Skin Wars (2014–…): Season 1, Episode 8 - Episode #1.8 - full transcript
[electronic music]
- BODY PAINTING IS EVERYWHERE
FROM HIGH-FASHION MAGAZINES
TO CHART-TOPPING MUSIC VIDEOS.
EACH WEEK,
THE MOST TALENTED BODY PAINTERS
FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY
WILL PUSH THE BOUNDARIES
OF THE NAKED CANVAS.
- MY BIGGEST COMPETITION HERE
IS EVERYONE.
- SOME WILL HIT
NEW CREATIVE HEIGHTS...
- MIND BLOWN.
- [laughs]
- WHILE OTHERS WILL WATCH
THEIR DREAMS GO DOWN THE DRAIN.
IT'S TIME
TO WASH OFF YOUR CANVAS.
ULTIMATELY, ONLY ONE WILL WIN
THE GRAND PRIZE...
- YES!
- OF $100,000
AND THE TITLE
OF SKIN WARS CHAMPION.
LET YOUR IMAGINATION RUN WILD.
WELCOME TO SKIN WARS.
GOOD MORNING, PAINTERS.
- HI.
- HI.
- I CAN'T BELIEVE WE'RE DOWN
TO THE FINAL THREE.
- I'M SO HAPPY
THAT I'M IN THE FINAL THREE.
I NEVER WOULD HAVE IMAGINED
THAT I WOULD MAKE IT
ALL THE WAY TO THE END
OF THIS COMPETITION.
I'M NATALIE.
NICE TO MEET YOU.
LOOKING BACK
ON THIS WHOLE THING,
I HAVE LEARNED A TON.
I HAVE STEPPED OUT
OF MY COMFORT ZONE,
AND I HAVE DONE THINGS
THAT I'VE NEVER DONE BEFORE.
- THIS IS NOT
A REALLY GOOD PAINTING.
THIS IS A GREAT PAINTING.
- AND I'VE BEEN
IN THE BOTTOM THREE
THREE TIMES.
I'VE COME CLOSE
TO HAVING TO GO HOME
BY THE RISKS THAT I'VE TAKEN.
- I HAVE TO ADMIT,
I DID NOT GET THIS AT ALL.
- BUT I'M GONNA TAKE AWAY
A SENSE OF PRIDE...
- LOVE THAT REVEAL.
- AND A SENSE OF CONFIDENCE.
- I THINK THAT YOUR CREATIVITY
IS OUTSTANDING.
- YOUR STORYTELLING
IS QUITE UNIQUE.
- IF I WON THIS, IT WOULD PUT
NATALIE FLETCHER ON THE MAP.
- DID ANY OF YOU THINK
ON DAY ONE
THAT IT WOULD BE
THE THREE OF YOU STANDING HERE?
- YES.
- OH!
- HEY, HEY, HEY.
I CAME HERE TO WIN SKIN WARS.
I DIDN'T COME HERE TO LOSE.
THIS PIECE I'M DOING
ON YOUR BACK RIGHT NOW
IS REALLY FRICKING GORGEOUS.
I'VE DEFINITELY GROWN
AS AN ARTIST.
- DUTCH,
YOU'RE A TECHNIQUE MONSTER.
- I LOVED DUTCH.
I THOUGHT THAT WAS SO BRILLIANT.
- DUTCH, I THINK YOU DID
AN INCREDIBLE JOB HERE.
THE MODEL LAYING OVER BACKWARDS,
IT'S STRIKING.
- I DIDN'T GET ANGRY WHEN THE
JUDGES DIDN'T SEE THINGS MY WAY.
- YOU ALSO HAD
ONE OF THE MOST "BORING" POSES.
- ALWAYS A BRIDESMAID,
NEVER A BRIDE.
I HAVE TAKEN MY LUMPS,
BUT MY HEAD'S IN A GOOD PLACE.
- THE WINNER OF THIS CHALLENGE
IS DUTCH.
- I NEED TO WIN SKIN WARS,
BECAUSE I WANNA PUT MY DAUGHTERS
THROUGH COLLEGE.
LET'S DO THIS.
- AND, SHANNON.
- HEY, YOU GUYS.
- WOW!
- I'M SHANNON.
I'M IN THE TOP THREE.
SUPER, SUPER HAPPY
TO BE HERE.
THAT'S BANANAS!
I'VE LEARNED SO MUCH.
HOW ELSE AM I SUPPOSED TO COVER
A SUMO IN ONE HOUR?
THESE CHALLENGES HAVE REALLY
OPENED UP THE DOOR
TO BRING MY FINE ART
INTO MY BODY PAINTINGS.
- THE FINE ART ELEMENT
TO THIS MASTERPIECE
IS SO REFRESHING.
- THANK YOU.
IT'S EMOTIONAL FOR ME.
OH, I'M BARELY HANGING
BY A THREAD.
AND IT'S BEEN
A REAL BLESSING
IN MY ARTISTIC PATH.
- TO SHOW HERSELF DECOMPOSING
IS PRETTY BRAVE.
- IT'S PRETTY BRAVE.
- I HAVE THIS GREAT BOOST
OF CONFIDENCE...
LOVE IT. LOVE IT, LOVE IT,
LOVE IT, LOVE IT.
AND I DO THINK
I CAN WIN.
- YOU SHOULD ALL BE
REALLY PROUD OF YOURSELVES
FOR MAKING IT TO THE FINALS.
WELL DONE.
JUDGES, ANY FINAL WORDS
OF ADVICE?
- IT'S OBVIOUS YOU HAVE
THE SKILLS, TECHNIQUES.
JUST FOLLOW YOUR HEART.
- THIS IS
SUCH AN EXCITING FINAL THREE,
BECAUSE YOU ARE ALL
SUCH DIFFERENT ARTISTS.
SO I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE
WHAT WE HAVE IN STORE.
- ONE OF YOU
WILL BE THE FIRST-EVER
SKIN WARS CHAMPION.
AS A SURPRISE,
WE ARE THRILLED TO ANNOUNCE THAT
THE WINNER WILL ALSO RECEIVE
YOUR VERY OWN
NATIONALLY DISTRIBUTED
CUSTOM LINE OF PAINT
BY EUROPEAN BODY ART.
YOUR NAME WILL APPEAR
ON YOUR VERY OWN LINE OF PAINTS.
- WHOA.
- OH, MY GOD.
THAT'S INSANE.
- YEAH!
- OH, MY GOD. THAT'S DEFINITELY,
LIKE, CHILLS DOING THIS
RIGHT NOW.
- FOR TODAY'S CHALLENGE,
YOU WILL CHOOSE A BOLD BACKDROP,
AND YOU MUST CREATE
A PAINTING
THAT WILL LITERALLY POP OUT
OF THE BACKGROUND
TO CREATE A PIECE OF 3-D ART.
YOU WILL HAVE TWO HOURS TO PAINT
A HEAD-TO-TOE, STANDOUT LOOK.
ALL RIGHT, PAINTERS,
PLEASE PICK OUT YOUR BACKGROUND.
YOUR TIME STARTS
NOW!
- THE CHALLENGE TODAY
IS TO DO A POP ART
THAT MAKES IT APPEAR THAT
THIS PERSON IN THE PHOTOGRAPH
IS COMING OUT
THREE-DIMENSIONALLY
FROM A STATIC BACKGROUND.
- OH, THIS IS HARD.
- I'VE GOT MINE.
- THIS IS AMBITIOUS,
BUT I'M GONNA TRY IT.
- I FOUND AN IMAGE
THAT SPEAKS TO ME,
BUT I'M NOT SURE HOW
TO MAKE A MODEL POP OUT OF IT.
THE ONLY IMAGE
THAT I CONNECT WITH
IS THIS KIND OF GRAFFITI,
FLATLY LIGHTED
PIECE OF ARTWORK.
- AAH.
- AAH! HA HA!
- HEY.
I'M GONNA HAVE YOU POSING
KIND OF LIKE THIS.
I REALIZE IS THAT
THE ONLY THING I CAN DO
WITH THIS BACKGROUND
IS TO PAINT
AN ARTIST CREATING IT.
- THE BACKGROUND
IS A REALLY LUSH,
VIBRANT SWAMP SCENE,
SO THE CONCEPT'S BASED
ON THE OLD
CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON.
BEING THAT I HAVE
A CUTE LITTLE MODEL,
I'VE GOTTA DO THE BEST I CAN TO
MAKE HER LOOK OMINOUS AND DARK.
- THAT'S, LIKE, THE COOLEST
THING I'VE EVER HEARD.
- YEAH. I HAVE DECIDED
THAT I'M GOING TO OBSCURE HER
AND ACTUALLY DO
A LITTLE CAMOUFLAGE
FROM MID-THIGH DOWN,
WHICH WILL SAVE ME
FROM HAVING TO GO IN
AND RENDER A LOT OF DETAIL.
- TODAY, I'M GONNA TRY SOMETHING
I'VE NEVER DONE--
MAKING THE MODEL LOOK LIKE
SHE'S UNDERWATER.
SO I'M TRYING TO USE
WHAT I REMEMBER
FROM ME JUMPING IN A POOL
WITH A WHITE SHIRT
AND WHAT THAT LOOKED LIKE.
GIVE YOU A WHITE SHIRT,
- BUT IT'S GONNA BE STUCK TO YOU
'CAUSE YOU'RE WET,
SO IT'S GONNA BE--
- SO, LIKE, WHITE--
WHITE T-SHIRT CONTEST KIND OF.
- DO NOT CHEAPEN THIS FOR ME,
LIZZIE.
I'M JUST GONNA GO FOR IT.
- I WANT IT TO BE
REALLY RIGHT.
I START PAINTING A VERY
REALISTIC SIDE TO A RED JEAN.
IT'S NOT RIGHT.
UGH, I JUST--
OOH, I JUST DON'T HAVE ENOUGH
TIME TO DO THIS CHALLENGE.
