More from the Balloon Manor

February 27th, 2015

Balloon Manor the Amazing Air-Filled Under-Sea Adventure

Dive five stories down and journey through the briny deep world of Atlantis! Discover a mighty pirate ship and its hapless crew battling the giant octopus! Will they be rescued by the Mermaid Queen? You won’t believe your eyes as this tale unfolds in a 5-story balloon sculpture.

This feature sculpture at the Sibley Building (250 East Main Street, Rochester, NY 14604) will be free for the public to view and enjoy.

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Videos by Woot Suit Riot

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Beach fun with balloons! Candy gets buried in the sand, and greets some passing kids at Airigami’s Balloon Manor!

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Everyone buckles down to work on the details, and puts together the huge kraken dragging the ship under! Come by on Friday for the grand opening of this year’s Airigami Balloon Manor!

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Getting up to fun and hijinks in day 2 of Airigami’s balloon manor build!

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Illusion Magazine Lip Art Face Painting Competition

February 27th, 2015

Illusion Lip Art Competition

Be stunned by the designs artists can create by painting around the Lips. See whimsical designs to fine artistry. Here are the highlights of our lip art competition and see the winners too. We run regular face painting competitions each month on our website www.illusionmagazine.co.uk

Balloon Manor 2015

February 24th, 2015

It is time for Balloon Manor 2015

Balloon Manor the Amazing Air-Filled Under-Sea Adventure
Dive five stories down and journey through the briny deep world of Atlantis! Discover a mighty pirate ship and its hapless crew battling the giant octopus! Will they be rescued by the Mermaid Queen? You won’t believe your eyes as this tale unfolds in a 5-story balloon sculpture.

This feature sculpture at the Sibley Building (250 East Main Street, Rochester, NY 14604) will be free for the public to view and enjoy.

Schedule

Watch Balloon Manor being built!
February 23-26, 10am-6pm

Visit Balloon Manor!
Feb. 27 – March 7, 10 am – 7 pm
March 8, 10am-3pm

Fifties First Friday: Enchantment under the Sea
March 6, 6 – 9 p.m.

Balloon Manor: Popping Party!
March 8, 3 – 6 p.m.

Batman Mask Face Painting Tutorial

February 18th, 2015

Design by artsynani

Neurovascular Man at RMIT University

February 15th, 2015

Over 22 hours, David Brock was transformed into Neurovascular Man – half his body painted with the nervous system, the other half with the cardiovascular system.

Please don’t try this

February 15th, 2015

Markers are NOT designed to be used on faces. Please, don’t try this. While markers might be handy, there are real face paints available at many craft stores that are 100% better choice.

Robot that can twist balloons

February 11th, 2015

RE2, Inc. shows off a Highly Dexterous Manipulation System…

Looking at the balloon it twisted, I don’t think that balloon twisters need to be worried just yet.

Face Painting Tutorial – Dragon / Monster

February 3rd, 2015

Design by JestPaint

Great tutorial by Anna Wilinski from JestPaint.com. Anna will teach you how to do a fast dragon/monster face using mainly one FunStroke (Split cake/rainbow cake/ 1 Stroke cake).
Anna used:
Global FunStroke Borneo
Global Liquid White
Vibrant Powder – Sunshine Yellow
TAP Stencil 016 – Organic Scales
TAP Stencil 048 – Horns

Lip Art : Face Painting Lion

February 3rd, 2015

Design by Love Birdy

Lip Art Face Painting Competition

February 3rd, 2015

It is time for another face painting competition, this month, the editors at Illusion Magazine are having a Lip Art Face Painting Competition.

Rules: Please read these rules carefully! please send in a design which has been created on and around the lips, the design must be painted on the lower half of the face below the nose. The nose and anything above the nose must not be painted.

To enter the competition, please email your lip art design to editor@illusionmagazine.co.uk with Lip Art competition in the subject line, the competition will close on 25th February at midnight Uk time

Our guest judge for this competition is Alexandra Godwin who has inspired the theme of this lip art competition with her fabulous dragon design.

* Terms & conditions *

  • Face painting designs only, must be painted on a real person
  • Open to painters from all around the world
  • Gems, stencils, lashes and glitter can be used, No prosthetics to be used
  • One design per artist, send only one single image. Compilation images will not be accepted.
  • Images with watermarks will not be added to the competition
  • Judges decision is final. Competition closes on 25th February 2015
  • Images sent to us may be used in future Illusion promotions or website