Student Body Painter of the Year 2015
Airbrush, Brush and Sponge, SFX Category
Theme Tropical Wonder
Artists will need to provide a short piece of bio about their inspiration/motivation for their body art design that will be read to the Judges and also used at the end for the winners announcement show.
All Artists must hold full public liability insurance for the day of the competition - please contact us directly via email under subject Insurance as we have organised a special individual rate for the day for competitors.
The Artist will have 45 minutes setting up time ahead of the competition start time. The doors will open at 9.15 and the start time is 10am. Artists will have till 4pm to complete their creation. All Artists are expected to be prepared and provide all their own equipment. The Artist must provide their own floor/wall coverings to protect the location surroundings if needed.
Artists will need to source their own Model for the competition, however there are several Models available to volunteer on our website please book and check their availabilty on the model page of our website.
Please register your model prior to competition day and fill out form that will be available online soon.
This Competition is for Solo Artists only, no assistants are permitted. Your models are unable to assist in any way.
Artists Model
Nude painting is prohibited at The Irish Face and Body Painting Competition.
ALL Artists are to provide their Models with suitable underwear (must have straps) / nipple covers etc. prior to commencing painting and the competition start time of 10am. They must be fitted away from the public areas it is the responsibility of the Artist to ensure this. There will be divided and designated areas for male/female models to be able to change and get prepared before the start time of the competition.
Irish Face and Body Painting will provide all entrants with a model release form but it is the Artist's responsibility to ensure this is signed and returned to the Organisers. This will be available online in the run up to the competition please make sure you fill this form out completely.
Any violation of the competition rules may result in point deduction or disqualification at the discretion of the judges.
It is not essential but it may be a nice touch to get your Model a token of appreciation for their willingness and patience for their time during the competition as all our Models participate on a voluntary basis.
Time to complete look
Date Sunday September 20th with a start time of 10am. Doors open 9.15 for area set up. The artist will have 6 hrs to complete their look. Finishing at 4pm will then be followed by the judging.
Location 37 Synge street Dublin
Preparation and Rules
No make-up may to be applied to the Models face ahead of the competition except foundation and mascara if desired.
The Model's hair may be put up or styled ahead of the competition start time.
Any violation of the competition rules may result in point deduction or disqualification at the discretion of the judges.
ALLOWED
Brush and Sponge
Airbrush
Prosthetics
Pants/G Strings
Nipple covers
Coloured hairspray
False eyelashes
Glitter
Gems
Stencils
NOT ALLOWED
Costumes
Masks
Latex Gussets
Craft Glitter
Acrylic Paints
JUDGING
Will take place immediately after the competition finishing time of 4pm and artists will enter the judging area with their model according to their number.
All judging is done anonymously at the end of the competition to ensure a fair result for all concerned.
An independent assigned person who will not liaise with Judges until after the judging has completed will be present in the competition room to oversee the rules and regulations are adhered to.
The scoring and decisions made are at the discretion of the judges and their decision is final.
PHOTOGRAPHY
All Artists and Models must be available to have their entries photographed by the Photography Team immediately after the judging finishes.
All Artists and Models must have signed release forms to allow Irish Body Painting Association the right to use the images for the promotional and marketing purposes.
RESULTS
All results will be announced after all categories have been judged.
If you are unable to attend do please ask another Delegate to accept on your behalf and inform the Organisers.
PRIZES
Prizes in each category for 1st place.
We hope to have 2nd and 3rd place prizes pending sponsorship, support, entrants, etc. We will do our best to achieve this for 2015 as we are a non-profit organisation. We will keep entrants updated.
Please note organisers have the right to cancel a category or withdraw 2nd and 3rd placings if the category has not got sufficient numbers to be judged fairly.