45 MINUTES
INTO THE COMPETITION,
NATALIE HAS HER MODEL COVERED
FROM HEAD TO TOE,
AND SO DOES DUTCH.
- OH, THAT LOOKS AWESOME.
- AND I'VE ONLY GOT
THIS MUCH COVERED, LITERALLY.
I'M BEHIND.
I NEED TO DO SOMETHING
REALLY BOLD
AND GET THIS MODEL COVERED IN
A REALLY SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME.
I'D, LIKE,
LOVE TO GO FOR REALISM,
BUT AT THIS POINT,
I HAVE A [bleep] HOUR.
AND THEN, ALL OF A SUDDEN,
I KNOW EXACTLY WHERE I'M GOING
WITH THIS CHALLENGE NOW.
I TAKE OUT A FAT BRUSH,
AND I DESTROY EVERYTHING
THAT I JUST PAINTED.
THIS IS TOO HARD.
SO ALL THE REALISM THAT
I JUST MADE IS NOW DESTROYED.
I'M GONNA DO A PAINTED PAINTER
PAINTING A PAINTING.
STUPID MISTAKE.
- ONE HOUR LEFT!
- I WANNA MAKE THIS MONSTER
LOOK LIKE IT SHOULD BE
IN THE SEA,
AND SO I DECIDE TO BORROW
FROM NICOLE'S BAG OF TRICKS
AND DO SOME WEBBING
BETWEEN THE FINGERS.
- WATCH MY FINGER.
- I DON'T THINK YOU GOT MUCH
TO WORRY ABOUT.
- I NEED ALL OF THEM.
- ARE YOU SURE?
- MM-HMM.
- THEY'RE GET LIGHTER, BUT...
I WANT TO PAINT ON HER HANDS
THOSE WHITE CIRCLE HIGHLIGHTS
THAT YOU GET
WHEN YOU PUT YOUR HANDS
UP AGAINST THE SHOWER DOOR.
I'M GIVING HER, LIKE,
JUST A BARELY BLUE TINT,
BECAUSE WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING
AT ANYTHING UNDERWATER,
IT ALL HAS THAT, LIKE,
HAZY BLUE LOOK TO IT.
- I'VE GOT
DIFFERENT LIGHT SOURCES,
AND I'VE GOT TO ADJUST
FOR WHERE THAT LIGHT
WOULD FALL ON HER BODY
IF SHE WERE A PART
OF THAT BACKDROP.
- I LIKE THE IDEA
OF YOU PAINTING IN YOUR BRA,
'CAUSE I DO THAT A LOT
IN MY OWN STUDIO.
- ONE MORE MINUTE, GUYS!
- YELLOW.
YELLOW.
INTO POSITION, PLEASE.
- OTHER SIDE ON THE HANDS.
- ARMS UP.
- TIME'S UP, PAINTERS!
PLEASE PUT YOUR TOOLS DOWN!
- WHAT?
NO!
I NEED WAY MORE TIME.
- WOW.
- WOW.
- TELL ME ABOUT THIS.
- WE'VE GOT
A DOUBLE LIGHT SOURCE HERE.
- SO YOU HAVE THE LIGHT
COMING FROM BEHIND
THROUGH THE TREES AND ALSO
REFLECTING FROM THE BOTTOM
OFF THE WATER.
- SO SHE'S NOT COMPLETELY
BLACKED OUT IN THE FRONT,
BUT SHE'S DEFINITELY DARKER,
'CAUSE THE LIGHT'S AT HER BACK.
AND THEN I'VE GOT THESE
HIGHLIGHTS THAT ARE SHOWING
AROUND THE EDGES.
- HAVE YOU HAD A CHANCE
TO LOOK AT SOME OF THE OTHER
PAINTERS, WHAT THEY'RE DOING?
- I LOOKED AROUND.
I SAW WHAT THEY WERE UP TO.
AND--AND--AND, YOU KNOW,
GREAT FOR THEM.
IT--IT LOOKS FANTASTIC, GUYS.
- I THINK WHAT DUTCH
IS TRYING TO SAY IS THAT,
"I DID NOT COME HERE
TO MAKE FRIENDS."
- YEAH.
- HI, SHANNON. HOW'S IT GOING?
- HEY.
JUST GOT FINISHED.
- THAT IMPLIES
THAT YOU FELT
YOU WERE SHORT ON TIME.
- MY ORIGINAL CONCEPT
WAS A MORE REALISTIC ARTIST,
BUT I HAD TO CHANGE CONCEPT
RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE.
- SO THE EXPRESSIONISTIC THING
SORT OF CAME IN.
- YES.
HER PAINTED STYLE COMPLEMENTS
THIS PAINTED STYLE.
SO SHE CAME OUT OF THIS.
- WELL, THANK YOU, SHANNON.
HI, NATALIE.
- I SAW THIS UNDERWATER
BACKGROUND, AND I WAS LIKE,
"THAT WOULD BE CRAZY IF SOMEBODY
TRIED TO, LIKE, PAINT SOMEONE
LOOKING LIKE
THEY WERE UNDERWATER.
AND, LIKE, WHAT WHITE LOOKS LIKE
WHEN IT'S UNDERWATER,
IT'S LIKE
YOUR FLESH TONE.
AND THEN WHEN
YOU'RE LOOKING THROUGH WATER,
EVERYTHING KIND OF HAS THAT
SLIGHT WATERCOLORED TINT TO IT.
- NOW, HAVE YOU EVER DONE
A 3-D PAINTING BEFORE?
- NO,
I'VE WORKED WITH BACKGROUNDS
BUT JUST
CAMOUFLAGING BACKGROUNDS.
- OKAY, THANK YOU, NATALIE.
- THANKS, GUYS.
- SO, GUYS,
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
- SHANNON CHANGED HER CONCEPT
AND, I THINK, FOR THE BETTER.
- I THINK, AT THIS LEVEL
IN THE COMPETITION,
TO NOT HAVE YOUR WORK
PLANNED OUT
START TO FINISH,
THAT IS RISKY.
- IT IS RISKY,
BUT THAT'S HOW SHE FLIES.
SHE GOES
BY WHAT'S IN HER HEART.
- WHEN I WALKED IN, MY EYES WENT
STRAIGHT TO DUTCH'S...
- HEY, YOU AND ME BOTH.
- LITTLE SWAMP THING.
THE DRAMA, THE HIGH CONTRAST,
THE STRONG CHARACTER,
IT WAS A SMART MOVE.
- WHAT ABOUT NATALIE?
- SHE REALLY CHALLENGED HERSELF
TO DO SOMETHING
VERY UNUSUAL,
WHICH IS PAINT
TRANSPARENT WET CLOTHING.
- YES.
- IT WAS A GREAT IDEA,
BUT, YOU KNOW, WAS IT
A LITTLE BIT TOO SUBTLE?
- TO DO SOMETHING
SO RISKY,
THAT GIRL IS A DANGEROUS GIRL,
AND I LOVE THAT ABOUT HER.
- I FEEL LIKE SHE HAS GROWN
LIKE CRAZY...
- YES.
- DURING THIS COMPETITION.
- SO HAVE YOU MADE
YOUR DECISION?
both: YES.
- MM-HMM.
- YEAH.
- FOR THIS CHALLENGE,
YOU EACH HAD TO CREATE
A PAINTING
THAT REALLY POPPED
OFF THE CANVAS.
NOW IT'S TIME TO FIND OUT
WHICH PAINTER'S CREATION
CAUGHT THE JUDGES' ATTENTION
MOST.
THE WINNER OF THIS CHALLENGE
IS...
DUTCH.
CONGRATULATIONS!
- I KNEW THAT I WAS GONNA WIN
THIS CHALLENGE.
- THIS IS NOT A GOOD TIME
FOR DUTCH TO GAIN MOMENTUM
BECAUSE THE ONE THING
THAT SHANNON AND I HAVE
ON TOP OF DUTCH
IS OUR CREATIVITY.
AND IF DUTCH GAINS THAT
ON TOP OF HIS TECHNIQUE,
WE'RE SCREWED.
- THE HIGH CONTRAST
FIT THIS CHALLENGE,
AND YOU DID POP YOUR MODEL
RIGHT OUT OF THAT WORLD.
- AS THE WINNER
OF THIS CHALLENGE,
YOU HAVE WON A YEAR
OF BODY PAINTING SUPPLIES
COURTESY
OF FRENDS BEAUTY SUPPLY.
- IT'S A GREAT PRIZE
I CAN USE IN MY BUSINESS.
- NICE.
- THAT'S AWESOME.
- THAT IS AWESOME.
- NICE JOB.
- BY THIS TIME TOMORROW,
ONE OF YOU
WILL BE THE FIRST-EVER
SKIN WARS CHAMPION.
- I JUST GOT LIGHT-HEADED.
- I DID TOO.
- [laughs]
- FOR THE FINAL CHALLENGE,
YOUR CANVAS IS BLANK.
YOU HAVE TO CREATE TWO LOOKS.
THESE FINAL LOOKS
SHOULD BE THE CULMINATION
OF EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE
TO THIS POINT.
SO IF YOU WANT
TO COME OUT ON TOP,
YOU NEED TO REALLY
KNOCK THEIR SOCKS OFF.
YOU WILL HAVE SIX HOURS
TO COMPLETE
YOUR TWO PAINTINGS,
AND YOU WILL HAVE
TWO MODELS.
- THIS IS THE LAST CHALLENGE.
THIS IS THE FINALE.
NOTHING CAN BRING ME DOWN
RIGHT NOW.
- AND IN CASE
THE $100,000 GRAND PRIZE
ISN'T ENOUGH MOTIVATION TO BRING
YOUR "A" GAME TOMORROW,
WE WANTED TO GIVE YOU
A LITTLE EXTRA INSPIRATION.
- YOU'VE ALL IMPRESSED
THE JUDGES ALONG THE WAY,
AND THAT'S WHY
YOU'RE STILL HERE.
WE WANTED TO GIVE YOU
A LITTLE EXTRA INSPIRATION.
