soccer bodypaint World Cup 2010 | Body Paint Design

soccer bodypaint World Cup 2010 | Body Paint Design

The beer stand she was working at had a tv, so we stood around for a while to watch the Portugal/Iran game, talking to this lovely painted beer server. In the process we discovered that she's half Iranian and was born in Tehran, and that wearing more body paint than clothing is indeed a solid way to get everyone interested in taking your photograph. It's hard to see here, but the stars on her face continue onto her hair, and the colors for Germany, Italy, and the USA swirl around from front to back.

Bodypainting in Sport's Illustrated's 2010 Swimsuit Issue | Body Painting Desings

Bodypainting in Sport's Illustrated's 2010
Swimsuit Issue | Body Painting Desings

Bodypainting isn't new but Sports Illustrated is trying to give it a boost into the mainstream with its latest new swimsuit issue. Model Irina Shayk was painted in the photograph from SI's swimsuit issue above. The bodypainting and makeup was done by Joanne Gair for LBB Artist Management in Grenada. Joanne also did the bodypainting of Demi Moore for the 1992 Vanity Fair cover.

World Body Painting Festival 2008 in South Korea

Daegu in South Korea is playing host to the World Bodypainting Festival, it's the largest bodypainting event on the planet.

The main festival is held every year in Seeboden, Austria, but expanded into Asia for the first time this year with a bonus exhibition. It lasts until 31 August.


The World Bodypainting Festival is the biggest annual event of the body painting culture and community. The festival is the first of its kind in the world and has become the “Mecca of Bodypainting”. It draws over a hundred artists and models, and thousands of visitors, from all over the world every year.

World Body Painting Festival

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Bodypaint Picture

Art Bodypainting

Art Bodypainting

Pop Art Bodypainting

Pop Art Bodypainting