BODY PAINTING - FOR MEN`s EYES ONLY? Can Ladies Enjoy the View as well?
Art of Body painting - gallery
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Gallery - ART OF BODY PAINTING
This Hub is created randomly, while I was searching for some photos for my another Hub, I came to the contact with many interesting body painting - images.
From the another point of view, I had seen in past months so many "Hot sexy pics" Hubs, so for difference, let us see the body as a canvas for artists. Honestly I hoped that I will be able to present equal number of female and male photos, but was disappointed after I discovered that majority of truly beautiful body painting is done on female bodies.
So there are only 4 "only male" photos there, sorry ladies, it is not my fault...
We are very often hypocritical about our bodies, but they are beautiful art of nature and certainly they are our vehicles which lead us in ecstasy or pain, lust or trouble, in younger age seems that everything is arriving at the same time.
Gender is determining us each of us to the high point and every gender has its own problems when is connected with the body issues. To no-one is easy to understand and control his/her own body (especially in young days), and is even more complicated to find the way how to communicate, understand and explore somebody else`s body especially when this other person has different gender.
Men certainly see us with different eyes even as artists.
Even through the art of body painting we can perceive the difference:
1. First set of photos is done by male artist. They are beautiful and connect women with natural forces within, what is very often topic of the body-art. But if you look more closely on the design of some of his body paintings, you will notice painted "fearful faces " on two photos as well as please observe the black lady and the big eyes on her body, she is obviously hiding herself from her own beauty and sexuality.
Through this, author expressed his subconscious fear from female energy (I did not show all his photos so know what am talking about) although he admires strength of the woman and through his own fears, he has shown us so many other things as well:
- fears which every woman carries within - fears from her own natural force, fears from her own sexuality , fears from her own beauty ... A lot of issues to work with.
His body painting is really masterwork:
ARTISTS FROM SOUTH COREA
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2. This beautiful set of photos come from body painting festival from South Korea. The artists ARE WOMEN. You will perceive beautiful colors, tender energy, and also connection through the world of natureal forces through creating fairies and other spirits of nature:
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FOR LADIES EYES ONLY; FINALLY
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Finally for "GIRLS EYES ONLY"....Were are these hot sexy creatures from our wildest dreams??
I have found the photo of one guy, who was masculine enough to be interesting, but he asked money for downloading the photo. Whatever is his opinion about his body, he did not look SO good, ha, ha....
Photos here express beautiful colourful soul of modern man, and I think that first two are done by female artist, what I would not say for the third one. For the forth photo I can say that he has whole harem of female faces on his skin, so very probably the artist is man.
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Hmmmm---
Someting cute for the end.
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Last few pictures are done on hands (arms) are not they just - beautifull??
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Comments
mr.dabomb on December 28, 2016:
love your work ...
Seven on January 23, 2015:
It's much easier to untresdand when you put it that way!
brennawelker on August 31, 2011:
Incredible, fantastic,amazing works. You got my vote. Love this hub!
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John Daffodils from Lincoln, Nebraska on August 08, 2011:
I'm LIVING for this body paint extravaganza! Did you SEE the Louis Vuitton Spring 2011 show with Kristen McMenamy in Zebra body paint? It's to DIE for!
http://www.stylelist.com/2010/10/07/louis-vuitton-...
PR Morgan from Sarasota Florida on March 16, 2011:
I think this type of body painting is awesome and artistic...the bathing suit paintings are just kind of stupid...If you want nudity just get nudity!
Tatjana-Mihaela (author) from Zadar, CROATIA on March 22, 2010:
Thank you very much Georgina - your comment and explanations are highly appreciated here ! I wish you a lot of success in your work!
georginaC from England on March 22, 2010:
Hi Tatjana, I am a face and body painter and have been for coming up to 6 years now so I can answer some of the questions that have been put forth on the subject.
