Gator Eating Jose — UV Bodypainting May 26 at FABAIC, with Kryolan's Dayglo Aquacolors
by Christopher Agostino www.agostinoarts.com
The day time demonstration sessions at the Kryolan booth at the Face and Body Art International Convention were only two hours long, so when a young man volunteered to have his torso painted I decided to do something using their UV Aquacolors, which would allow me to get a maximum effect in a minimum of painting time. Kryolan’s UV dayglos pop so bright under backlight that you can get a very fun painting without a lot of finesse.
I painted this in about 90 minutes, took some photos under regular light and then headed for the backlight room to photograph the UV effect. When I was processing the images on the computer I saw that with a little photoshop manipulation it also works playfully in a horizontal format.
The original UV image, before photoshop
the painting in white light
the inspiration - I painted this on a kid at a Country Club pool party in 2001
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