David Klasfeld wrote:
Ty, whatever you do, avoid using Acrylic Paints on skin. The can at the least be irritating, and at the worst be damaging or corrosive.

My company makes a brand of Airbrush Body Paint called OCC Ink™ (that can also be applied by hand), which you can read more about here. If you're in New York, you can find my products at Alcone on West 49th Street. There are lots of other brands of Body Paint there too, but obviously I like the one I created the best

Regardless of what you choose, please just promise me you'll keep the Acrylics designated for use on non-living things only!

Good luck!!
DK

Trust me, I haven't tried that at all! Someone else suggested it and I decided to find out more first!
With your airbrush body paint, can I use it with my airbrush system( I have the temptu system)? Does it give full coverage?

David Klasfeld wrote:
Sure Ty, any airbrush product can be used in any airbrush system. The important part of that equation is the product, not the equipment (anyone who's tried to put regular, undiluted foundation thru a gun knows what I'm talking about).

The equipment we sell is by Iwata, and while the both Silver Jet and Revolution guns we sell are very popular amongst makeup artists, people use them for illustration and even pastry airbrushing as well. As long as your gun has a .3mm nozzle or above, you'll be good to go. And yes, OCC Ink gives very full coverage.

Hope that helps!
DK

Thanks, it hepls alot!
I'm going to try out your product and a few things from temptu also.
thanks!

ArtChick Photos wrote:
I want to try body painting... how about these supplies:

http://www.liquidlatexonline.com

I've never tried liquid latex, but it looks interesting. I love the look on photography. I'd like to try it too. Any advice on a good product?

ArtChick Photos wrote:
I want to try body painting... how about these supplies:

http://www.liquidlatexonline.com

I've never tried liquid latex, but it looks interesting. I love the look on photography. I'd like to try it too. Any advice on a good product? The ones in the link you provided look ok. Any feedback?

ArtChick Photos wrote:
I want to try body painting... how about these supplies:

http://www.liquidlatexonline.com

I've never tried liquid latex, but it looks interesting. I love the look on photography. I'd like to try it too. Any advice on a good product? The ones in the link you provided look ok. Any feedback?

Ty Shaw wrote:

I've never tried liquid latex, but it looks interesting. I love the look on photography. I'd like to try it too. Any advice on a good product?

Liquid Latex hint: use a moistruizing creme on parts to get applied and check for longer hairs like pubs, neck etc,,,
airbrush several layers or more. use mineral oil based lotion to help remove.  I use Deviant brand.
Body paint: Ben Nye makes the best i've used.

montgomery photographic wrote:
airbrush several layers or more

Is there really a brand of airbrushable liquid latex out there? I would imagine this would clog the gun tremendously. I checked the Deviant site and there's no mention of airbrushing at all. If there is one out there, please let me know, I'd be very interested in working with one!

Thanks,
DK

Airbrush Master wrote:
I might be able to help you, if you like my work ofcourse...

I would LOVE if you could help me!
I am painting face and body. I am creating masks out o the faces with paint and covering the rest of the body. I am also thinking about buying a few of the airbrush stencils from Temptu to try something different.

Is liquid latex really airbrushable? Would the Ben Nye paint be enough to cover the whole body? Where should I begin?

Airbrush Master wrote:
HI What kind of project is this? face and body both? how much time do you have? and how detail you are going?

It's a project for a photography exhibit. I am painting both face and body. I have lots of time and someone who can help me. I am only getting detailed with the face (for the tribal markings-african inspired theme).

Jason Kruppa wrote:
A question about the airbrush body paint: how do the colors mix?  And do you have to apply several coats for good coverage?

Hey Jason,

The ease of mixing colors is one of the biggest advantages of airbrushing with a top feed gun, through a very simple process called Back Bubbling. While your compressor is running, you simply put to colors you want drop by drop into the cup on top, cover the nozzle tightly with your fingertip and piece of tissue, press down on the trigger which backs the pressure up into the gun and makes the colors bubble up and mix together. This technique works especially well for customizing foundation shades on the spot, as well as gradually changing a color on the skin (a gradation of yellow to green for example, acheived by starting with yellow gradually introducing a few drops of blue).

If you're looking to make multiple color changes, you can usually just run the first one out completely, before switching to the next. If you're making a big jump between colors (going from red to white, say), then a few drops of alcohol between colors will make it certain that you don't spray pink for awhile in between.

The advantage to working this way is that you use only what you need, and waste very little product. As the products are very concentrated to begin with, you don't need to use a lot anyway: most artists only put between 6 - 12 drops of product in the gun at anytime, and repeat as necessary.

If your project involves a large area being covered in only one solid color (painting someone's legs gold for example), then you might prefer to use a bottom feed gun, onto which you attach a bottle of product. While this may seem more convenient overall, unless you're using a lot of the same color, you ending wasting quite a bit of product. As a rule of thumb, On average, 4oz of my Body Paint will cover the "average" model from head to toe in medium coverage layer of paint, but it'll only take 6-8 drops of the same product to do a medium sized temporary tattoo for example, so factor that in when deciding what route to go and how much paint to use.

Hope that helps!
DK

Kevin-James Bennett wrote:
I apologise if this sounds offensive...but this thread is starting to sound like an infomercial.

lol..that's mean

Ty Shaw wrote:

lol..that's mean

I apologised before i said it...doesn't that get me off the hook?.....a little?

Kevin-James Bennett wrote:
I apologise if this sounds offensive...but this thread is starting to sound like an infomercial.

While I may have my own product line, I'm first and foremost a makeup artist. Like the rest of us, I'm very vocal about what products I like. Just as heartily as I recommend other brands I like in this forum, I'm equally enthusiastic about mine.

My goal with my line was to make superior products, not inferior ones: If I didn't love them and rely on them myself, I wouldn't recommend them to other artists. And as I've said before, it's my opinion that influences what products I sell, and not which products I sell that influence my opinion.

In hopes of avoiding this misconception, I've made it a point never to mention my products out of context, or start a thread simply intended to promote them. While I would hope to be taken on my word, I of course understand it's natural to be skeptical: In this Industry, the motivation behind an artist's endorsement is not always clear, which is why I've always made it a point to be very up front about mine.

As always, I hope this helps!
DK

David Klasfeld wrote:
While I may have my own product line, I'm first and foremost a makeup artist. Like the rest of us, I'm very vocal about what products I like. Just as heartily as I recommend other brands I like in this forum, I'm equally enthusiastic about mine.

My goal with my line was to make superior products, not inferior ones: If I didn't love them and rely on them myself, I wouldn't recommend them to other artists. And as I've said before, it's my opinion that influences what products I sell, and not which products I sell that influence my opinion.

In hopes of avoiding this misconception, I've made it a point never to mention my products out of context, or start a thread simply intended to promote them. While I would hope to be taken on my word, I of course understand it's natural to be skeptical: In this Industry, the motivation behind an artist's endorsement is not always clear, which is why I've always made it a point to be very up front about mine.

As always, I hope this helps!
DK

(prepares for public apology)

Sorry David

montgomery photographic wrote:

Liquid Latex hint: use a moistruizing creme on parts to get applied and check for longer hairs like pubs, neck etc,,,
airbrush several layers or more. use mineral oil based lotion to help remove.  I use Deviant brand.
Body paint: Ben Nye makes the best i've used.

I use Deviant brand also, worked very well. Painted on, I do not think you can airbrush it.

Test a small patch on the model first to make sure there is nor reaction to it!!!