The male body is a great one to paint, but I prefer them to be either very slender or very muscular. The reason being that the paint looks better on them. Although almost any male willing to be painted would get painted by me because male models are so hard to come by. Which is where the problem is for most artists. It's not that they don't look as good or that its better for marketing its just that not enough men are willing to be painted.
I myself am fascinated by tattoos but prefer the temporary solution of body paint and the greatest thing about it is you can have a different design each and every day if you like! As for washing the paint off, most quality brands of body paint will wash off easily with plenty of water and a little soap.
For everyone to wear body paint every day it most certainly would not be cheaper as they are very costly indeed! lol.
Thanks for the great hub, I love your portrayal of the artists work and you have even put 1 or 2 photos up that even I haven't seen.
Tatjana-Mihaela (author) from Zadar, CROATIA on March 10, 2010:
Thank you, Drelayaraja.
drelayaraja on March 10, 2010:
WONDERFUL COLLECTION !
Tatjana-Mihaela (author) from Zadar, CROATIA on February 12, 2010:
Thank you very much, Errum.
errum fattah from heart of love... on February 12, 2010:
wow! i must say that's fabolous i dont know how to create such a great hub..
Tatjana-Mihaela (author) from Zadar, CROATIA on February 05, 2010:
Thank you very much Philipo
Philipo from Nigeria on February 05, 2010:
I really enjoyed these paintings. Very beautiful.
maheshpatwal from MUMBAI on January 26, 2010:
Awesome tatjana great collection of pics....... must have been very hard for you to collect all these pics ....... in some of the pics it does not look that its art of body paint........ i loooks like a creature......
zzron from Houston, TX. on January 25, 2010:
Really nice art.
Tatjana-Mihaela (author) from Zadar, CROATIA on January 23, 2010:
Thank you Alissa, glad you like them.
Tatjana-Mihaela (author) from Zadar, CROATIA on January 23, 2010:
Thank you Haile.
alissa botimer on January 23, 2010:
wow those paintings are really cool. they reminded me of some of the photoshoots on america's next top model haha very creative and inspiring. thanks for the pics :D
haile from California on January 22, 2010:
thank u
Tatjana-Mihaela (author) from Zadar, CROATIA on January 21, 2010:
Thank you, Mortagestar.
MOrtgagestar1 on January 21, 2010:
Love those Avatar paintings!
Tatjana-Mihaela (author) from Zadar, CROATIA on January 21, 2010:
I cold not agree more with you, Kimbaustin. Thank you for the visit and comment.
Tatjana-Mihaela (author) from Zadar, CROATIA on January 21, 2010:
Thank you very much RaJ.
kimbaustin on January 20, 2010:
Fantastic images. Someone should make those into a coffee table book. Thanks for taking the time to put those out for the viewers.
Kim
RaJ on January 20, 2010:
I really Enjoy a lot it is a wonderful art it is mind blowing
Tatjana-Mihaela (author) from Zadar, CROATIA on January 19, 2010:
Thank you so much, Cheeky Girl. It would be more bodypainted men, but I could not find more nice photos of them...
Thanks for the visit and comment.
Cassandra Mantis from UK and Nerujenia on January 19, 2010:
These are great pics! And a great Hub! Nice to see men being bodypainted instead of us ladies all the time, or at least - those ladies you have up there! LOL!
Tatjana-Mihaela (author) from Zadar, CROATIA on January 14, 2010:
I am so glad you have liked them, TOny.
Tony McGregor from South Africa on January 14, 2010:
Awesomje pix, Tatjana. Thanks for finding them and sharing them with us.
Love and peace
Tony
Tatjana-Mihaela (author) from Zadar, CROATIA on January 05, 2010:
Thank you very much, BB. I belive that it must be some special cleansing cream or lotion in addion to warm bath needed to clean all this paint, hehe.
Thank you so much for your visits and comment. Very happy new year wishes and blessings to you as well.