NATALIE,
SOMEONE'S HERE FOR YOU.
- [crying]
- MY BOYFRIEND,
TODD, WALKS OUT,
AND I JUST FREAK OUT.
[crying]
AS USUAL, I START CRYING,
BUT THIS IS THE HAPPIEST
I'VE FELT THIS WHOLE TIME.
- SHANNON, THERE'S SOMEONE
FOR YOU TOO.
- [crying] OH!
I GET TO SEE MY MOM AGAIN,
AND MY HEART MELTS.
EVERYTHING I'M WORRIED ABOUT
HAS JUST DISAPPEARED.
[crying]
MAMA! MAMA!
- AND, DUTCH...
- WE DIDN'T FORGET ABOUT YOU,
DON'T WORRY.
- NOPE, WE DIDN'T
FORGET ABOUT YOU.
- IT IS REALLY GREAT
TO SEE MY WIFE.
MY WIFE IS
THE OTHER HALF OF ME.
WE'VE BEEN TOGETHER
SINCE I WAS 19.
- DUTCH,
THERE'S SOMEONE ELSE.
- OH!
- YOUR KIDDOS.
- GETTING TO SEE MY GIRLS
IS A HUGE TREAT.
OH! OH.
THE SUN JUST BURSTS THROUGH
ON A CLOUDY DAY
WHEN I SEE MY CHILDREN.
[growls]
- [laughs]
SO I DEFINITELY, YOU KNOW,
GOT TEARY-EYED.
- GIRLS, WHAT DID YOU THINK
ABOUT YOUR DAD
BEING IN THIS COMPETITION?
- I THOUGHT, HE'S GONNA BE GONE
FOR A LONG TIME.
I GUESS I BETTER START
GETTING USED TO MOM.
[laughter]
- ARREAH!
- TODD, WERE YOU SURPRISED
WHEN YOU HEARD NATALIE
WAS IN THE FINALS?
- I WASN'T.
SHE DOES SUCH AMAZING WORK
AND LIVES, BREATHES,
SLEEPS BODY PAINTING.
- CHARLOTTE, DO YOU HAVE
ANY WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT
FOR SHANNON?
- WELL, I JUST WISH HER
EVERY GOOD BRUSHSTROKE
THAT YOU CAN DO.
- THANKS, MAMA.
- YEAH.
I LOVE YOU.
- I LOVE YOU.
- YOU COULD TELL
THAT THESE PAINTERS
HAVE LOVE IN THEIR WORK,
AND NOW WE SEE THE SOURCE.
- GOOD NIGHT, EVERYONE.
WE'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW
AT THE FINALE.
all: GOOD NIGHT.
- BYE. GOOD NIGHT.
THANK YOU.
- THANK YOU.
- OH, SHE'S--
[laughter]
- WHILE I WAS SHOWING MY
DAUGHTERS AROUND THE WORK SPACE,
THEY REALLY GRAVITATED
TOWARD THE BRIGHTER,
BUBBLE GUM PINK WIGS
AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND I THOUGHT,
WELL, GOSH, YOU KNOW,
THAT'S KIND OF A CRAZY COLOR,
AND SO I THOUGHT
MAYBE I'LL DO MY CONCEPT
IN PINKS.
- I'M ALMOST PISSED,
'CAUSE I'M LIKE,
NOW I CAN'T FRICKING FOCUS,
YOU KNOW?
- THANKS.
- I CAN'T EVEN THINK ABOUT
THE CHALLENGE, BUT I'M JUST
GONNA LET MY BRAIN TAKE A BREAK
AND JUST ENJOY THIS MOMENT
WITH MY LOVED ONE.
I MISSED YOU.
- CHALLENGES HAVE BEEN
REALLY HARD.
AND IT'S BEEN
REALLY, REALLY EMOTIONAL.
- $100,000 ON THE LINE TOMORROW.
AND, YOU KNOW, I GOTTA COME UP
WITH MY CONCEPT,
BUT I WANNA HANG OUT WITH YOU.
- ON THIS CHALLENGE, IF I REALLY
PAINT ME IN THIS CHALLENGE,
I THINK I STAND A GOOD SHOT.
I'M STRUGGLING RIGHT NOW.
I'M HAVING AN INTERNAL
TUG-OF-WAR TRYING TO FIGURE OUT,
IF I REALLY JUST DO ME,
ARE THE JUDGES GONNA LIKE IT?
- I REALLY, REALLY WANNA WIN.
YOU KNOW?
I JUST HAVE TO DO IT.
- IT HAS BEEN A CRAZY TRIP.
LONGEST MONTH OF OUR LIVES.
- YEAH.
- SO WE, LIKE,
HEAR ABOUT YOU GUYS
'CAUSE ALL WE CAN DO
IS TALK ABOUT, LIKE,
OUR LOVED ONES.
- YEAH.
- AND HE TALKS
ABOUT YOU GUYS NONSTOP.
- SORRY. SORRY.
- I FEEL LIKE I KNOW YOU ALL
SO WELL,
AND I DON'T KNOW YOU.
- WE'RE PRETTY LAID-BACK.
- I'M SO HAPPY THAT YOU'RE HERE.
I LOVE YOUR DAUGHTER SO MUCH.
- OH. ME TOO.
- ALL RIGHT, SORRY.
- SO I HAVE TO SAY GOOD-BYE
TO TODD NOW.
BUT HE JUST SAYS,
YOU KNOW,
"DO YOUR BEST.
YOU'VE GOT THIS."
- IT IS HARD TO SAY GOOD-BYE,
BUT I TELL MY MOM
THAT I'M GONNA WIN IT FOR HER.
- I THINK
HAVING YOU GUYS HERE
IS REALLY GONNA HELP ME
TOMORROW.
CAREFUL.
- DO GOOD TOMORROW, OKAY?
- BYE, DADDY.
- I WILL. I WILL. BYE-BYE.
- FOR ME.
- IT WAS REALLY GREAT
TO SEE MY WIFE AND MY KIDS.
WITH FAMILY
COMES SUPPORT.
BUT WHAT HAPPENS IS, IT'S
DISTRACTING ME FROM MY TASK.
AND I JUST DON'T HAVE
A CLEAR IDEA
OF HOW TODAY
IS GONNA TURN OUT.
- HEY, GOOD MORNING, LADIES.
- WELL, TODAY'S CONCEPT
IS BASICALLY FREESTYLE.
- OH.
- THE CHALLENGE FOR TODAY
IS TO PAINT TWO MODELS,
AND THEY ARE A BLANK CANVAS.
WE CAN DO ANYTHING
WE WANT ON THEM.
WE SHOULD PAY HOMAGE TO
THE LESSONS THAT WE'VE LEARNED
THROUGHOUT OUR JOURNEY
AT SKIN WARS.
- I'M GOING REAL NATALIE
WITH IT.
- WHAT'S--WHAT'S THE--
- THE THEME IS KIND OF OPEN.
TODAY, MY PIECES
ARE GOING TO BE COMPLETELY ME.
SO YOU'LL BE TWO
COMPLETELY SEPARATE PIECES
THAT WILL FORM SOMETHING
AT THE END.
AND YOU'RE GONNA GO TOGETHER.
LIKE, THE COLOR SCHEME--
INSTEAD OF ME GOING, LIKE,
OPPOSITE COLORS,
I'M GONNA MAKE YOU GUYS
VERY MUCH MATCH.
- COLOR COORDINATED.
- COLOR COORDINATED.
- PUT YOUR ARMS AROUND
EACH OTHER'S NECKS, PLEASE.
THERE WE GO.
THAT WORKS BEAUTIFULLY.
MY CONCEPT IS TO PAINT
THE TWO SIDES OF ME--
THE BENEVOLENT SIDE
AND THE SNARKIER SIDE.
LOVE, LOVE, LOVE,
LOVE, LOVE, LOVE.
I WANT TO PAINT
A BIG, PINK BRAIN
TO SHOW, LIKE, FREEDOM OF MIND
AND CREATIVITY.
MY BRAIN ON ART.
SO CAN YOU REMEMBER
THIS POSITION?
- GUYS, LAST CHALLENGE.
- I KNOW.
- LET ME GET A BASE
GOING HERE.
- DUTCH, ARE YOU DOING
A BACKGROUND?
- YEAH. I INITIALLY HAD,
YOU KNOW,
SOMETHING VERY, VERY DUTCH
IN MIND,
SOMETHING RATHER HORRIFYING.
AND THEN WHEN I SEE MY FAMILY,
MY PALETTE IN MY BRAIN CHANGES.
AND THEREFORE, MY ENTIRE
CREATIVE PROCESS CHANGES.
- HALFWAY THROUGH
THIS CHALLENGE,
I AM NOT EVEN FINISHED COVERING
MY GIRLS.
I STILL SEE SKIN,
AND THAT IS TERRIFYING.
- GOOD MORNING, PAINTERS!
- GOOD MORNING.
- MORNING.
- SHANNON, CAN YOU TELL US
A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR CONCEPT?
- SURE. MY CONCEPT IS
THE VOICE OF THE PAINTER
AND THE TWO SEPARATE SIDES
OF ME--
THE BENEVOLENT SIDE, YOU KNOW,
THE ANIMAL RESCUER.
THE OTHER SIDE IS, LIKE,
THE COMPETITOR
WHO HAS TOLERANCE ISSUES.
- YOU'VE CONTINUED
THAT TECHNIQUE YOU STARTED
A FEW CHALLENGES AGO.
- THIS IS A NEW THING
THAT I WANT TO JUST EXPLORE MORE
AND PLAY WITH MORE.
- IT'S REALLY BEAUTIFUL.
- I'M TAKING IT WITH ME.
- THANK YOU, SHANNON.
- THANK YOU SO MUCH.
- HI, NATALIE.
- I'M HAVING AN ACID FLASHBACK.
- RIGHT NOW, IT DOES JUST LOOK
LIKE AN ACID TRIP,
BUT THERE ARE TWO VERY IMPORTANT
PARTS OF ART.
