Painting a digitally inspired design on your body will have the interesting effect of changing your appearance from human being to cyborg-like artifact. Digital designs can range from a repeating geometric design to a fractal look. Bright, contrasting colors or stark black and white work best for a digital design, although combinations such as black and bright green, like an old computer screen, can invoke a digital effect as well.
An animal body paint design is relatively easy to create, since you can look up examples of the animal's appearance and use similar colors and textures to mimic the look of that animal. Get creative by painting yourself as a fantastic animal. Try a classic animal combination, like a griffin or a sphinx, or make up an animal completely on your own.
Use fairy-like body paint to create a festive, grandiose image for yourself. Paint pretty swirls, paisley and patterns to create the fairy look, or paint on the face and body of an illustrated fairy, complete with large eyes, small mouth, sparkling skin and fairy wings. If you are going to wear clothes with your body paint, choose fairy-like items with bells and dangling charms.
Painted bellies are an empowering gesture for all kinds of women. When your belly is painted by a friend or intimate partner, it shows love for a part of the female body that is often criticized and despised. Painting your belly not only lavishes it with positive attention, but adds interesting art that can bring attention to the belly's beauty. Belly body painting can help you process body changes that happen during and after pregnancy.
See what it's like to be a tree or plant for a day with vegetative body paint. You can paint your legs like stalks or branches, your body with foliage and flowers, and crown your head with actual bows from the tree or plant. You may choose to be silent in this outfit, like a tree or plant is, or you can pretend to embody a tree spirit or forest nymph and talk as such.