BEAUTYBABE from QUEENSLAND AUSTRALIA. on January 04, 2010:
Hi Tatjana,
This is absolutely incredible. I have never seen anything like this before, especially at the end when the hands are used. This is stunning and truly an artform that not everyone would be able to accomplish. What I was wondering as I can see are others, how does it all come off in the end? Is there a special way to clean all the paint off when you are finished showing off all the beautiful work that has been done. I have looked at it at least six times now.
Just simply amazing God Bless from BB
Tatjana-Mihaela (author) from Zadar, CROATIA on November 25, 2009:
He, he, DS, not bad idea. The problem would arise when one would need to wash it all off...and do it regularly, every few days.
Thanks for the visit and comment, so glad you liked it.
dragon snake from Europe on November 25, 2009:
looks good I'm actually waiting to see everybody dress like that will be much cheap and beautiful just some colors on you and you are ready to go
nice hub
Tatjana-Mihaela (author) from Zadar, CROATIA on November 23, 2009:
Ha, ha, ha, Liam, this is also my question...
Thank you for the visit and comment....
LiamAnderson on November 23, 2009:
Hi, my question is how the models can stay still long enough to let the artist do his/her work.
It must tickle! I couldn't stay still if someone was trying to paint my nipples, let alone other parts of my body.
Tatjana-Mihaela (author) from Zadar, CROATIA on November 21, 2009:
Thank you Drew.
Tatjana-Mihaela (author) from Zadar, CROATIA on November 21, 2009:
Thanks, Katemerart.
Drew Breezzy from somewhere in my mind on November 21, 2009:
These pictures are AMAZING!
katemerart on November 21, 2009:
these are just amazing!!
Tatjana-Mihaela (author) from Zadar, CROATIA on November 21, 2009:
Thanks, Smileyz.
smileyz from ABUJA NIGERIA on November 20, 2009:
NICE WORK. KEEP IT UP.
Tatjana-Mihaela (author) from Zadar, CROATIA on November 19, 2009:
Thank you so much Bloodnlatex. Your visit and comment I appreciate very much.
Tatjana-Mihaela (author) from Zadar, CROATIA on November 19, 2009:
Thank you Videl, so glad you liked the Hub.
videl05 on November 19, 2009:
Very eye-opening! I have to say these artists are so talented and creative, they bring body art to a new level, thx~~
bloodnlatex on November 19, 2009:
Great hub! I'm a big fan of bodypainting and latex, and this was put togerher gloriously. Great job!
Tatjana-Mihaela (author) from Zadar, CROATIA on November 18, 2009:
Thank you Mike, for your comment.
I have found some photos of body painted men which is more suitable for carnevall then for presenting art of body painting...so I did not show them at all. I think the reason why women are more represented in art of body painting is - marketing. Female body is far more interesting for the public.
Well, men like to choose exactly "the battle" style of painting in the highest percentage of photos found. What is also interesting.
Thank you for your comment, MIke, you are very welcome here.
Mike Lickteig from Lawrence KS USA on November 18, 2009:
Your observations about the lack of male photos demonstrating body painting is a good one, and I began wondering about why that might be. Without thinking about it too much, a few thoughts came to mind: the male body is more muscular, and muscularity might make it more difficult to both envision or execute body art. Maybe it is more difficult to paint on a man. My second thought is one of wondering if we react in fear to men with body paint, reminiscent of times when men painted their faces and bodies before going into battle. Do men look too "fearsome" (for lack of a better word) when covered with paint, causing our response to be negative?
Well, those are my guesses.
Very interesting post. Thanks for sharing.
Tatjana-Mihaela (author) from Zadar, CROATIA on November 18, 2009:
Thank you Msannec, for the comment and visit.
msannec from Mississippi (The Delta) on November 17, 2009:
Wow, these are very interesting. Very talented artists. Thanks for sharing.
Tatjana-Mihaela (author) from Zadar, CROATIA on November 17, 2009:
Thank you MG, I am glad you liked them. I learned how to read art in the school days as well and through the work with symbols and my own art, so it was my pleasure to analyse the body paintings.
