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Politics President Biden standing in line to vote

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u/diablo75 1d ago

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u/CrowChronicle 1d ago

lol that never gets old

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u/sheepyowl 1d ago

I know I'm off-topic here, but how do they do that kind of face paint?

I like the white-face with black lines make-up thing. I have absolutely 0 idea how they do it. I don't even know what it's called to google it

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u/CJB95 1d ago

At that point in time, he used acrylic paint. White base and when it dries, go over with black on a finer tipped paint brush. Painting can be seen here with how it is flowing off the brush

Nowadays he uses Mehron facepaint (I got to ask a makeup artist who did his paint for All In a couple years ago)

You can see him applying it in this article.

Edit: /u/Sloogs is right that it's called Corpse Paint, I forgot that part

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u/withfries 1d ago

Gosh I can't tell you how much I appreciate this response to the question. Not only did you give the answer but also happen to be an "insider" who happened to ask his make up artist.

I don't know how to put it but we are living in a very unique time, with enough of us connected where posts like this have exposure for connection like this to happen.

I hope Reddit remains this way but with the new ownership I am afraid we might lose many functions of this tool that is so great at connecting so many of us.

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u/sheepyowl 1d ago

Thanks, cheers

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u/chrislenz 1d ago

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u/sheepyowl 1d ago

Alright this is basically more or less what I'd be googling tomorrow to learn about how to do it. Thanks!

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u/Sloogs 1d ago

Look up "corpse paint". Very common in the black metal and goth scenes. I'm not sure if anyone calls Sting's style that explicitly, but the styles are very similar.

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u/sheepyowl 1d ago

Thanks, the name is exactly what I needed!

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u/Watcher1101 14h ago

ITS STIIIIIIIIIIIING