Bodypainting by Trina Merry
- San Jose, CA 95125 (map)
- (408) 509-9733
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Bodypainting by Trina Merry • San Jose, CA
- You'll be asked a few quick questions that will help describe your needs.
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- You'll have the option to get competing quotes from other qualified service professionals, saving you time and money.
Bodypaint is a fun, new, and versatile art form with tremendous impact power!
Here's just a sampling of ways you can use bodypaint:
* Create a memorable event with bodypainted models or a bodypaint booth for guests!
* Increase brand awareness with your logo on bodypainted promo models, or have a bodypainter paint your logo on guests!
* Get bodypainted for special events, sports games, and holidays, like Halloween, Dia De Los Muertos, New Years, Mardi Gras, and more!
* Create a special photoshoot for a loved one, fun, self-empowerment, or to add something unique and creative to your portfolio!
* Create a lasting unique maternity photoshoot, or have a belly painting party with other friends who are pregnant!
* Create impact, artistry, and theme using bodypaint in your fashion shows!
* Create cool music videos, commercials, ads, and films that are remembered and don't break the bank!
* To add beautiful touches to your wedding using bodypaint (flowers, gems, extended makeup, etc.) or for unique weddings, like Dia De Los Muertos, goth, corpse bride, etc.!
* SFX makeup, character bodypaint, and more for films, commercials, and ads!
* Look outstanding for the next zombie crawl, cosplay event, or midnight movie showing!
I work with some talented models, hair stylists, photographers, videographers, makeup artists, and bodypainters, and am great in assembling creative teams to meet your needs!
I have tons of experience and have been published in magazines, like Rolling Stone, worked on reality TV shows, music videos, ads, corporate branding, clubs, competitions, dance companies, art opening receptions, and much more.
My paints are all professional bodypaint and non-toxic. I am able to use water-based (hypoallergenic), alcohol-based (smudge proof), latex, airbrush, sfx, and cream-based paints. I am sponsored by Brand X Latex paint.
I specialize in fine art, fashion, and corporate bodypaint, but do it all!
I'd love to set up a consultation with you to discuss how bodypaint can work for you!
Contact today for a quote!
Question and answer
Q. What advice do you have for a customer looking to hire a provider like you?
A. Choosing bodypaint for your event is a wonderful start. If you know a bit more about your vision it is helpful to create a quote like:
* Is there a theme or any ideas for the bodypaint? (Its always good to start with the artists portfolio and let them know what you liked in there that caused you to contact them.)
* How many people are being painted and who are they (or is the bodypainter providing them- if they are, its good to tell them what kind of model you want)?
* What time do they need to be finished?
* Does this bodypainter have the professional demeanor and high quality of art that you desire (both in technique level and style- is it classy, artistic, elegant, fun, etc)?
There are many people who can splash paint on girls (and make them feel uncomfortable doing so). Its important to align yourself with top quality artists- it is worth the value.
Q. If you were a customer, what do you wish you knew about your trade? Any inside secrets to share?
A. I wish I knew how impactful bodypaint is. No matter where I go, my bodypaintings generate a crowd and my models are remembered, posted on social networking sites, even published as news in local newspapers, magazines, blogs and tv shows.
Also, I'd want to know more about the types of paint available to me- you have many options: smudge-proof paint, waterbased/easy to remove paint, sexy latex paint, airbrush and sfx options. I love to educate people on the product and process and hold workshops to spread understanding about bodypaint.
More than anything, I'd like people to know this is an art form, I show my work in galleries. What you are investing in is also a cultural experience for others- and those people who are taken by surprise are always very grateful for that experience!
Q. What questions should a consumer ask to hire the right service professional?
A. 1) What sort of experience do you have doing___ (events, weddings, fashion shows, music videos, etc)?
2) Can you show my pictures in your portfolio as examples of what you can do for my booking?
3) What sort of paints do you use? (If they say acrylic, tempera, sharpie markers or ANYTHING but professional bodypaint that can be used in bodypaint competitions, you may end up with a lawsuit from the model and should not work with them.)
4) Have you been published anywhere or have any awards? How long have you been painting?
Q. What important information should buyers have thought through before seeking you out?
A. They should think thru:
1) What days and times are you thinking about for the booking?
2) What ideas do you have creatively?
3) How many models and who is providing them?
4) What is your budget? Is quality or quantity most important? (is it better to have one or two excellent, outgoing, gorgeous promo models with quality bodypaint on them or 10 girls who are partially bodypainted?)
5) When does the painting need to be completed? (Bodypainters always like more time)
