January 2010

Saturday, January 30, 2010

Friday, January 29, 2010

Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Monday, January 25, 2010

Soccer Body Painting

Amazing Body Painting Soccer...

Wonderful body painting...

Are you like that???

Body Jewelry Fashion Trends of Piercings

While some people consider body jewelry to be a recent fashion trend, the truth is that body piercing dates back to ancient times. Body Jewelry was a way used by ancient civilizations to designate social class or standing. In addition, Body jewelry was also part of religious practices.

The first recorded incidence of body jewelry via piercing comes from the evidence of nose rings recorded over 4,000 years ago in the Middle East. Further evidence is found within the verses of the bible where in Genesis there is reference to a gold nose ring. Nose rings in the Middle East and India are used to denote social standing and family wealth. Nose piercing appears to have came to America in the 1960s when the Eastern religion and enlightenment swept across the nation.

Additional types of body jewelry have equally fascinating beginnings. Ear piercing is unarguably one of the most common forms of body jewelry. With the history of earrings going back as far as 3000 BC in parts of Asia, it appears that this form of body jewelry was used as an expression for both cultural and decorative reasons. Mummies dating back as far as five centuries have been noted to have piercings and body jewelry in their ears upon burial. These cultural adornments of body jewelry have lost some of the symbolic roots, and based upon current trends has become more of a fashion accessory.

Tongue piercing is another common form of adornment and body jewelry. Tongue piercing was part of the ritual of many tribal societies including the Mayans, the Aztecs, the Tlingit and the Haida. The blood that was drawn during the piercing was thought to appease the gods.

There are, of course, many other types of body jewelry that have their roots in ancient rituals and lifestyles. From nipples to much more personal locations, body jewelry is a current fashion trend with very old ancestry. In some cases today, body jewelry may be the result of seeking a way of honoring familiar heritage. For others, it is the attempt to find a way to make a personal statement.

Friday, January 22, 2010

Body Painting Fashion

The World Body Painting Festival currently taking place in Daegu, South Korea is currently the largest art event in body painting, and you can see why.

Its goal is to spread the art of body painting to thousands interested in it. And, as you can see, body painting is truly an art. The work done takes hours, but in the end models bare an uncanny resemblance to tress, various animals and mobile works of art.

Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Happy Granny

Body painting of a baby and a happy granny.

Photo: Gianpaolo Dettoma, World Bodypainting Festival

Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Beautiful Art Body Painting

Body Paint - Misc #8

Body paint with red, white, black and purple nipple.

Saturday, January 9, 2010

The cozy body painting ideas for girl body paint festival

A body painting festival filled with new ideas that body painting held at Hawaii. One example of digital design with the theme of body paint which was runner up in the modern body painting festival.

Friday, January 8, 2010

Ashley Greene Naked And Bodypainted

Twilight star Ashley Greene pose nude in bodypaint in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue this year, even though she didn't pose for the magazine.

Greene, dressed in nothing but some pink paint, will appear in ads for SoBe that will run in the annual Swimsuit Issue, out next month, which is also full of naked and bodypainted professional models.

Below: Video screengrabs