Workshops Body Art July

Workshops Body Art July

Contact us now on info@bodyartawards.co.nz to subscribe for any of the workshops below.
Remember, special discounts apply!
In the theme of the upcoming workshops in late July at the Lakehouse Art Centre in Auckland, we will highlight one or a few artists each week. This weeks newsletter features SFX Make-up artist Celeste Strewe and Digital Sculptor Scott Spencer .

Workshop Horror & Gore
with Celeste Strewe
Zombies, mummies and deceased people. Always good for a great laugh at parties, movies or events once they've stopped eating your legs off. Always wondered how to make those shocking cuts, bruises, cuts, claw marks, stab wounds or gunshots stunningly realistic?
This 2-day workshop will set you up with all special effects and painting techniques needed to create the most wonderful gore. Get started with fake blood, latex, skin gels, modeling wax and more to make people look sick, dead or demonic. Learn how to apply makeup effects and special materials on the body to create all sorts of 3D wounds. Surprise everyone around you with your most realistic and horrific creatures for halloween parties, carnivals, your own horror movies, or just for fun!

Celeste is a trained & experienced makeup artist working on films, music videos, TV commercials & photoshoots. She has worked on several well-known feature films of war and horror comedy settings. Last year she has won the Attitude Pictures Award for Artistic Achievement & The Distinguished Alumni Award from The Cut Above Academy.
"I love being a makeup artist, especially the special effects side....where I get to do anything from black eyes, cut lips and bullet & knife wounds , al l the way to turning someone into a mythical monster like a vampire, demon or zombie."

Prices for this workshop start from just NZD 50 a day!

Workshop Digital Body Art
with Scott Spencer (Weta Workshop)
Take a huge leap with your special effects makeup skills by exploring the digital world!
Discover the extraordinary environment of digital body painting and virtual SFX makeup with Scott Spencer of Weta Workshop in Wellington!

This workshop will teach you the basics of ZBrush, a revolutionary program for digital sculpting and painting. It provides all the tools needed complete the 2D or 3D body art concepts you have in mind, in an incredible short amount of time! You will use ZBrush and Photoshop program features to plan out a body paint design on a 3D male or female body. Everything is explained in a way so its understandable for everyone, and after this workshop you can start creating your very own unique 3D designs in a revolutionary fast and professional way, saving lots of time and effort. This is how they do it in the film industry!

Scott Spencer is a renowned digital sculptor and concept designer at Weta Workshop in Wellington (Lord of the Rings & Avatar film productions) and the author of several ZBrush books and training materials. Scott works with the best of the best in the film industry and uses ZBrush every day as a tool for creating creature and character concept art.Claying software and digital human bodies / paints are all provided.
Limited computers are available, so bring your own laptop with Adobe Photoshop installed if you have one.
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Some memories
Last year Erin Harrison walked away with the Supreme Award, a crown on her young talented career. She started out experimenting with full body painting at the 2009 Body Art Awards and received special commendations from the jury in the Special Effects Categories. Then, she won the Supreme Award in her second year. Everything is possible!
We hope to see her again this year as an artist for the Awards. You can also sign up now by going to www.bodyartawards.co.nz.

Jinny is coming in February!

Her real name is Genevieve Gagne, a international widely known name in the Body Art industry.
Jinn y started body painting by chance but succeeded quickly thanks to her artistic talent. Her husband, owner of an entertainment company, asked her to replace one face painter at the last minute. Without real previous experience, she was recognized as a good painter and she kept creating.
Nowadays she takes on body painting jobs all around the world, being involved in Color Mundo, a Canadian bodypainting show, and working as a chief make-up artist for Cirque du Soleil. Morover she designed her own make-up line for Mehron. However, what she enjoys best is teaching her art. So, that’s why she is coming to Takapuna to teach in February 2012.

Models Westfield Style Pasifika
We would like to thank the first models for their registrations last week at the Westfield Style Pasifi k a event in October 2011. We still have a few spots left open. Contact info@bodyartawards.co.nz to subscrib e.
We are looking for models willing to participate in the bodypainting category of Westfield Style Pasifika on 18 and 19 October 2011. As a model you will get the opportunity to showcase various forms of bodypainting invented by New Zealand artists for an audience over 300.000 people, and participate in one of New Zealand's must see iconic events. You will work alongside renowned artists from all over New Zealand .
Style Pasifika has been selected as a key event for the REAL New Zealand Festival, a nationwide celebration of all the things we love most about New Zealand. An event in which the world of fashion, music, technology and dance come together in two incredible nights of distinctly New Zealand entertainment. .

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