This is an incredible transformation brought to you by the powers of makeup, talent, and the ability to sit still for long periods of time. Magic!!
From creator Elvis Schmoulianoff, the project is called "Painted: An Adventure in Stop Motion Body Art":
Everything was photographed in my bedroom in late 2012/early 2013 with a point and shoot camera , natural light, a pile of paints & body paints, brushes, and a mirror over a period of 10 days. The final sequence contains footage from five of those days and is comprised of 1064 individual images, the rest was mainly retakes of the first minute, which all taught me valuable lessons in what not to do...
Painted was inspired by some amazing artists and the video is a little homage to their outstanding talent and a thank you for the smiles and wonder it has given me. Jean-Michel Basquiat's fantastic body of work, Fritz Lang's impressionist masterpiece Metropolis, and the sumptuous makeup art of Alex Box all served as fantastic visual inspiration, Blu's stop-motion graffiti inspired the concept itself and the sheer ingenuity and borderless creativity of L.A.-based artist A Dandypunk and England's Happy Slap Boutique gave me the push to embark on a new creative adventure on my own.
Dope!!!
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