AND CREATIVITY IS JUST
AS IMPORTANT AS YOUR TECHNIQUE.
AND SO I'M GONNA PAINT
A LOT OF THINGS
THAT I ABSOLUTELY LOVE.
AS YOU CAN SEE,
PAISLEY HAS ALWAYS BEEN, LIKE,
A VERY IMPORTANT PATTERN TO ME.
THE BUTTERFLY HAS ALWAYS
KIND OF, LIKE, SYMBOLIZED
TRANSFORMATION AND GROWTH,
AND I FEEL LIKE
THIS COMPETITION,
I'VE DONE MORE OF THAT THAN
I EVER HAVE IN MY ENTIRE LIFE.
AND I'VE NEVER BEEN
MORE PROUD OF MY HANDS BEFORE.
AND I KNOW THAT HANDS
ARE DEFINITELY
ONE OF THE HARDER THINGS
TO PAINT,
ESPECIALLY REALISTICALLY...
- BRAVE.
- BUT I HAD TO REPRESENT
MY HANDS UP IN HERE TODAY.
- HI, DUTCH.
- HI.
- TELL US ABOUT YOUR CONCEPT.
- I WANT TO MIX 3-D ILLUSION
WITH A LITTLE BIT OF HORROR.
SO I'VE BEEN
CHAMPING AT THE BIT
TO DO SOMETHING
KIND OF ALIEN-LIKE,
WHICH IS PIECES OF ME,
SO IT'S GONNA BE
A FRANKENSTEIN-ESQUE TYPE PIECE.
- OKAY.
- AND THEN ON THE BACK,
I'M PLANNING TO TIE IN ALL OF
MY EXPERIENCES IN A MURAL FORM.
- THAT IS A KALEIDOSCOPE
OF BRIGHT COLORS.
HOW IS THAT WORKING OUT?
- I'M TRYING
TO MAKE MY MONSTERS ELEGANT.
THERE'S GONNA BE A TOUCH
OF ELEGANCE TO BOTH OF THEM.
- HOW WAS IT
SEEING YOUR FAMILY?
HOW DID THAT AFFECT YOU
LAST NIGHT?
- OH, GOSH.
THAT WAS INCREDIBLE.
WE LAUGHED. WE CRIED.
WE HAD A GOOD TIME.
- OKAY. THANK YOU, DUTCH.
- THANK YOU, GUYS.
HEY, GUYS, 30 MINUTES LEFT.
I FEEL LIKE
I'M TRUDGING THROUGH TAR.
I'M OUT OF SORTS TODAY.
I'M NOT GONNA DENY
THAT I SHOWED UP THIS MORNING
WITH A LACK OF FOCUS.
[dramatic music]
♪ ♪
OH, BOY.
[sighs]
[dramatic music]
♪ ♪
- I LOVE THIS PIECE.
IT'S GREAT.
- BEST-CASE SCENARIO TODAY,
NATALIE WALKS OUT OF HERE
WITH $100,000.
FIVE MINUTES LEFT,
EVERYBODY.
- FIVE MINUTES, HUH?
- WHAT THE [bleep]?
45 SECONDS LEFT,
AND MY AIRBRUSH CLOGS UP
AND THEN
THE THING SPUTTERS,
AND I'M JUST TRYING
TO FINISH THE THING UP.
DAMN.
- THE FINAL SECONDS ARE
COUNTING DOWN, AND I REALIZE,
THIS IS THE LAST TIME I'M GONNA
HAVE TO PUSH MYSELF MENTALLY
IN THIS WAY.
- LET ME SEE THAT WRIST
REAL QUICK.
[timer beeps]
- OKAY, PAINTERS!
TIME IS UP!
PLEASE PUT YOUR TOOLS DOWN.
- GOOD JOB.
- THIS IS THE LAST TIME
I'M GONNA SAY THAT.
- MY GIRLS LOOK
EXACTLY THE WAY
I WANTED THEM TO LOOK.
THEY LOOK BEAUTIFUL,
AND THEY LOOK JUST LIKE ME.
- WOW, YOU GUYS.
ARE YOU HAPPY WITH YOUR WORK?
- YEAH, SUPER HAPPY.
- YEAH? DUTCH?
- I THINK WHAT IT WOULD MEAN
MOST FOR ME TO WIN,
MY ARTWORK IS COMING OUT,
AND I CAN BE PROUD ABOUT THAT.
- IT'S BEEN
SUCH A CRAZY JOURNEY,
AND NOW IT COMES DOWN
TO THIS MOMENT.
- PAINTERS AND MODELS,
FOLLOW ME.
- FOR THE FIRST TIME,
I SEE THE FINISH LINE.
ONE OF US IS GOING HOME
$100,000 RICHER.
- WELCOME, PAINTERS.
THIS IS IT,
THE FINAL SHOWDOWN.
ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK
HAS LED TO THIS MOMENT.
TONIGHT, ONE OF YOU
WILL BE CROWNED
AS FIRST-EVER
SKIN WARS CHAMPION.
- GOD, NATALIE LOOKS
SO BEAUTIFUL.
- FOR THIS CHALLENGE,
YOU WERE GIVEN SIX HOURS
TO CREATE TWO LOOKS
THAT SHOW WHAT SETS YOU APART
AS AN ARTIST.
THE JUDGES WANTED TO SEE
WHAT YOU COULD BRING
WHEN YOU WERE GIVEN
A BLANK SLATE.
AND THEY ARE READY
TO BE WOWED.
YOU ALL KNOW
OUR ESTEEMED JUDGES--
CRAIG TRACY...
- HELLO, PAINTERS.
- ROBIN SLONINA...
- HELLO.
- AND RUPAUL CHARLES.
- LOOK AT YOU GORGEOUS PEOPLE.
OKAY.
LET THE FINAL SHOW BEGIN.
[electronic music]
♪ ♪
- THEY'RE JUST STUNNING!
BRIGHT COLORS
AND THICK LINES
THAT I CAN SEE
FROM WHERE I'M STANDING.
AND I KNOW THAT THE JUDGES CAN
JUST REALLY FEEL THAT BOLDNESS.
- OH, MY GOD.
- LOOK AT THAT.
- AND THEN THEY RAISED
THEIR HANDS,
AND THEY CONNECT THEIR BIG,
GLITTERY HEART THAT I HAD DONE.
I'M JUST SO FRICKING PROUD
OF THEM.
AND THEN THEY KISS.
THEY WAITED TILL THE END
TO DO IT, WHICH IS BRILLIANT.
- WOW.
- MY MODELS ARE ROCKING IT.
THEY'RE DOING A GREAT JOB.
I DO HAVE A STRONG SENSE
OF PRIDE IN THIS PIECE.
I FEEL LIKE I STAYED TRUE
TO MY TECHNIQUES,
WHICH IS WHAT I'M KNOWN FOR.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I BROUGHT
IN MORE EMOTIONAL ELEMENTS.
THERE IS A STORY
BEHIND WHAT I PAINTED.
- THAT'S AWESOME.
- I FEEL LIKE
IF I GET ANY MORE PROUD,
MY CHEST IS GONNA EXPLODE.
I'M JUST BEAMING WITH IT
RIGHT NOW.
- WHEN I SEE MY PIECES...
- THAT'S MY GIRL.
- I LOVE THAT THEY EACH HAVE
A DISTINCT LOOK.
I AM PROUD OF MY WORK.
I REACHED REALLY FAR
INSIDE MYSELF.
I WAS VERY REVEALING.
I DISARMED MYSELF
AND WAS JUST AS OPEN
AS I COULD POSSIBLY BE
ABOUT WHO I AM AS A PAINTER.
- THAT IS SO SHANNON.
- WOW.
- I REALLY LOVE MY PIECE.
I THINK THAT I HAVE
THE WINNING COMBINATION.
SO I'M JUST EXCITED TO HEAR
WHAT THE JUDGES HAVE TO SAY.
[cheers and applause]
- SO, NATALIE, TELL US
ABOUT YOUR CONCEPTS.
- YESTERDAY
WHEN I GOT TO SEE TODD,
HE JUST SAID,
"NATALIE, YOU BLEED PAINT."
HE'S LIKE, "JUST DO YOU."
AND SO THAT'S
WHAT I DECIDED TO DO.
I DECIDED TO THINK OF EVERYTHING
THAT DRIVES ME
AND WHY I DO WHAT I DO.
AND NO MATTER
HOW TONIGHT GOES,
I'M JUST
ON TOP OF THE WORLD.
- NATALIE,
EARLIER THIS MORNING,
YOU SAID THAT ONE MODEL WOULD
REPRESENT YOUR REALISTIC SIDE,
AND ONE WOULD REPRESENT
YOUR CREATIVE SIDE.
- THAT'S WHY I ENDED UP
BRINGING THIS OVER HERE
BECAUSE I WAS LIKE, "YOU CAN'T
DO ONE WITHOUT THE OTHER."
A TECHNICAL PIECE
IS SUPER BORING
UNLESS IT'S CREATIVE.
A CREATIVE PIECE
DOESN'T COME ACROSS
UNLESS IT'S KIND OF TECHNICAL.
AND THAT'S WHAT THE WHOLE,
LIKE, LOVE THING IS,
BECAUSE I WANTED TO SHOW
THE MARRIAGE OF THE TWO OF THEM.
- NATALIE, IF YOU HAD
TO CRITIQUE YOURSELF,
WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE
TO CHANGE OR ALTER?
- I DEFINITELY WANTED TO DO
A LOT MORE DETAIL
ON THE BUTTERFLIES,
BUT ALL OF THAT ASIDE,
I AM STILL HAPPY WITH THE WAY
THAT IT CAME OUT.
- I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHY
YOU SHOULD WIN SKIN WARS.
- I SHOULD WIN SKIN WARS BECAUSE
I WILL TAKE EVERY OPPORTUNITY
TO JUST MAKE MORE AND MORE
AND MORE BODY ART.
