Paul Roustan

In 2005, as a freelance editorial illustrator for Boink Magazine, a sex positive magazine featuring photo spreads, creative writing, and education from male and female students of Boston University, Roustan pitched the idea to the editors to paint a model for one of the photo spreads. His first published partial body painting was a test painting on the founder of Boink Magazine, Alecia Oleyourryk. Roustan's first full body painting was published in the same issue featuring a photo series displayed in reverse giving the illusion that a female model, Anna, was undressing painted clothing. In actuality, the clothes were painted on step-by-step and they were photographed sequentially by photographer and Boink Co-Founder, Christopher Anderson. This photo series was mentioned in an on the Howard Stern Show interview with Alecia Oleyourryk.[5] Stern initially could not tell that the model was painted.

His work has gone viral multiple times including a woman camouflaged as a moth,[6][7] a My Little Pony Transformer,[8] and a series of female surfers painted in wetsuits.[9][10]

In 2015, Roustan published a large hardcover coffee table book featuring over 130 of his studio body paintings. The book was funded completely through Kickstarter and has received rave reviews on Amazon[11] and a lot of viral publicity from various blogs.[12][13][14][15]

Roustan has been interviewed/featured on various media including Blisss Magazine,[16] The Inertia,[17] Dodho Magazine,[18] Tat2X Blog,[19] Maxim Magazine,[20] The Beach Reporter,[21] and Makeup Artist Magazine,[22][23] among others.

Paul Roustan currently resides in Redondo Beach, California with his wife and two daughters where he continues to do body painting professionally for various clients within the United States.

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