Details/Rules/Prize

Details: This challenge is for Black Light FX using paint that reacts to black light(Traditionally DFX, Wolfe and TAG paint. This design must react to a black light(as in glow under a black light). Full face, Half Face, Eye Design or Body Paint.

Ends Midnight January 24th, 2011 Pacific Time.

Prizes is a $25 gift certifcate to the Face Paint Forum Shop, so I hope to see many entries!

Rule1: Must show step by step of the design making sure to list products and tools used. All pictures or slides MUST be viewable in your post. Please do not include links to the photos. Must show final pic with and without black light.

Using a slideshow is recommended, but not a requirement. If you use the slide show, YOU MUST post a seperate photo of the final product also. Please do not include the music.

Here is one way to do a slide show.
http://www.rockyou.com/slideshow-create.php?refid=135740096&source=cyo

PLEASE READ Rule 2: This is a new one. Please do not enter a design that is participating in another contest ANYWHERE ON THE INTERNET or enter your entry into another contest ANYWHERE ON THE INTERNET until this one is complete. Doing so will disqualify you. PLEASE READ
Please ask questions under this thread.

UPDATE: To simplify things please list accordingly with your entry:

1. Tools:
2. Paints:
3. Step 1:, Step 2:, Step 3:, ect.....

awesome!

Does anyone have any tips for Black Light photography?

I got a black light bulb around Halloween but was having problems getting the exposure right...

Every once in a while you get lucky and you get to tag a bald head! Boy did he glow!

Nice work Margie! Really creative - I love it !


ok no fair with the black light theme.... I have been trying to pick one of those up locally for ages with no success.
If anyone knows of a cheap online supplier can you post the link here please?

I had a blacklight lamp borrowed from someone...now I don't have it anymore...

I need to get a good blacklight... right now I'm using a festival bought lightsabre belonging to my son.

Spencers had a sale: Buy one get one half off. I bought the 48"

this is the only picture I took when I borrowed a blacklight...it has an awesome effect!

They arent that expensive!! You can just go to Home Depot, Menards and get a black light light bulb. Stick it in a lamp and aim it at whatever you want to glow.

Or go on Ebay http://shop.ebay.com/?_from=R40&_trksid=p5197.m570.l1313&_nkw=black+light&_sacat=See-All-Categories

maybe I'll pick up one, one of these days!

Better to get a torch or handheld lamp. The small bulbs are almost useless in my experience. But you can buy heavy duty torches with UV lights.

I was thinking maybe paint my subject then go to the local nightclub,lol.. they usually have blacklights I dunno, I haven't been there in a lonnng while! lol

I was just roaming around my Home Depot the other day and saw a compact flourescent black lightbulb (you know-- the swirly ones) for $5. The bar type ones were a bit more expensive. I've never seen them in a torch. (that's like a flashlight right?)

You can get a 24inch blacklight for 20.00 online http://www.cheapbandgear.com/24_Blacklight_Fixture_Lamp_p/802bl.htm

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New Years Eve Black Light Party

I'm really struggling with this challenge.... I've tried a few things, but I'm just not happy. It's also bugging me that many of the colors I have don't really activate under black light(blues & purple).

I didn't factor in the black light thing for this. Maybe I should postpone this challenge, giving everyone time to figure out a black light source???

Let me know your thoughts.

We could just do a quick challenge for Jan. as a sub. Any ideas.

Thanks!
-Metina

You could always make it a black and white or black light challenge. White always reacts to black light so even if you didn't have a black light it would be easy to see the contrast and therefore imagine what it would look like.

I personally don't have any black light reactive face paints other than what Black lights naturally pick up. I do have a big Black light though LOL.

I say keep it going. We have some pretty creative people here & I think they'll come up with something. I did a few trial runs that I might submit. I'm not happy with them... but....

I second keeping it going... I just picked up a blacklight from Spencer's - the 18" wand for $20. They sell them online - a little one is only $10, and the biggest (42" maybe) is $30. I have a lot of UV paints I didn't even know I had in the rainbow cakes =). The Wolfe and Tag neon rainbow cakes are awesome under blacklights.

Here is a "trial run" that I just did tonight. I didn't do any step-by-steps so I might have to try it again! I had a hard time with the exposure when I had the flash off, but the last pic was a really cool "ghosting" effect =).

Keep it going... it makes us stretch ourselves and keeps things interesting!

I vote to keep it going too!! I want to give it a try - I have a blacklight and some neon paints!

Jumpers - my camera has a "natural" setting which "retains natural ambience without flash". I'm thinking this will be the setting which will work best for this, hopefully it works for me. I think yours look awesome!

Shoot, January 28th is a huge night at the club next door to my restaurant in downtown McCall and I was going to keep Steamers Restaurant open late and ppf for the night with my neon paints (that I will be purchasing from Metina tonight!) Oh well, wouldn't have time to do a step by step anyway
Wonder if I can borrow Jnjkoz Club People from the first game of tag?

Ginacentral wrote:You could always make it a black and white or black light challenge. White always reacts to black light so even if you didn't have a black light it would be easy to see the contrast and therefore imagine what it would look like.

I personally don't have any black light reactive face paints other than what Black lights naturally pick up. I do have a big Black light though LOL.

Regular white doesn't react. I was playing with a UV sugar skull, and had to do a flat white base, then UV white over top. However, the lint on my pants reacted just fine! Just FYI!