AND I WANT EVERYONE IN THE WORLD
TO KNOW
THAT BODY ART IS A LEGITIMATE,
BEAUTIFUL FORM OF ART.
IT WOULD JUST MAKE MY DREAMS
COME TRUE.
- AND DO YOU REALIZE
HOW CLOSE YOU ARE
TO HAVING THE MONEY
TO DO THAT?
- I KNOW.
SUPER CLOSE.
- THANK YOU, NATALIE.
- THANK YOU, GUYS.
- OKAY, DUTCH, TELL US ABOUT
YOUR CONCEPT AND YOUR PAINTINGS.
- I CAME UP WITH A TITLE
LAST NIGHT,
PIECES OF ME.
THE FRANKENSTEIN-ESQUE PIECE
HERE
HAS A LOT OF INPUT
FROM MY ELDEST DAUGHTER.
AND I WANTED TO CONVEY MY LOVE
FOR HER
IN THIS PIECE.
THERE'S A BIT OF SYMBOLOGY--
KEEPING AN OPEN MIND
AND THEN, OF COURSE,
OPENING MY HEART.
THIS PIECE HERE IS
FOR MY YOUNGEST DAUGHTER
AND MY WIFE.
I WOULD NEVER CHOOSE PINK
AS A COLOR
TO PAINT AN ALIEN.
BUT I KIND OF WANTED
TO STAY AWAY FROM THE STUFF
THAT I TYPICALLY DO.
IT'S SO EASY FOR ME
TO JUST BE A DUDE
AND--AND PAINT SCARY STUFF,
YOU KNOW?
I MEAN, THAT COMES
SO NATURALLY FOR ME.
PEOPLE KNOW
I CAN DO THAT STUFF.
I WANTED TO DO SOMETHING
THAT WAS SOFTER
AND MORE PLEASANT.
AND THEN THE BACK PIECE,
THIS HAS EVERYTHING TO DO
WITH MY GROWTH HERE
AT SKIN WARS.
AND EACH OF THESE ICONIC
PICTURES REPRESENTS SOMEONE
WHO'S HAD AN IMPACT ON ME
SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE.
AS YOU KNOW,
I GREW VERY CLOSE TO FELLE.
WE PLAYED POOL EVERY NIGHT.
THAT WAS HOW WE UNWOUND, AND
THAT WAS OUR COPING MECHANISM
FOR DEALING WITH THE STRESSES
OF THE DAY.
AND THEN MYTHICA DOWN HERE,
AND THEN, OF COURSE, GEAR.
AND THIS IS, YOU KNOW,
LIGHTNING, ENERGY
THAT GEAR LIKES TO RENDER
A LOT.
AND THEN THE--THE PALETTE
IN THE MIDDLE
WAS ALSO REPRESENTED
BY MATCHING COLORS
FROM EACH SEGMENT
ON THE BACK
AS THOUGH THOSE PAINTS
WERE ADDED TO MY PALETTE.
THEY--THEY ENHANCED ME.
THEY--THEY GAVE ME MORE
TO WORK WITH.
AND IN KNOWING THEM
AND--AND LEARNING
FROM SIMPLY BEING WITH THEM,
I FEEL LIKE
I'VE BECOME A BETTER ARTIST,
AND I FEEL LIKE
I'VE OPENED UP MORE.
- THIS COLOR SCHEME
YOU SAID WAS INFLUENCED
BY YOUR DAUGHTERS AND YOUR WIFE.
- MM-HMM.
- HAD THEY NOT COME,
WOULD YOU HAVE STILL DONE
THIS COLOR SCHEME?
- I DON'T THINK SO.
I THINK IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN
A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT OUTCOME.
- THE BRAIN IS SO BEAUTIFUL
AND THE WAY THAT YOU HIGHLIGHTED
THOSE FOLDS,
THAT REALLY EFFECTIVELY
MAKES IT LOOK LIKE
IT'S PEELED BACK FROM HER HEAD.
- WAS THERE
A DEFINING MOMENT
THAT CLICKED
INSIDE OF YOUR HEAD
THAT MADE THINGS CHANGE
FOR YOU?
- YEAH, THERE WAS
THE CULMINATION
OF THE JUDGMENTS THAT
I WAS GETTING FROM YOU FOLKS
THAT KIND OF CAME FROM SOMEBODY
IN THIS COMPETITION
THAT'S FEELING KIND OF GYPPED
AND KIND OF ROBBED AT TIMES,
AND THEN I-I WOULD
STEW ON IT.
AND AFTER THIS HAD HAPPENED
SO MUCH,
I WAS JUST LIKE, "HUH,
MAYBE I'M WRONG."
[laughter]
AND IT BECAME EVIDENT
VERY QUICKLY
THAT I HAD TO CHANGE IT UP.
- DUTCH, WHY DO YOU THINK
YOU SHOULD WIN SKIN WARS?
- I HAVE A LOT
OF PAINTING ABILITY,
AND I WORKED MY BUTT OFF.
I PUT IN THE HOURS.
I PUT IN THE TIME, AND THIS
WOULD BE THE ULTIMATE VALIDATION
TO BE SKIN WARS CHAMPION.
AND MOST OF THAT PRIZE MONEY
IS GOING TO PUT MY CHILDREN
THROUGH COLLEGE.
- THANK YOU SO MUCH, DUTCH.
OKAY, SHANNON.
- MY CONCEPT IS
THE TWO DIVERSE SIDES
OF MYSELF
DURING MY TIME HERE
AT SKIN WARS.
THIS MODEL REPRESENTS
THE MORE BENEVOLENT SIDE
OF MYSELF.
AND ON MY MORE EVIL SIDE,
I WANTED TO SHOW
THAT I CAN ALSO SHOW
THIS TYPE OF ANGER--
SO THE FREEDOM VERSUS
MY INNER ADVERSARY.
AND WITHOUT
THE BENEVOLENT SIDE,
WITHOUT THE EVIL SIDE,
THE BRAIN ON ART
COULDN'T HAPPEN,
BECAUSE IT'S
A CONSTANT STRUGGLE
BETWEEN WHAT'S RIGHT
AND WHAT'S WRONG IN MY ARTWORK.
- SO IT'S RIGHT-SIDE BRAIN,
LEFT-SIDE BRAIN.
- YOU'VE GOT IT.
- WELL,
IT'S A BEAUTIFUL PAINTING.
YOU'VE LEARNED HOW TO BRING
YOUR FINE ART TOGETHER
WITH YOUR BODY PAINTING.
IT SEEMS THAT
THAT'S HAPPENED,
AND YOU SHOULD BE REALLY HAPPY
WITH WHAT YOU'VE DONE.
- THANK YOU.
- I FEEL LIKE YOU,
DURING THE COURSE
OF THIS COMPETITION,
HAVE STUMBLED
UPON YOUR SIGNATURE STYLE.
- I KNOW!
THAT'S NUTS, ISN'T IT?
- BRAVO. AND WOW.
GREAT JOB.
- THANK YOU.
- DIAMONDS ARE FORMED
UNDER A LOT OF PRESSURE,
AND I KNOW YOU KIDS HAVE BEEN
UNDER A LOT OF PRESSURE.
AND I AGREE, I THINK
YOU'VE FOUND YOUR DIAMOND.
- THANK YOU.
- SHANNON, WHY SHOULD YOU WIN
SKIN WARS?
- I THINK THAT WE ALL DESERVE
TO WIN SKIN WARS.
WHY DO I WANT TO WIN
SKIN WARS?
IT REALLY COMES DOWN
TO THE MONEY, HONESTLY, FOR ME.
THERE'S JUST SO MUCH
THAT I WANNA DO,
AND I DON'T SEE A WAY
THROUGH THE FOREST
TO GET TO IT.
AND IF I WERE TO WIN
THE CHAMPIONSHIP,
WHO CAN SAY WHAT
THAT WOULD MEAN
UNTIL YOU'RE IN THAT SITUATION
AND EACH DAY DISCOVER
MORE AND MORE COOL THINGS?
- THANK YOU SO MUCH,
SHANNON.
OKAY, YOU THREE,
WE'RE VERY PROUD OF YOU.
YOU CAN HEAD BACK
TO THE LOUNGE.
- I AM SUPER READY TO FIND OUT
WHO THE WINNER IS.
I'M ALMOST SAD
THAT IT'S GONNA BE OVER.
- SO WHAT DID YOU THINK?
- IT WAS SO INTERESTING
TO SEE WHAT THE PAINTERS DID
WITH FREEDOM.
- WHAT'D YOU THINK ABOUT DUTCH?
- I WAS REALLY EXCITED
ABOUT THE BIRTH
OF SOMETHING NEW FOR HIM.
I FEEL LIKE
HE'S REALLY TURNED A CORNER
IN HIS CREATIVE PROCESS.
AND HE'S
ONTO SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
- WAS THERE ENOUGH OF HIM
IN THAT PIECE?
- MM-HMM.
- WAS IT DUTCH ENOUGH?
- RIGHT, 'CAUSE HE WAS SAYING
THAT HE WAS INSPIRED
BY HIS DAUGHTERS.
THE WIG WAS FOR ONE DAUGHTER.
THE PINK WAS FOR HIS WIFE.
- AND THEN
ALL OF THE OTHER ARTISTS.
- OR ARE
ALL THOSE NEW INFLUENCES
WHAT ELEVATED HIS PIECE:
ALL THE NEW COLORS HE'S USING,
THE PALETTE, THE FREEDOM,
AND UNAPOLOGETIC USE
OF HIS EMOTIONS?
- I FEEL LIKE HE'S KIND OF
IN THE MIDST OF A TRANSFORMATION
RIGHT NOW,
WHERE HIS WORK IS GONNA CHANGE.
- YEAH.
- BUT IS IT
AN OVERALL SUCCESS...
- MM-HMM.
- WORTHY OF SKIN WARS CHAMPION?
- RIGHT.
