fashionablygeek.com: When you think about face painting, you probably think of the booths set up at amusement parks and county fairs. You can choose from a variety of simple images like shooting stars or balloons, and the objects are painted onto your cheek in minutes. Photographer Alexander Khokhlov is showing us a different way to think about face painting with his “Art of Face” series. He’s focused on amazing makeup jobs that transform the face of the person underneath. They’re all amazing.
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The first example is absolutely stunning. Comic book artists follow a particular style for developing characters and this artist did a fantastic job. I would love to see these in person to see how they ply as a 2 dimensional figure rendered on a 3 dimensional surface. All of the paintings are very impressive I just can't help but be curious about the time frame that it took to do these paint jobs
These were incredibly impressive pictures. Each face took on something entirely different and left me stunned. I though the pixelated face was really cool, but like Sean I wonder how long it took to paint that onto someones face. I would be interested to see more of his work and maybe even in person, I think the fact this are photographs adds a different element to the face paintings that might be taken away if you see these in person.
These are fabulous! I just recently saw another artists work that involves painting people -- http://alexameade.com/artwork/ -- Very interesting pieces! I love the idea of living art and art that is really, quite literally, brought to the people and interacting with people. I think it's great how optical illusions can make you stop and take a second look at something. Things are not always as they seem and the world is full of surprises!
I really enjoyed these photographs because the makeups worked perfectly in perspective. As Sean said, it is very difficult to put a 2D image onto a 3D object. The first photograph took a lot of skill because the artist first had to flatten the figure's face. Complete light coverage would probably also be important in this photograph because the lack of shadows would minimize the 3 dimensional face. The other makeup with incredible perspective is the third photograph. The lines are so straight, which is very hard to recreate on a curved surface. Even tattoo artists find it difficult to create a straight line on skin. The other thing that I love about this artist is his knowledge of art history. I can definitely see that he was inspired by Roy Lichtenstein, Henri Matisse ("Woman with a Hat"), and cubist artists. I wasn't particularly interested in the commercial Angry Birds makeups simply because I found the other makeups more aesthetically pleasing. I think this was because the other makeups were designed around the muscle structure of the face, whereas the Angry Birds designs seemed forced on the face. I was interested in the Mickey Mouse makeup, however, because of the origins of Mickey Mouse. It is clear that Mickey Mouse was inspired by the minstrel shows and blackface (Specifically Al Jolson in the Jazz Singer. Check out "Mickey Mouse: The Haunted Mansion"), and this makeup is basically blackface on top of a white makeup. I'm not sure what this means, but I find it interesting how many times people cover themselves up to create different identities. Overall, I really liked this artist's style, and I hope to find more of these experimental makeups in future films.
This is super cool. I actually just geeked out over it for a good 15 minutes haha. I am completely obsessed with face paint/make up/face and body manipulation (the last one sounds super weird but I mean like special effects makeup or like this kind of stuff) and so this was totally up my geeking out alley! I think it's so cool how realistically fake this all looks!!!! Ah! It's crazy what people can do these days/what people have decided to try! Sophie actually mentioned the artist I was thinking of, Alexa Meade. She paints real people and makes them look like a painting and she either puts them in a painted setting or a realistic setting. She's really cool! I actually watched a documentary of hers that explained how her entire process is done. I highly recommend clicking on the link Sophie posted for those who don't know her!!
I agree with what Sean said about difficulty of putting 2D renderings onto 3D renderings. In that perspective, I think that these face paintings are fabulous! As the article mentioned, I always associated the face painting with another fun factor for children at amusement parks. However, looking at this creative way to express different ideas and concepts, I think face painting is just like other art forms. For all of the paintings, I think the artist and photographer did a great job getting the right perspective, so that it looks exactly like their intentions. I am just amazed how skillful the artist is when watching at the realistic painting on the face. My favorite picture was the fourth picture in which the woman is the part of watercolor painting. I am really surprised how the artist was able to destroy the boundary line between reality, face in this case, and 2D, painting in this case. I really want to try this one day and see how both perspective and painting work together to create this kind of effect.
This is so freaking cool! Like can someone do this to my face please????? I think it is really interesting how by just adding some paint to the body you can completely change the way that it is both looked at and perceived. For some of these, I am actually questioning if they are really people. I applaud the artists for making this transformation. I also applaud the models for not only allowing this to happen to them, but also for holding still for that long.
Like everyone else has stated above, these images are absolutely breathtaking. It is unbelievably impressive how the artist has transformed the human face. I would also be interested to see these paintings in person. It seems as if the photographs were each staged in very specific ways. For example, the second and third photographs look like they were taken with very specific lighting. Either way, this artist has created an innovative way to "face paint" and I would be extremely interested to see more of his work, whether through photographs on the internet or in person.
These are really wonderful face paintings. And the angry birds faces are just freaking awesome. At first I could not tell if that was paint on the model's faces or if that was media. These paint jobs/ photos are really beautiful. I agree with Sean, these styles are very accurate to the styles of art they are based on. what I find to be really great about these is their ability to trick the eye. I wonder if seeing the models' faces live would have the same effect.
I actually saw this floating around Tumblr recently and I wondering if it was going to make its way to the blog. I'm so glad that it did! I think one particularly successful aspect that Alexander Khokholv employs is perspective with regards to the face and the the perceiver. Even more, his use of color is fantastic, especially in the watercolored face. I found it funny that at the end of the article, the website tagged it as "face painting." This is face painting to the extreme, Fashionably Geek. If I had to ask him one question, I would ask why he picked to focused on Angry Birds in a portfolio of artsy faces. They seem out of place.
This pictures are obviously exquisite. I am curious about how much time it took, if there was more than one artist, and how much money was spent on materials. I am curious about what's done with these images. Is this an installation? Is someone providing these face-painting services at your local fair or carnival? How much was this aided by photoshop.
I love the images. Very visually engaging. But they obviously lead me to lots of questions.
These are absolutely stunning. I don't even have word to express how in awe I am of some of these. They are witty yet exceptionally well done. I'm always shocked by the ability of some people to turn the human body into a canvas. I do have to wonder how thick the paint was on their face and how hard it was to get off in the end. I think he first one as well as the one where the woman's face was pixelated were the two most intriguing to the creations.
I just love how art is evolving today from canvas onto people. I just recently watched a documentary on a woman who poses people, paints them then photo graphs them to look like a painting. Its absolutely stunning! Its like reverse 3d-2d art. I think its absolutely innovative and I see this going so far into the future. We are currently redefining how we see art.
Think his "Art of Face" are really fabulous! Just a really kool take on some face paint and a very good job. I just love how he is able to manipulate the painting to cover the contours of the face and the fact in many of the faces the actual face disappears from view. Some wicked optical illusions in that. There are two on his website that total remind of the super villains. The lace up and the spiral both black and white and just scream to me they are about to do something wrong. I am very conditioned, way to go society!! Moving forward, these pictures also remind me a lot of MC Escher's work with optical illusions, space, line. I do wonder who did the make up for the ladies and hopefully it is real makeup. I am sorry computer people out there but adobe is not as cool as doing it in real life. Nice job Alexander! Props!
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