Re: Talking to Your Paintee

by AngieAnders on Wed Jan 26, 2011 9:50 am

I always thought Mike's mask was deep yellow too. I really need to get some of these on my hero menu board.

Shannon, your brother definitely would have flipped out over the transformer movie. It's awesome that you and your mom went to see it in his honor.

by MichelleLA on Wed Jan 26, 2011 1:34 pm

Bec wrote:I'm a late 80's early 90's kiddo. My brother used to wear his Mike costume to church because we couldn't get him to take it off. lol!!

From wikipedia - Michelangelo (Mike or Mikey) — Easy-going and free-spirited, Michelangelo wears an orange mask and wields a pair of nunchaku. Michelangelo provides much of the comic relief. While he loves to relax, this Turtle also has an adventurous and creative side. He's something of the "surfer" boy, speaking usually in a Southern California accent. He is the youngest of the four. He is named after the Italian Renaissance painter, sculptor, architect, poet, and engineer Michelangelo Buonarroti. His name was originally misspelled "Michaelangelo" by Peter Laird and Kevin Eastman.[7]

Other than vaguely being familiar with the term TMNT, I know nothing about them... Does anyone have an example of a decent TMNT face paint -- I did a google search and the only one I could find is here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/veronica84/2468013497/
but I'm sure there is a better standard...

Or can you please describe how to approach this design?

TIA

by ablissfulaffair on Wed Jan 26, 2011 1:52 pm

Not my best but I don't get requests for TMNT ... this pic is from almost 7 years ago. The paint had come off his mouth by the time we took the pic and on the side of the orange face mask there is a knot/tie.

by ablissfulaffair on Wed Jan 26, 2011 2:00 pm

and I found this one in a google search

by Mehndi Masala on Wed Jan 26, 2011 2:37 pm

Couldn't resist the challenge so I just did one quickly now! It's the purple guy...should have picked a darker purple tho!!

by maggie on Wed Jan 26, 2011 2:47 pm

Awesome!!!!! I like the lighter color fine. I really love the mouth, so cool!
How in the world do you paint with your eyes closed KIm? Are you sure you are from another planet? hmmmm, that would explain your talent lol!

by Mehndi Masala on Wed Jan 26, 2011 3:04 pm

LOL

Thanks Maggie! Actually the eyes were the hardest part because I do my art with glasses on so the 'on my own face' challenges are actually quite the challenge! When I close my left eye, it's not so bad, but my right eye I feel like I'm painting in a fog!!!

PLUS I have old lady wrinkly eyes....not great when trying to paint it with a brush!!! Mad

Glad I did it but I already see the errors and can do a better one next time. At the corners of the mask on the bottom, the line should go down, not up. Mouth should be a tad lower and the bottom chin line wider. My top lip is a bit pointy so I should have either moved the mouth line way down or at least tried to disguise my lip better.

by glitterfly on Wed Jan 26, 2011 3:14 pm

Shannon Fennell wrote:"So what would you like to be today"
"What colours would you like? Same as the photo or to match your beautiful dress?"
"Purple [sigh] okay, another beautiful purple butterfly, what? Oh, sure I'll do it exactly the same as your four friends just had, but different, okay?
"Okay, you have to SIT STILL if you want me to paint you"
"Honey, please close your eyes.... no don't scrunch them, softly like this (demonstrate how)... okay that's good"
"NO don't rub your eyes!"
"Ouch, that hurt me, stop kicking me or I'll stop painting"
"If you don't SIT STILL Spiderman will look like dryer lint instead of a spider web"
"No!" (physically remove the child's hand from my cake of black snaz) "do NOT touch my face paints"
"Please do NOT touch my stuff... I don't come to your house and play with your toys do I?"
"ATTENTION (directed to everyone in the queue) please keep back from my chair and table by at least two feet. I can't paint well when my arm and table are being bumped."
"Honey, quit leaning on the chair you are making it wiggle while I am painting your little sister"
"Buddy, please give me back my mirror - go look in the one over there."

This is great. You kill me Shannon. Ans so true.
"NEXT!"

by maggie on Wed Jan 26, 2011 3:21 pm

I also wear glasses and it is a pain when painting yourself.
I can't imagine how hard was for you to paint with one eye closed at a time but Oh boy, I would have love to see you while you were painting tee-hee Smile

I really don't see all those things you want to fix but I am not very familiar with the TMNT's lol . To me it looks great!

by Mehndi Masala on Wed Jan 26, 2011 5:17 pm

[quote="maggie"]I really don't see all those things you want to fix but I am not very familiar with the TMNT's lol . To me it looks great![/quote]

Me either, but I just looked at the pic Michelle posted of the TMNT and went off of that but upon further inspection of the purple guy....I could see my errors....BUT if corrected the next time (if there is a next time) I know what to do. I think this one I did would really only be good for a 10 year old and up boy or a younger one that I could already tell was a bit less wiggly- otherwise, skip the eyes part and just let him have his own eyes ringed in white or maybe just bare with a surrounding mask.

Not sure if I like it enough to add to my portfolio or not.......... may just be a 'secret' for my pals here!! LOL

by MichelleLA on Wed Jan 26, 2011 5:31 pm

Kim -- those are fantastic!

I'm amazed (but not surprised) at how you just pulled that "out of the hat" ! There is no denying natural talent Smile

by jumpers4you on Wed Jan 26, 2011 7:39 pm

Great TMNT designs! And I am totally LMAO on the yellow/orange discussion, because my hubby and I have this argument over the color between green and red on a stoplight. =)

by Shannon Fennell on Wed Jan 26, 2011 9:22 pm

http://www.snazaroo.us/04/4power.htm

by Smiley813622 on Wed Jan 26, 2011 10:52 pm

LOL, Shannon....I think I have said most of those plus!! Very Happy

by Caswell Designs FP on Wed Jan 26, 2011 11:42 pm

I usually ask the boys if they are married already. That usually gets a big eyed look and a blech!
Always the usual what they want to be, what color, do they want glitter, lipstick.
Sometimes I ask the boys if they want glitter too or I tell them that truly it isn't glitter at all, it's dragon scales.

If a girl says they want a pink whatever, I will say I never could have guessed that would be their favorite color. Parents always laugh about that one.

I like to be chatty with the kids, it helps them relax and I think it makes parents relax also. They like that their kid is getting personal attention.