- I BUSTED MY ASS
MY WHOLE LIFE
TO LEARN HOW TO PAINT
THAT FRICKING GOOD.
- HOW OLD ARE YOU?
- 41.
- OKAY.
SO I'M 38, AND WE'VE PROBABLY
BOTH BEEN DOING ART
OUR WHOLE LIVES.
- MM-HMM.
- RIGHT.
- WHAT'D YOU THINK
ABOUT SHANNON?
- I LOVE
BEING ABLE TO WITNESS
SHANNON'S FINDING HER THING.
- I'M IN LOVE
WITH THIS DRIPPING...
- MM-HMM.
- EXPRESSIVE BACKGROUND
WITH HER REALLY GRAPHIC STYLE
ON TOP OF IT.
SHE'S REALLY ONTO SOMETHING.
- HAD YOU EVER SEEN
ANYTHING LIKE THAT BEFORE?
- IT'S TOTALLY,
UNIQUELY SHANNON.
- I WAS GONNA SAY THAT THE FRONT
WAS REALLY STRONG.
- YES.
- RIGHT, RIGHT.
BECAUSE SHE HAD THE BRAIN
ON THE BACK.
- I LOVED THE FRONT,
AND I LOVE HOW THERE'S SO MANY
FUN LITTLE DETAILS TO DISCOVER.
- THEN WHEN WE GO TO THE BACK,
I JUST FELT LIKE THINGS GOT
A LITTLE BIT MORE, UM...
- BRAINY.
- [laughs]
- WAY--WAY TOO BRAINY FOR ME.
SHRINKING THAT BRAIN DOWN
IN SIZE,
AS FAR AS
THE COMPOSITION GOES,
I THINK
IT WOULD HAVE WORKED BETTER.
- WELL, I KNOW THAT THEY FOUND
SOME TECHNICAL ISSUES
WITH MY RENDERING,
SO I DON'T KNOW
HOW THEY'RE GONNA JUDGE.
- I HAVE NO IDEA.
LET'S JUST BE [bleep]
STOKED ON OURSELVES THAT WE--
- NO. YEAH, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.
- THAT WE DID IT, YOU KNOW?
- YEAH, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.
TOTALLY GRATEFUL.
TOTALLY GRATEFUL.
- IT'S OUT OF OUR HANDS NOW.
THIS ONE IS A COMPLETE WILD CARD
TO ME.
- SO NATALIE?
- I LOVE HER STORIES
AND HOW SHE INFUSES HERSELF
AND HER EMOTIONS
INTO HER PIECES, AND IT SHOWS.
- YOU KNOW, SHE SAYS
THAT HANDS ARE DIFFICULT
FOR HER TO PAINT...
- YEAH.
- AND I WASN'T 100% HAPPY
WITH HOW THE HANDS TURNED OUT
ON THE BACK.
YOU KNOW, IT WAS
A LITTLE RUDIMENTARY.
YOU KNOW, I DON'T FEEL LIKE...
- YEAH.
- SHE REALLY, YOU KNOW,
NAILED IT ON THE HANDS.
- RIGHT. I DON'T THINK
SHE OVERPAINTED.
I DON'T THINK
SHE UNDERPAINTED.
YOU KNOW, YES,
SHE DOESN'T HAVE THE REALISM
THAT SOMEONE LIKE DUTCH MIGHT
HAVE IN PAINTING THE HANDS,
BUT I DON'T THINK
IT WAS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY
IN THIS PIECE,
BECAUSE THE PAINTING
WAS SO DYNAMIC.
ALL THREE OF THESE PAINTERS
ARE HERE
IN THIS FINALE FOR A REASON.
AND WE'VE SEEN THAT HAPPEN
HERE ONSTAGE TONIGHT.
- WHO SHOWED US
THE BEST TWO PAINTINGS
TONIGHT?
- IT'S ABOUT THE SKILL.
IT'S ABOUT WHAT THEY DO
WITH THEIR CANVAS
AND THAT PAINT.
- ONE WINNER.
- OKAY, JUDGES,
HAVE YOU MADE A DECISION?
- YES.
- IT'S DONE, YEAH.
- ABSOLUTELY.
- OKAY.
PAINTERS,
INCREDIBLE JOB TONIGHT.
WHAT A GREAT SHOW.
YOU'VE ALL GROWN SO MUCH
OVER THIS COMPETITION,
AND IT WAS A PRIVILEGE
TO GO ON THIS JOURNEY WITH YOU.
BUT THERE CAN ONLY BE
ONE WINNER.
THE WINNER OF SKIN WARS
WILL RECEIVE
A YEAR'S SUPPLY OF PAINT
AND AN ALL-EXPENSE-PAID TRIP
TO NEW YORK CITY TO BE
A FEATURED GUEST PAINTER
AT IMAX,
ALL COURTESY OF MEHRON.
THE WINNER WILL ALSO RECEIVE
THEIR VERY OWN NATIONALLY
DISTRIBUTED CUSTOM LINE OF PAINT
BY EUROPEAN BODY ART
AND A $100,000 CASH PRIZE.
NATALIE, DUTCH,
SHANNON,
ONE OF YOU
WILL BE THE WINNER
OF SKIN WARS.
- NATALIE, DUTCH,
SHANNON, ONE OF YOU
WILL BE THE WINNER
OF SKIN WARS.
- ALL THREE OF YOU
ARE AMAZING ARTISTS.
- WATCHING YOU
GO THROUGH THESE CHALLENGES
HAS BEEN MY PLEASURE
AND PRIVILEGE.
- YOUR JOURNEY, YOUR VISION,
YOUR TALENT,
HAS INSPIRED PEOPLE
AROUND THE WORLD,
AND I AM SO PROUD OF YOU.
- THANK YOU.
- DUTCH,
YOU HAVE CONSISTENTLY WOWED US
WITH YOUR AMAZING ATTENTION
TO DETAIL
AND YOUR TRUE MASTERY
OF BODY PAINTING TECHNIQUE.
THE JUDGES WERE EXCITED
TO SEE YOU OPEN UP
AND PUSH YOURSELF IN A NEW
DIRECTION FOR THIS CHALLENGE,
BUT YOU MAY HAVE LOST
A LITTLE TOO MUCH OF YOURSELF.
THE JUDGES JUST DIDN'T SEE
ENOUGH DUTCH IN YOUR PAINTINGS.
DUTCH, I'M SORRY.
YOU'RE NOT THE WINNER
OF SKIN WARS.
YOU MAY HEAD BACK
TO THE LOUNGE.
- I KNOW OFTEN I COME OFF
AS COCKY AND, YOU KNOW--
BUT, I MEAN, EVERYBODY HAS
THEIR OWN COPING MECHANISM.
I FEEL LIKE
I'VE LET MY DAUGHTERS DOWN.
I'VE LET MYSELF DOWN
BY NOT BRINGING MY "A" GAME.
HEY, GUYS.
- GOOD JOB.
I'M INCREDIBLY DISAPPOINTED,
AND I'M FRUSTRATED
BECAUSE I DIDN'T
PLAY IT SAFE.
IT'S HARD CHEESE
TO SWALLOW,
BUT, YOU KNOW,
THAT'S LIFE.
- NATALIE, SHANNON,
ONE OF YOU WILL BE THE
FIRST-EVER SKIN WARS CHAMPION.
NATALIE, YOU SAID THAT TODAY
WAS YOUR FAVORITE DAY
OF THE COMPETITION,
AND IT SHOWED.
YOUR PAINTINGS WERE DYNAMIC,
HIGH CONTRAST,
AND COHESIVE.
SHANNON,
THE JUDGES WERE SO IMPRESSED
WITH THE AMOUNT
OF INTRICATE,
HAND-PAINTED DETAIL
IN YOUR PIECE.
AND WHEN YOUR MODELS
TOOK THE RUNWAY,
THE JUDGES IMMEDIATELY KNEW
IT WAS YOUR PIECE.
YOU DEFINITELY CAPTURED
YOUR STYLE AS AN ARTIST.
BOTH OF YOU PROVED
YOU BELONG AT THE TOP.
IT WAS
SUCH A TOUGH DECISION,
BUT IT ALL COMES DOWN
TO THIS.
THERE CAN ONLY BE
ONE WINNER.
SO WHO'S IT GONNA BE?
[rock music]
♪ ♪
THE ANSWER
YOU'VE BEEN WAITING FOR
IS PAINTED
ON THESE MODELS' BACKS.
THE FIRST-EVER
SKIN WARS CHAMPION IS...
NATALIE!
CONGRATULATIONS!
WHOO!
YOU'VE JUST WON
THE $100,000 GRAND PRIZE,
NATALIE!
- YAY, NATALIE!
WHOO!
- THANK YOU SO MUCH!
HOLY COW!
[crying]
- CONGRATULATIONS, MAMA.
- OH, OH, OH, MY GOD!
I JUST WON
THE FIRST ART COMPETITION
I'VE EVER WON.
OH, MY GOD, THANK YOU, GUYS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
OH!
- WHOO!
[cheers and applause]
- AAH!
- [laughs]
- HOLY [bleep]!
[laughter]
- NAT, I LOVE YOU.
CONGRATULATIONS.
I LOVE YOU SO MUCH.
YOU DESERVE IT.
- NATALIE, YOU HAD
REALLY TOUGH COMPETITION,
BUT IT WAS YOUR WORK
THAT JUST CONVINCED ME
CHALLENGE AFTER CHALLENGE
THAT YOU DESERVED IT.
- AND YOU EARNED IT
WITH YOUR VAST IMAGINATION.
- DREAMS DO COME TRUE.
CONGRATULATIONS,
AND BRAVO.
- THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH
FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.
TODAY IS THE BEST DAY
OF MY LIFE.
- ENJOY THE MOMENT.
- OH! OH, MY GOD.
[laughs]
I JUST WON $100,000,
BUT MORE THAN ALL OF THAT,
I'M THE FIRST WINNER
OF SKIN WARS.
THIS IS THE BEST MOMENT
OF MY LIFE.
