The Real life Lichtenstein-Comic-Girl

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I know very little about this make up session, other than it was done by M.A.C.. It is pretty impressive to see the blonde girl from Lichtenstein’s painting in real life.

Update (Feb. 13th, 2010):Â This was done for a Halloween make-up session by M.A.C artist Karin Stone, in Chicago, IL. Information provided by viewer sjstone at BoingBoing.

Make-up art based from paintings by Roy Lichtenstein:

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Top: “Crying Girl” (1963) by Roy Lichtenstein. Â© Estate of Roy Lichtenstein

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“Crying Girl” (1964) by Roy Lichtenstein. Â© Estate of Roy Lichtenstein

Link via Geekologie

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19 Responses to “The Real life Lichtenstein-Comic-Girl”

on Nov 01, 2009 at 2:27 pm 1 sivakumar

Hey Amazing pa… i love it it’s very beautiful to me
on Nov 23, 2009 at 5:57 am 2 Tim

Love the trouble you went to and the result of this comic girl. I used to be a graphic artist for a famous publisher of comic books !
Love
Tim
on Dec 11, 2009 at 10:07 pm 3 ben

Lichtenstein stole that idea from a comic book published 5 years before he made his artwork. The comic book he stole it from was in production during the late 1940’s through to the mid-1950’s.
on Jan 26, 2010 at 5:37 am 4 dknypg83

wow, what big earings she has… nice!!
on Jan 30, 2010 at 5:14 am 5 Kevin

Beautiful makeup!
on Feb 11, 2010 at 7:24 pm 6 Alex

@3: Lichtenstein stole this like Andy Warhol stole the Campbell’s soup can. That’s pop art, my friend.
on Feb 11, 2010 at 7:38 pm 7 Fran

Hey ben, no art is created in a vacuum. Of course everything is “stolen”. Lichtenstein made it popular and that is why his name is on it.
on Feb 11, 2010 at 8:30 pm 8 Todd

There’s no such thing as a “Lichtenstein-Comic-Girl.” That would imply Lichtenstein had originality.
on Feb 12, 2010 at 12:11 am 9 Steve

Here is a set of step-by-step instructions to recreate the Lichtenstein look. It also credits the MAC artist who created it, Karin Stone in Chicago, IL.

http://www.lolocohen.com/tag/roy-lichtenstein/
on Feb 12, 2010 at 2:16 pm 10 Adriana

No one is referring to “originality,” however, the artist is known for his comic art paintings and that is relevant in the news post. Thanks for your comment.
on Feb 12, 2010 at 2:26 pm 11 will

Lichtenstein stole that idea from a comic book published 5 years before he made his artwork. The comic book he stole it from was in production during the late 1940â€™s through to the mid-1950â€™s.

You mean he appropriated the images from comic books made in the 40’s and 50’s. Lichtenstein never claimed that they were original drawings of his, but rather he borrowed images from “low-brow” art and turned it into “high-brow” art. Much like Warhol’s soup can prints, Lichtenstein’s work was based on the premise that the division between low and high art was largely pointless.
For more see:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pop_art
and
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Lichtenstein
on Feb 12, 2010 at 2:59 pm 12 Joseph Francis

Makeup artist Jennifer Corona’s version is pretty well known.

http://www.myspace.com/jennifercorona
on Feb 12, 2010 at 5:41 pm 13 ylin

I saw a Lichtenstein-Comic Girl (7 hours of work) this past Halloween on the L-train in Brooklyn. She was perfect! http://ylphoto.wordpress.com/2009/11/01/marked/
on Feb 12, 2010 at 10:14 pm 14 Jesse

I love this post, but the lack of direct links is annoying. Where are your sources? Neither of your links to MAC or Geekologie are direct links. Please update.
on Feb 13, 2010 at 1:44 am 15 Adriana

Thanks for the comments. There has been an update.
on Feb 13, 2010 at 6:41 pm 16 prototype cars

Oh my good, she is looking very nice.
on Feb 13, 2010 at 7:00 pm 17 Jesse

Awesome, thanks for updating
on Mar 03, 2010 at 10:01 pm 18 Jim

I always wondered at some of the things that are considered to be “high brow,” and I for one never understood the appeal of a smuck like Warhol. Lichtenstein was at the very least a competent cartoonist and probably a very good one.

But… high end art?
on Mar 05, 2010 at 2:01 am 19 lexi

It shows where Lady Gaga got her current look from…