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Whenever we sit down to watch a flick or read a magazine we always see some famous actor or model sporting extreme tattoos that would normally not be seen on them in various paparrazzi pictures. So you ask yourself if the tattoos are real or fake? Well to answer your question... most of the time those tattoos are fake, and are based on the character or image the Actor or Model is portraying. The style of your Temporary Tattoo or Body Painting |
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Here are some other references to movie quality Temporary Tattooos
So What are Movie Tattoos and how are They Created? (author: Mike Johnson) Well tattooing is an awesome form of art that has been growing in popularity to an actual fine art. Hollywood is known for making some of the most high quality movies in the world that grosses in the billions annually, despite the fact that they turn out less than a quarter of some of the other film producing countries. Hollywood not only perfected the art of making movies but also perfected the art of makeup design. Movie tattoos are temporary tattoos of such a high-quality it is nearly impossible to spot a fake as in the movie Wanted with Angelina Jolie, where she had movie tattoos next to her real ones and there was little difference. Many actors don’t like to mark their bodies up with real permanent tattoos because to some it can make them less marketable. Sometimes a role can call for an actor to have a tattoo. They won’t go out and get ink just to get a part, and so enters the art of Hollywood tattooing which has served some actors very well like Wesley Snipes, Jim Carrey, Vin Diesel and Angelina Jolie. In the early days of film, tattoos were applied with stage makeup and set like you would normal makeup. These tattoos would be prone to smudging and running. In the 70’s, an alcohol-based skin paint was invented and it was applied laboriously by hand, but the effects were more realistic than standard makeup grease paint and was water and sweat proof. The alcohol-based tattoo had to be touched up every day and due to the process, it could take multiple artists hours and hours to apply an actor with multiple pieces. This art form of movie tattoos needed a breakthrough and it got it in the 90’s. The film Pearl Harbor required many extras to be supplied with wounds, under normal circumstances each person would need to be done and this just was not cost or time effective. A transfer was able to be created that was very low maintenance and could last for up to a week. Think of these types of tattoos as a sort of high-tech Cracker Jack tattoo. This form of tattoo creation was seen on the film XXX with Vin Diesel and is in high-demand as an actor could be outfitted from head to toe in a matter of hours. |
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