MY LIFE IS FOREVER
FRICKING CHANGED.
- CHEERS, EVERYONE.
all: CHEERS.
- WHOO!
FIRST-EVER SKIN WARS CHAMPION!
- WELL DONE.
- LOVELY.
HIP, HIP, HOORAY!
[cheers and applause]
- BODY PAINTING IS EVERYWHERE
FROM HIGH-FASHION MAGAZINES
TO CHART-TOPPING MUSIC VIDEOS.
EACH WEEK,
THE MOST TALENTED BODY PAINTERS
FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY
WILL PUSH THE BOUNDARIES
OF THE NAKED CANVAS.
- MY BIGGEST COMPETITION HERE
IS EVERYONE.
- SOME WILL HIT
NEW CREATIVE HEIGHTS...
- MIND BLOWN.
- [laughs]
- WHILE OTHERS WILL WATCH
THEIR DREAMS GO DOWN THE DRAIN.
IT'S TIME
TO WASH OFF YOUR CANVAS.
ULTIMATELY, ONLY ONE WILL WIN
THE GRAND PRIZE...
- YES!
- OF $100,000
AND THE TITLE
OF SKIN WARS CHAMPION.
LET YOUR IMAGINATION RUN WILD.
WELCOME TO SKIN WARS.
GOOD MORNING, PAINTERS.
- HI.
- HI.
- I CAN'T BELIEVE WE'RE DOWN
TO THE FINAL THREE.
- I'M SO HAPPY
THAT I'M IN THE FINAL THREE.
I NEVER WOULD HAVE IMAGINED
THAT I WOULD MAKE IT
ALL THE WAY TO THE END
OF THIS COMPETITION.
I'M NATALIE.
NICE TO MEET YOU.
LOOKING BACK
ON THIS WHOLE THING,
I HAVE LEARNED A TON.
I HAVE STEPPED OUT
OF MY COMFORT ZONE,
AND I HAVE DONE THINGS
THAT I'VE NEVER DONE BEFORE.
- THIS IS NOT
A REALLY GOOD PAINTING.
THIS IS A GREAT PAINTING.
- AND I'VE BEEN
IN THE BOTTOM THREE
THREE TIMES.
I'VE COME CLOSE
TO HAVING TO GO HOME
BY THE RISKS THAT I'VE TAKEN.
- I HAVE TO ADMIT,
I DID NOT GET THIS AT ALL.
- BUT I'M GONNA TAKE AWAY
A SENSE OF PRIDE...
- LOVE THAT REVEAL.
- AND A SENSE OF CONFIDENCE.
- I THINK THAT YOUR CREATIVITY
IS OUTSTANDING.
- YOUR STORYTELLING
IS QUITE UNIQUE.
- IF I WON THIS, IT WOULD PUT
NATALIE FLETCHER ON THE MAP.
- DID ANY OF YOU THINK
ON DAY ONE
THAT IT WOULD BE
THE THREE OF YOU STANDING HERE?
- YES.
- OH!
- HEY, HEY, HEY.
I CAME HERE TO WIN SKIN WARS.
I DIDN'T COME HERE TO LOSE.
THIS PIECE I'M DOING
ON YOUR BACK RIGHT NOW
IS REALLY FRICKING GORGEOUS.
I'VE DEFINITELY GROWN
AS AN ARTIST.
- DUTCH,
YOU'RE A TECHNIQUE MONSTER.
- I LOVED DUTCH.
I THOUGHT THAT WAS SO BRILLIANT.
- DUTCH, I THINK YOU DID
AN INCREDIBLE JOB HERE.
THE MODEL LAYING OVER BACKWARDS,
IT'S STRIKING.
- I DIDN'T GET ANGRY WHEN THE
JUDGES DIDN'T SEE THINGS MY WAY.
- YOU ALSO HAD
ONE OF THE MOST "BORING" POSES.
- ALWAYS A BRIDESMAID,
NEVER A BRIDE.
I HAVE TAKEN MY LUMPS,
BUT MY HEAD'S IN A GOOD PLACE.
- THE WINNER OF THIS CHALLENGE
IS DUTCH.
- I NEED TO WIN SKIN WARS,
BECAUSE I WANNA PUT MY DAUGHTERS
THROUGH COLLEGE.
LET'S DO THIS.
- AND, SHANNON.
- HEY, YOU GUYS.
- WOW!
- I'M SHANNON.
I'M IN THE TOP THREE.
SUPER, SUPER HAPPY
TO BE HERE.
THAT'S BANANAS!
I'VE LEARNED SO MUCH.
HOW ELSE AM I SUPPOSED TO COVER
A SUMO IN ONE HOUR?
THESE CHALLENGES HAVE REALLY
OPENED UP THE DOOR
TO BRING MY FINE ART
INTO MY BODY PAINTINGS.
- THE FINE ART ELEMENT
TO THIS MASTERPIECE
IS SO REFRESHING.
- THANK YOU.
IT'S EMOTIONAL FOR ME.
OH, I'M BARELY HANGING
BY A THREAD.
AND IT'S BEEN
A REAL BLESSING
IN MY ARTISTIC PATH.
- TO SHOW HERSELF DECOMPOSING
IS PRETTY BRAVE.
- IT'S PRETTY BRAVE.
- I HAVE THIS GREAT BOOST
OF CONFIDENCE...
LOVE IT. LOVE IT, LOVE IT,
LOVE IT, LOVE IT.
AND I DO THINK
I CAN WIN.
- YOU SHOULD ALL BE
REALLY PROUD OF YOURSELVES
FOR MAKING IT TO THE FINALS.
WELL DONE.
JUDGES, ANY FINAL WORDS
OF ADVICE?
- IT'S OBVIOUS YOU HAVE
THE SKILLS, TECHNIQUES.
JUST FOLLOW YOUR HEART.
- THIS IS
SUCH AN EXCITING FINAL THREE,
BECAUSE YOU ARE ALL
SUCH DIFFERENT ARTISTS.
SO I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE
WHAT WE HAVE IN STORE.
- ONE OF YOU
WILL BE THE FIRST-EVER
SKIN WARS CHAMPION.
AS A SURPRISE,
WE ARE THRILLED TO ANNOUNCE THAT
THE WINNER WILL ALSO RECEIVE
YOUR VERY OWN
NATIONALLY DISTRIBUTED
CUSTOM LINE OF PAINT
BY EUROPEAN BODY ART.
YOUR NAME WILL APPEAR
ON YOUR VERY OWN LINE OF PAINTS.
- WHOA.
- OH, MY GOD.
THAT'S INSANE.
- YEAH!
- OH, MY GOD. THAT'S DEFINITELY,
LIKE, CHILLS DOING THIS
RIGHT NOW.
- FOR TODAY'S CHALLENGE,
YOU WILL CHOOSE A BOLD BACKDROP,
AND YOU MUST CREATE
A PAINTING
THAT WILL LITERALLY POP OUT
OF THE BACKGROUND
TO CREATE A PIECE OF 3-D ART.
YOU WILL HAVE TWO HOURS TO PAINT
A HEAD-TO-TOE, STANDOUT LOOK.
ALL RIGHT, PAINTERS,
PLEASE PICK OUT YOUR BACKGROUND.
YOUR TIME STARTS
NOW!
- THE CHALLENGE TODAY
IS TO DO A POP ART
THAT MAKES IT APPEAR THAT
THIS PERSON IN THE PHOTOGRAPH
IS COMING OUT
THREE-DIMENSIONALLY
FROM A STATIC BACKGROUND.
- OH, THIS IS HARD.
- I'VE GOT MINE.
- THIS IS AMBITIOUS,
BUT I'M GONNA TRY IT.
- I FOUND AN IMAGE
THAT SPEAKS TO ME,
BUT I'M NOT SURE HOW
TO MAKE A MODEL POP OUT OF IT.
THE ONLY IMAGE
THAT I CONNECT WITH
IS THIS KIND OF GRAFFITI,
FLATLY LIGHTED
PIECE OF ARTWORK.
- AAH.
- AAH! HA HA!
- HEY.
I'M GONNA HAVE YOU POSING
KIND OF LIKE THIS.
I REALIZE IS THAT
THE ONLY THING I CAN DO
WITH THIS BACKGROUND
IS TO PAINT
AN ARTIST CREATING IT.
- THE BACKGROUND
IS A REALLY LUSH,
VIBRANT SWAMP SCENE,
SO THE CONCEPT'S BASED
ON THE OLD
CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON.
BEING THAT I HAVE
A CUTE LITTLE MODEL,
I'VE GOTTA DO THE BEST I CAN TO
MAKE HER LOOK OMINOUS AND DARK.
- THAT'S, LIKE, THE COOLEST
THING I'VE EVER HEARD.
- YEAH. I HAVE DECIDED
THAT I'M GOING TO OBSCURE HER
AND ACTUALLY DO
A LITTLE CAMOUFLAGE
FROM MID-THIGH DOWN,
WHICH WILL SAVE ME
FROM HAVING TO GO IN
AND RENDER A LOT OF DETAIL.
- TODAY, I'M GONNA TRY SOMETHING
I'VE NEVER DONE--
MAKING THE MODEL LOOK LIKE
SHE'S UNDERWATER.
SO I'M TRYING TO USE
WHAT I REMEMBER
FROM ME JUMPING IN A POOL
WITH A WHITE SHIRT
AND WHAT THAT LOOKED LIKE.
GIVE YOU A WHITE SHIRT,
- BUT IT'S GONNA BE STUCK TO YOU
'CAUSE YOU'RE WET,
SO IT'S GONNA BE--
- SO, LIKE, WHITE--
WHITE T-SHIRT CONTEST KIND OF.
- DO NOT CHEAPEN THIS FOR ME,
LIZZIE.
I'M JUST GONNA GO FOR IT.
- I WANT IT TO BE
REALLY RIGHT.
I START PAINTING A VERY
REALISTIC SIDE TO A RED JEAN.