My intention was to show much more male photos, but unfortunately, only these 4-5 were really OK.
Thank you very much for the visit and comment.
Money Glitch from Texas on November 17, 2009:
Tatjana, thanks for taking the time to explain some of the things the artists might have been thinking and or feeling via body painting.
I am leaving this hub with a better understanding of body art and the pictures are simply amazing. And thanks for sharing the pictures of the men :)
Tatjana-Mihaela (author) from Zadar, CROATIA on November 17, 2009:
Thanks Mark, it really required a lot of effort, but was fun as well.
Tatjana-Mihaela (author) from Zadar, CROATIA on November 17, 2009:
Thank you so much Rebeka...photos are really beautiful. Thanks for the visit and comment.
Tatjana-Mihaela (author) from Zadar, CROATIA on November 17, 2009:
1st1up, it was my pleasure to present these photos. Thanks for visit and comment.
Tatjana-Mihaela (author) from Zadar, CROATIA on November 17, 2009:
Thank you very much, James, I am so glad you enjoyed it.
markpual on November 17, 2009:
Hello
This is a great work, I commend your effort in getting this work published,keep going.
rebekahELLE from Tampa Bay on November 17, 2009:
great photos, amazing. I'm like you, I believe, although it may be fun to be painted, I'm so sensitive to touch, I would be laughing or moving too much! these are beautiful works of art~
1st1up on November 17, 2009:
wow! interesting "works of art"! thanks for sharing all your findings
James A Watkins from Chicago on November 17, 2009:
I must say, this body art is beautiful. I enjoyed the gallery. Thank you for putting this together.
Tatjana-Mihaela (author) from Zadar, CROATIA on November 17, 2009:
Well, Hi-Jinks, I would be happy to see your photos in your Hubs...
I am glad that you enjoyed this Hub. Thanks for visit and comment.
Hi-Jinks from Wisconsin on November 17, 2009:
Very nice. I used body painting in my novel, but not as extensively. Something like a scarf of a vine.
Tatjana-Mihaela (author) from Zadar, CROATIA on November 17, 2009:
Hi, Mary, "Henna tatoos" are temporary tatoos, they get washed after week or so, this is only option I would say yes for.
Body painting is beautiful, but because I am too ticklish, nobody could paint - me.
Body painting is certainly NOT popular in Croatia...
But I love all these photos I have found, especially this fairy creatures from South Korea...
I am glad you liked them...
Tatjana-Mihaela (author) from Zadar, CROATIA on November 17, 2009:
He, he, he, Dean I could not stand that somebody paints me, I am too ticklish and could not stay still for sure....
I am glad you liked the photos...
VioletSun from Oregon/ Name: Marie on November 16, 2009:
There is no end to creativity, LOL. I was chuckling at the thought of me in body paint, can't see it, unless its just to have fun. Though I have a good friend who is a tattoo artist and I wrote a hub about her work, I also don't like tattoos, but art that can be washed off stands a better chance with me.
Thanks for another entertaining and well done hub!
mulder from Warnbro Western Australia on November 16, 2009:
fantastic hub well done Tatjana-Mihaela so which painting is you lol some fantasic art work some people are so talented .
Tatjana-Mihaela (author) from Zadar, CROATIA on November 16, 2009:
I do not like tatoos as well, they might be magnificent, but they stay on skin forever... and they permanently damage the skin.
I needed one afternoon to collect photos, few additional hours to sort them nicely, and few hours to think about appropriate text...so it is a lot of work, thank you for noticing.
Thank you so much for your visit.
dohn121 from Hudson Valley, New York on November 16, 2009:
Holy cow! These are awesome! I wonder how long it took you to find all of these fabulous works of art? I really enjoyed this, so thank you! Although I don't like tatoos, bodypainting is an entirely different matter, so thank you, Tatjana-Mihaela for sharing this...The toughest thing for me to do is to pick a favorite!
