Day 183 - Jonesborough Days & Gizmo!

Today was really good and we met some old friends and made new new ones! Especially a young girl named Emily Moore, 14 years old and from Grey, TN. She was born with no left arm below the elbow, but she has a unique talent with it. Please watch the video below, as my partner, Aline Backes, painted her arm as a creature of no name. Make sure to watch the whole thing so you can see the cute thing she does with it.

Also we are having a contest to see who can come up with the most original name for her new pet painting. If you have a name, post it in the comments below or on the YouTube page. I don't know what the prize will be, but we will figure out a good one.

Emily is coming back on Sunday to get it painted again and I will have a video of that one too. So make sure you watch the whole video below and pass it around and help make this video go viral.

Until tomorrow, HAPPY PAINTING!

Day 182 - My Shoppimg Experiences

So yesterday, I decided to get an idea from my friends on the Facebook community to see what I should paint myself before going shopping! Some of the suggestions were too far fetched and I was not going to sacrifice my business to do those. Here is the thread of what was said:

Daniel Lasris

Okay, I have to go into town to do some shopping today! Any ideas of what to paint myself as before going?

Yesterday at 10:23am ·  ·  · 

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    Crystalooneys CreativeArts A butterfly ;)

    Yesterday at 10:30am · 
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    Mélanie Cassella a heart princess! ;-)

    Yesterday at 10:32am · 
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    Ben Bonser A wolf?

    Yesterday at 10:32am · 
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    Cheryl Baldorossi- Painter An alien. Creep them out.

    Yesterday at 10:32am · 
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    Camille Eastin Old man, you have to play the part too!

    Yesterday at 10:33am · 
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    Ben Bonser An alien in a bikini body-paint. Creep them out more.

    Yesterday at 10:33am ·  ·  2 people
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    Daniel Lasris I like the alien one the best! I think I will do that one! The others are too girly and I will save the wolf for the next Twilight movie!

    Yesterday at 10:33am ·  ·  1 person
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    Daniel Lasris NO BIKINI!!! LOL

    Yesterday at 10:34am · 
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    Ben Bonser I WAS KIDDING ABOUT THE ALIEN-BIKINI BODY PAINT. O_O (omg, what have I unleashed!!!!)

    Yesterday at 10:34am ·  ·  1 person
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    Ben Bonser What about that grey lynx face image I sent you via chat?

    Yesterday at 10:36am · 
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    Ben Bonser http://legendbourne.deviantart.com/gallery/?q=larp#/du4nc9

    Yesterday at 10:36am · 
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    Linda Rich make it patriotic or have something ted, white & blue w stars worked in - holiday weekend

    Yesterday at 10:38am ·  ·  1 person
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    Ben Bonser Because this image is copyrighted to me and for that issue, I give full permission for Dan to use this Grey Lynx design.

    Yesterday at 10:38am · 
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    Carol Beyer Uncle Sam? In a red,white and blue bikini?

    Yesterday at 10:43am ·  ·  1 person
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    Ben Bonser OMG. EYE BLEACH!!!!!!!!!! AAAAARRRRGGGHHHH

    Yesterday at 10:44am ·  ·  1 person
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    Carol Beyer Wrapped in a flag?

    Yesterday at 10:45am · 
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    Ben Bonser Or it's a superhero cape.

    Yesterday at 10:45am ·  ·  1 person
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    Louise G Jenkins And how fast will you do it lol

    Yesterday at 10:45am ·  ·  1 person
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    Carol Beyer good idea Ben Bonser

    Yesterday at 10:46am · 
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    Richard van der Laan perhaps you could try one of those chinese opera mask. Would like to see how you blend it. :-)

    Yesterday at 11:19am · 
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    Thomas Huus Do you do that sort of thing often? Do people book you as a result?

    Yesterday at 11:35am · 
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    Linda Rich Please share a pic of this one, Daniel - since we contributed to idea, we'd love to see result.

    Yesterday at 11:47am · 
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    Daniel Lasris I am posting it to my profile from my Android phone! And yes, it does get me bookings! It is a great way of advertising!

    23 hours ago ·  ·  3 people
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    Carol Beyer Yes, please share pic! How about a mini video-documentary on people's reactions while you shop!

    23 hours ago ·  ·  2 people
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    Daniel Lasris good idea!

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    Thomas Huus I would love to see that

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    Louise G Jenkins I did that too! I had my face all paintf up in my early years of face painting and yes I got a lot of bookings as well:-D

    23 hours ago · 
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    Dutch Bihary Evil Half burned viral clown where the scaring resembles the clown paint on the other half! Wait, no! I wanna do that now!

    23 hours ago ·  ·  1 person
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    Teressa King I try to paint my boys before we go out, but never thought to paint myself...

    21 hours ago · 
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    Daniel Lasris I am finally uploading the video now! It might just be tomorrows blog, since it is taking so long!

    13 hours ago ·  ·  1 person
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    Carol Beyer can't wait!

    12 hours ago · 

I decided to opt for the Alien idea as you saw in the video.

I did not get a lot of reaction out of people, because they all know who I am. Next time I will personally go up to people and see what their reactions are and do it like an interview.

I had fun anyways and I hope you enjoyed my long boring video.

Until tomorrow, HAPPY PAINTING!