Lisa Berczel wrote:
I've done my fare share of biker events.

You may consider clothing to be boring & expected, but anything that is well executed will shine regardless of category.

If you choose to incorporate a motorcycle in your paint - you MUST be accurate in the execution. You can simplify a motorcycle, but the parts have to be accurate. You do NOT want to distract judges by them getting hung up with "the wheel doesn't attach like that...."

SKETCH your concept - especially the scenic images. Scale and foreshortening will be VERY important - or you'll end up with a body paint that looks like spaghetti from a distance.

Paint for Distance Viewing AND provide little "easter egg" details for up close.

Be prepared for your model's body to throw you a curve ball - volunteer models don't always have, shall we say, ideal bodies.

If you're fairly new to live event body painting, be prepared to have 1/2 the time to paint as you think you do. If you're painting in front of a crowd, your model may be all waves and smiles - making details APITA.

Thank you for the advice, I have been following your work for a couple of years now and I love it.
I'm the one hosting/throwing g the entire event so I won't be Competing or a judge for that matter. I'm trying to lock down a theme that will inspire the artists, something that gos with the event but that will play to both realism and abstract artists imagination and capabilities.

I will be showcasing my work for body painting just to represent me and the model will be my personal statue/advertisement for the day, and I really conected with the scenic route theme because I'm a realism artist, however when I was in art school surrealism artists didn't do very well at the realism type assignments but their personal work was phenomenal.

Anyways that's the thoughts I have on the decision making of the body painting contest theme.

TheMakeupMan wrote:
I'd like to see someone dissapearebsomeonesbbody on a bike or part of it

Thank you for you help and response, I have seen that done and its amazing. However there isn't a lot of different outcomes you can get for up to 12 artists and borrowing that many bikes for 7 hrs might be an issue, but that is something  I want try myself one day

Jaime Criel Makeup wrote:
What about something with a Route 66 theme?

That is a great theme and would go with the Motorcyle side of it, but my concern with that would be that there wouldn't be enough choices for the artists to show diversity. Thank you for your help and response

BodyPainter Rich wrote:
Great USA road trips

(Black Hills of SD, Pacific Coast, Route 66, Chicago to NYC, Beartooth Pass, Gulf Coast, the AlCan, etc.)

I like that, it kinda the same idea I have but I like ur tittle and keeping it in the USA better

Kati Ann Beauty Design wrote:

I like that, it kinda the same idea I have but I like ur tittle and keeping it in the USA better

You understand this will limit your body painters to bikers only. They're the only ones who'll actually know about the roads mentioned.
I've had people bring me photos (on laptops or cell phones) of emblems for the different trips, but have never had the oportunity to actually do any of those trips in person (more's the pity!).

Cat Camp wrote:

You understand this will limit your body painters to bikers only. They're the only ones who'll actually know about the roads mentioned.
I've had people bring me photos (on laptops or cell phones) of emblems for the different trips, but have never had the oportunity to actually do any of those trips in person (more's the pity!).

Actually computers and refferance photos are allowed for the compatition