GALLERY

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Allison & her lovely assistant (her husband, who's also an accomplished artist) teamed up with Mode Media (now Glam, Inc) in San Francisco CA to be a part of their infamous series "100 years of Fashion", but this time they wanted their series in.... BODYPAINT! 100 years of swimsuit fashion in bodypaint. A typical swimsuit takes around 4 hrs to paint, but they had ONE HOUR per suit to keep to the production's 3 day shoot schedule. "This experience was absolutely incredible! I can't believe the producer found me in Arizona & wanted to book me for this- I was honored! I knew my husband was the only artist I would trust to assist me, but he's an oil painter- he had never bodypainted before! So, I booked a practice-run with a local model before the shoot & painted a swimsuit on her together so my husband could work out any awkwardness of painting a nude model before the big day haha- he did great, only a few corny dad jokes were had! On the plane ride up my husband & I planned in detail who would do each section for every suit. We used water-based paints so the model could quickly shower in between suits, get her hair/makeup tweaked & start the next suit (identical twins were used for the shoot so we could be painting while the other was getting hair/makeup). After the shoot each day, my husband & I would walk around San Fran, find a great restaurant & plan the next day's paintings. The shoot was an absolute whirlwind & challenged me so much- I LOVED EVERY MINUTE OF IT!"

*Models: Hannah & Leah, on Instagram @thetwinstry_