."

For you NFT collectors out there, I just listed an edition of 20 from the finished piece of this on Rarible 

Shadia is a BADD GAL!

Felt like showing Shadia's baddd side today. Honestly, it's difficult to decide if it's better than her good side. 

Timelapse with Tiana

Here's a reaaaally ooold timelapse on model, Tiana Hunter. She was a total pro. Loved collaborating with her.

Selections from My Latest Stop Animation

Here are selections from my latest stop animation NFT featuring Amber Flamme. You can see some behind the scenes from the process on my latest youtube video.

This feels like a set of futuristic driver's license photos :)

Painting Sorayama Robots

Here's some behind the scenes footage of Nix Herrera and I tag team body painting Alessia Morelli and Sadie Stikk as Sorayama Robots. Nix and I are both long time fans of the amazing futuristic pinup artist.

This includes prep before we crashed a galle...

The Forest Nymph

Painted up Posie Pocket the other day. She's a talented Singer/songwriter who has an affinity for nature. She wanted to be a forest nymph. I think we pulled it off!

Check out her music! 

She's releasing a new single in few days that will be in my you...

More BTS magic with Roller Girl

Here's some more unedited footage with Sawyer, who I should be painting again very soon!

Short Unedited BTS with Tauj

Here's a short clip, but has nice closeups of the painted flowers on Tauj 

Using Just Black Makeup on Tauj

Felt like doing something simple and decorative this week on Tauj .

I hit 100k subscribers on Youtube AND got my checkmark back too :) Gonna celebrate when I get my Silver Play Award. I've been working so hard on that over the last two years. Kinda want to take a little break. But, I'm gonna keep on plugging.

I've been neck deep in networking over NFTs. If you are a collector interested in acquiring so...

Missing Doing Live Paintings at Art Shows

Should be starting up again soon!

This unedited video was a camouflage painting on Shadia Elise collaboration with muralist, Gabe Gault, at Resin Hermosa Beach, California.

The Singularity

The moment you realize you have already transitioned into the future. You will accept it peacefully. At least, that's what Amber did here.

The Mask

I'll have a new body painting coming this week! Stay tuned. In the meantime, here's some behind the scenes selfie video of Sawyer, who I'll be working with soon again as well.

Of all the body paintings we have done. She constantly reminds me that this was her favorite.

It's about being authentic. Your authenticity is waaay more beautiful than the mask you hide behind.

For you NFT collectors out there, I just listed an edition of 5 of an image from this photoshoot.   2021-05-16 16:55:33 +0000 UTC View Post

Classic Body Painting Timelapse on Roxanne

Painted this a while ago, but never really shared it. Here's the BTS timelapse painting Roxanne.

She is one of my favorite models. I don't get to see her very often, but every once in a while our paths cross. The first time I painted her, I was in Mexico. Then, the second time, New York City.