Since I leave it mostly up to the owner of the baby belly to pick a picture of a baby belly painting, I sometimes get to paint interesting stuff. Recently, she picked Tlaloc, the supreme god of rains in the Aztec religion. This is what it looks like:
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I recently did another baby belly painting. The inspiration for it came from ancient egyptian pottery which looks like blue hippos with flowers painted ton them. See an example here in the Met.
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Recently, I made another baby belly body painting. This time, the image was a sleeping dragon. Here’s the final picture:
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I recently had the pleasure of making another baby belly body painting. My dear pregnant friend is a little obsessed with turquoise and thus the belly is themed in that color. She chose a beautiful symbol of growth, a tree with strong roots and a wide crown. See the final picture here, following by the making of and some close-ups.
A while ago, I painted a dragon in the element of water on a baby belly as this mythical creature is the Chinese zodiac of the baby. By now, the little boy is getting a brother or sister and I had the opportunity to turn this into a little zodiac series. The “second one” will be of the Chinese zodiac “Horse” and the element “Wood”, thus we decided to paint a brown horse. See a time-lapse video of the making and some images of the final result below.
About two weeks ago I created another baby belly painting. This time, to welcome spring, the mother-to-be chose a theme of flowers and butterflies framed in some 70ies style ornaments. See the resulting belly painting here and some close-ups further below.
Following a lovely invitation to Berlin, I recently made another baby belly body painting. The requested image was that of little creatures of the folk of Nac Mac Feegle, created by author Terry Pratchett.
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About a year ago, I made another baby belly painting. The theme was the sky and we decided decorate the soon-to-be-mom with sun, moon, and stars. By now the little boy is hatched and as every baby is his mom’s star.
A while ago, friends of mine got married. Like so often, we tried to come up with some extraordinary cool wedding present. They both enjoy hiking and geo-caching, which inspired us to make the following present. We found an awesome idea online, the reverse geo-caching puzzle. The original description can be found here: http://arduiniana.org/projects/the-reverse-geo-cache-puzzle/
The idea is to give a box to the couple. Inside the box there is a gift (whatever you like to give as a present.) The box itself is locked and has one button and a display. When the button is pressed, the box retrieves its geographical location via a GPS receiver and displays a distance to a checkpoint. The holder of the box has to bring the box to the checkpoint. When the checkpoint is reached, a new distance to another checkpoint is shown on button-press. After reaching a couple of checkpoints, the box opens when carried to the last checkpoint. The tricky thing is that only the distance to the points is shown and no other information like compass points etc. Therefore, the holder of the box has to press the button in different locations and derive the coordinates of the checkpoint from these relative information.
We re-implemented and customized this original idea to give it to our friends. This article describes the making-of, including some documentation of the actual puzzle-solving. This project was done by me and four friends of mine in a truely globally collaborative way. The contributors to the box were located in two different countries, three different cities. We created the box in two different geographical locations and doing collaborative coding and soldering sessions via video conferencing. Only shortly before the actual wedding ceremony, we came together for the final assembly (and some hectic last-minute fixing).
I did another bodypainting. This time, the soon-to-be mom is a botanical geek and thus we decided to decorate her belly with a djungle. Thanks for to all involved for this great afternoon!
For more pictures of the making-of, see the rest of this post!
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