Animal Surprises at the Bronx Zoo — Facepainting Gallery

Jun8

We had a team of 6 artists at the Bronx Zoo for a company’s family outing this past weekend, which gave me a chance to do some more specifically animal and nature themed facepainting then I get to do on most of my gigs these days. Although at our zoo facepainting concessions we post a list of about 40 animals for people to choose from (just a list — no photos), at our special events there we prefer to be more adventurous by surprising people with the animal we turn them in to. We ask each participant if they want to be “nice” or “spooky” and then surprise them with the transformation. Here and some of the faces I painted myself over the 4 hour event. (You can click on the photos to see the names I give the face designs.)

Holidays and Christmas in New York — Transformations Gallery

Nov18

Holiday season in New York brings its own special transformation to the city, and we enjoy being part of it. Through the years a steady stream of holiday parties, corporate events and public events for clients such as Macys have allowed us to develop some fun motifs for our holiday surprise faces. Learn about all we do at: agostinoarts.com

Here are some favorites from the past few years. updated 11/15/16

: Ho Ho Ho!

: Angel

: Breakfast with Santa

: Candle Lighting for Hanukkah

: The Polar Bear’s Snowman

: Rockefeller Center

: Ice Skating

: Night Before Christmas…

: Christmas Morning

: Singing Angel

: Tropical Christmas

: The Big Man

: Blake’s Angels

: Snowflake Princess

: Alien Santa

: Zombie Rudolph

: face by Jenn

: Lorrraine painting a wreath

: Abominable Snowman

: Dreaming of a White Christmas

: Macys Thanksgiving Parade

: She’s A Balloon in the Parade

: Snowflake Fairy

: Snow Queen

: Sugar Plum Fairy

: Visions of sugar plums…

Returning to these same themes and imagery every year gives me a chance to apply lessons learned since the past season and continue the development of new holiday faces, combining face ideas from other themes into holiday designs, and developing new designs for specific events.

Combining a snowman with penguins or polar bears makes a very cute face, along with the idea of penguins making their own "Snowpenguin"

Adding in the type of scenic animal designs we do at the Bronx Zoo by combining a snowman with penguins or polar bears to make some fun faces, along with the idea of penguins making their own “Snowpenguin”

Some of the scary stuff: Christmas Zombies

We can also throw in a few Christmas Zombies and Santa Aliens to get a wider range of kids involved.

For a number of years we've had the pleasure of painting some of the people for Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, as well as for their in store special events.

For a number of years we’ve had the pleasure of painting some of the volunteers and specialty performers for Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, as well as for their in store special events.

Learn about all we do at: agostinoarts.com

Halloween Face Painting Gallery 2014

Oct27

by Christopher Agostino #transformationsny

Here are some of the photos from the Halloween events I’ve already done this season, plus some from last year that weren’t yet posted. With Halloween still to come this Friday, our event schedule will continue through the coming weekend, crossing over with some Day of the Dead events. See schedule.