Sometimes a graffiti artist’s work isn’t all painting walls, ceiling and floors…Sometimes we get the privilege of body painting gorgeous Thai coyote bar girls for amazing club parties and getting V.I.P. treatment, last night was one of those nights. It’s not that often that I get hired for being a body painter but I must admit that it is a thrill every time I do it. There’s something very special about painting people letting the art meet the beauty and then watching your mobile art piece do its thing in its given setting. In this example I was hired by Bangkok’s infamous night club and party venue ‘Insomnia’. The order was a tall one, paint non less than 8 beautiful Thai coyote podium dancers, and do it all in the space of 3 hours! I think even for a seasoned professional this is a tall order. What’s more they all had to be painted from head to toe in a silver base colour and each one had a unique personal look depending on how I felt when I looked and talked to the girl. A mixture of designs were incorporated on the girls, a bit of a Jackson Pollock style paint drip and ink splash effect, or like dripping spray paint from a drippy graffiti piece, animal print; cheetah and tiger, lettering, uv reactive paint (black light paint), golden stature effect…The main point was to incorporate the number 5 as it was club insomnia’s 5th birthday party event. So I based a lot of my designs around the original flyer which had a theme of swirls, purple, gold and silver. Being no stranger to body painting I knew the only way I’ll be able to complete this mammoth job in such a short space of time was to use stencils, sponges and a lot of speed! I’m not btw talking about amphetamines although I guess they might’ve helped also 
In the end I managed to get the girls ready in time and along with a crew of make-up artists and exotic looking fashion outfits for the girls I must say they looked absolutely fantastic, a perfect mix of erotic, sexy, edgy and exotic. After that I managed to get a little v.i.p. treatment and I must say the club itself and the people there are a lot of fun, I’d certainly advise any Bangkok dweller to check it out, great sound system also. Well in the end turns out maybe I’d had a bit too much v.i.p. treatment as I lost the money I was supposed to take home and use for my rent, oh well, what can you do, you win some, you lose some, I still feel like overall it was a fantastic experience and I can’t wait to do more of this in future! For body painting enquiries please refer to my contact form which you can find by clicking here.
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