Abstract

The purpose of this study is to establish a method and find a possible way of applying biomimicry camouflage in body painting. This study seeks a direction for the future of the beauty and art industry through biomimicry. For this study, we analyzed the works by classifying camouflage body painting into passive and active camouflage sections based on the application of biomimicry to the artificial camouflage system. In terms of detailed types, passive camouflage was classified into general resemblance and special resemblance, and active camouflage into adventitious resemblance and variable protective resemblance, and expression characteristics and type were derived. Passive camouflage is the work of the pictorial expressive technique using aqueous and oily body painting products. The general resemblance was expressed as a body painting of crypsis and camouflage strategies. The special resemblance is a mimicry in which the human body camouflages the whole figure of living organisms or inanimate objects. Active camouflage is a work that uses a special body painting product with the object and airbrush techniques. The adventitious resemblance was camouflaged with the object technique, the most primitive camouflage method. The variable protective resemblance was expressed in abstract motifs with a variety of colors and optical illusions using special body painting products. As a result of the research, body painting in the field of applied arts can best express camouflage, and the development of new materials and techniques through biomimicry can expand the scope of expression in body painting.

Highlights

  • Zoologist, Hugh Bamford Cott (July 06, 1900–April 18, 1987) insisted that camouflage is both art and science

  • The works were classified into general resemblance for passive camouflage, special resemblance, adventitious resemblance for active camouflage, and variable protective resemblance

  • Camouflage body painting is classified into passive and active camouflage based on the biomimicry application of the artificial camouflage system

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Summary

Introduction

Hugh Bamford Cott (July 06, 1900–April 18, 1987) insisted that camouflage is both art and science. The study classified biomimicry camouflage-based body painting works into passive and active camouflage. The works were classified into general resemblance for passive camouflage, special resemblance, adventitious resemblance for active camouflage, and variable protective resemblance. Preceding papers for this are Eun-Young Park (2018), “Analysis of Biomimicry Behavioral Level-based Art Makeup Design” [1] and Eun-Young Park (2018), “Analysis of Biomimicry Organism Level-based Art Makeup Design” [2] While the preceding paper focused on the biomimicry level 3 level base of the organism level and the behavioral level, this paper focuses on the biomimicry camouflage base. Eun-Young Park: Body Painting Type Analysis Based on Biomimicry Camouflage natural and smart technology. Biomimicry-based research in the beauty and art industries will enable us to expand the scope of eco-efficiency and various artistic activities by combining biological discovery and engineering development with artistic inspiration

Camouflage
Body Painting
Examples of Biomimicry Camouflage
Active Camouflage
Body Painting Type Based on Biomimicry Camouflage
Passive Camouflage
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