IT'S NOT RIGHT.
UGH, I JUST--
OOH, I JUST DON'T HAVE ENOUGH
TIME TO DO THIS CHALLENGE.
45 MINUTES
INTO THE COMPETITION,
NATALIE HAS HER MODEL COVERED
FROM HEAD TO TOE,
AND SO DOES DUTCH.
- OH, THAT LOOKS AWESOME.
- AND I'VE ONLY GOT
THIS MUCH COVERED, LITERALLY.
I'M BEHIND.
I NEED TO DO SOMETHING
REALLY BOLD
AND GET THIS MODEL COVERED IN
A REALLY SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME.
I'D, LIKE,
LOVE TO GO FOR REALISM,
BUT AT THIS POINT,
I HAVE A [bleep] HOUR.
AND THEN, ALL OF A SUDDEN,
I KNOW EXACTLY WHERE I'M GOING
WITH THIS CHALLENGE NOW.
I TAKE OUT A FAT BRUSH,
AND I DESTROY EVERYTHING
THAT I JUST PAINTED.
THIS IS TOO HARD.
SO ALL THE REALISM THAT
I JUST MADE IS NOW DESTROYED.
I'M GONNA DO A PAINTED PAINTER
PAINTING A PAINTING.
STUPID MISTAKE.
- ONE HOUR LEFT!
- I WANNA MAKE THIS MONSTER
LOOK LIKE IT SHOULD BE
IN THE SEA,
AND SO I DECIDE TO BORROW
FROM NICOLE'S BAG OF TRICKS
AND DO SOME WEBBING
BETWEEN THE FINGERS.
- WATCH MY FINGER.
- I DON'T THINK YOU GOT MUCH
TO WORRY ABOUT.
- I NEED ALL OF THEM.
- ARE YOU SURE?
- MM-HMM.
- THEY'RE GET LIGHTER, BUT...
I WANT TO PAINT ON HER HANDS
THOSE WHITE CIRCLE HIGHLIGHTS
THAT YOU GET
WHEN YOU PUT YOUR HANDS
UP AGAINST THE SHOWER DOOR.
I'M GIVING HER, LIKE,
JUST A BARELY BLUE TINT,
BECAUSE WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING
AT ANYTHING UNDERWATER,
IT ALL HAS THAT, LIKE,
HAZY BLUE LOOK TO IT.
- I'VE GOT
DIFFERENT LIGHT SOURCES,
AND I'VE GOT TO ADJUST
FOR WHERE THAT LIGHT
WOULD FALL ON HER BODY
IF SHE WERE A PART
OF THAT BACKDROP.
- I LIKE THE IDEA
OF YOU PAINTING IN YOUR BRA,
'CAUSE I DO THAT A LOT
IN MY OWN STUDIO.
- ONE MORE MINUTE, GUYS!
- YELLOW.
YELLOW.
INTO POSITION, PLEASE.
- OTHER SIDE ON THE HANDS.
- ARMS UP.
- TIME'S UP, PAINTERS!
PLEASE PUT YOUR TOOLS DOWN!
- WHAT?
NO!
I NEED WAY MORE TIME.
- WOW.
- WOW.
- TELL ME ABOUT THIS.
- WE'VE GOT
A DOUBLE LIGHT SOURCE HERE.
- SO YOU HAVE THE LIGHT
COMING FROM BEHIND
THROUGH THE TREES AND ALSO
REFLECTING FROM THE BOTTOM
OFF THE WATER.
- SO SHE'S NOT COMPLETELY
BLACKED OUT IN THE FRONT,
BUT SHE'S DEFINITELY DARKER,
'CAUSE THE LIGHT'S AT HER BACK.
AND THEN I'VE GOT THESE
HIGHLIGHTS THAT ARE SHOWING
AROUND THE EDGES.
- HAVE YOU HAD A CHANCE
TO LOOK AT SOME OF THE OTHER
PAINTERS, WHAT THEY'RE DOING?
- I LOOKED AROUND.
I SAW WHAT THEY WERE UP TO.
AND--AND--AND, YOU KNOW,
GREAT FOR THEM.
IT--IT LOOKS FANTASTIC, GUYS.
- I THINK WHAT DUTCH
IS TRYING TO SAY IS THAT,
"I DID NOT COME HERE
TO MAKE FRIENDS."
- YEAH.
- HI, SHANNON. HOW'S IT GOING?
- HEY.
JUST GOT FINISHED.
- THAT IMPLIES
THAT YOU FELT
YOU WERE SHORT ON TIME.
- MY ORIGINAL CONCEPT
WAS A MORE REALISTIC ARTIST,
BUT I HAD TO CHANGE CONCEPT
RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE.
- SO THE EXPRESSIONISTIC THING
SORT OF CAME IN.
- YES.
HER PAINTED STYLE COMPLEMENTS
THIS PAINTED STYLE.
SO SHE CAME OUT OF THIS.
- WELL, THANK YOU, SHANNON.
HI, NATALIE.
- I SAW THIS UNDERWATER
BACKGROUND, AND I WAS LIKE,
"THAT WOULD BE CRAZY IF SOMEBODY
TRIED TO, LIKE, PAINT SOMEONE
LOOKING LIKE
THEY WERE UNDERWATER.
AND, LIKE, WHAT WHITE LOOKS LIKE
WHEN IT'S UNDERWATER,
IT'S LIKE
YOUR FLESH TONE.
AND THEN WHEN
YOU'RE LOOKING THROUGH WATER,
EVERYTHING KIND OF HAS THAT
SLIGHT WATERCOLORED TINT TO IT.
- NOW, HAVE YOU EVER DONE
A 3-D PAINTING BEFORE?
- NO,
I'VE WORKED WITH BACKGROUNDS
BUT JUST
CAMOUFLAGING BACKGROUNDS.
- OKAY, THANK YOU, NATALIE.
- THANKS, GUYS.
- SO, GUYS,
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
- SHANNON CHANGED HER CONCEPT
AND, I THINK, FOR THE BETTER.
- I THINK, AT THIS LEVEL
IN THE COMPETITION,
TO NOT HAVE YOUR WORK
PLANNED OUT
START TO FINISH,
THAT IS RISKY.
- IT IS RISKY,
BUT THAT'S HOW SHE FLIES.
SHE GOES
BY WHAT'S IN HER HEART.
- WHEN I WALKED IN, MY EYES WENT
STRAIGHT TO DUTCH'S...
- HEY, YOU AND ME BOTH.
- LITTLE SWAMP THING.
THE DRAMA, THE HIGH CONTRAST,
THE STRONG CHARACTER,
IT WAS A SMART MOVE.
- WHAT ABOUT NATALIE?
- SHE REALLY CHALLENGED HERSELF
TO DO SOMETHING
VERY UNUSUAL,
WHICH IS PAINT
TRANSPARENT WET CLOTHING.
- YES.
- IT WAS A GREAT IDEA,
BUT, YOU KNOW, WAS IT
A LITTLE BIT TOO SUBTLE?
- TO DO SOMETHING
SO RISKY,
THAT GIRL IS A DANGEROUS GIRL,
AND I LOVE THAT ABOUT HER.
- I FEEL LIKE SHE HAS GROWN
LIKE CRAZY...
- YES.
- DURING THIS COMPETITION.
- SO HAVE YOU MADE
YOUR DECISION?
both: YES.
- MM-HMM.
- YEAH.
- FOR THIS CHALLENGE,
YOU EACH HAD TO CREATE
A PAINTING
THAT REALLY POPPED
OFF THE CANVAS.
NOW IT'S TIME TO FIND OUT
WHICH PAINTER'S CREATION
CAUGHT THE JUDGES' ATTENTION
MOST.
THE WINNER OF THIS CHALLENGE
IS...
DUTCH.
CONGRATULATIONS!
- I KNEW THAT I WAS GONNA WIN
THIS CHALLENGE.
- THIS IS NOT A GOOD TIME
FOR DUTCH TO GAIN MOMENTUM
BECAUSE THE ONE THING
THAT SHANNON AND I HAVE
ON TOP OF DUTCH
IS OUR CREATIVITY.
AND IF DUTCH GAINS THAT
ON TOP OF HIS TECHNIQUE,
WE'RE SCREWED.
- THE HIGH CONTRAST
FIT THIS CHALLENGE,
AND YOU DID POP YOUR MODEL
RIGHT OUT OF THAT WORLD.
- AS THE WINNER
OF THIS CHALLENGE,
YOU HAVE WON A YEAR
OF BODY PAINTING SUPPLIES
COURTESY
OF FRENDS BEAUTY SUPPLY.
- IT'S A GREAT PRIZE
I CAN USE IN MY BUSINESS.
- NICE.
- THAT'S AWESOME.
- THAT IS AWESOME.
- NICE JOB.
- BY THIS TIME TOMORROW,
ONE OF YOU
WILL BE THE FIRST-EVER
SKIN WARS CHAMPION.
- I JUST GOT LIGHT-HEADED.
- I DID TOO.
- [laughs]
- FOR THE FINAL CHALLENGE,
YOUR CANVAS IS BLANK.
YOU HAVE TO CREATE TWO LOOKS.
THESE FINAL LOOKS
SHOULD BE THE CULMINATION
OF EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE
TO THIS POINT.
SO IF YOU WANT
TO COME OUT ON TOP,
YOU NEED TO REALLY
KNOCK THEIR SOCKS OFF.
YOU WILL HAVE SIX HOURS
TO COMPLETE
YOUR TWO PAINTINGS,
AND YOU WILL HAVE
TWO MODELS.
- THIS IS THE LAST CHALLENGE.
THIS IS THE FINALE.
NOTHING CAN BRING ME DOWN
RIGHT NOW.
- AND IN CASE
THE $100,000 GRAND PRIZE
ISN'T ENOUGH MOTIVATION TO BRING
YOUR "A" GAME TOMORROW,
WE WANTED TO GIVE YOU
A LITTLE EXTRA INSPIRATION.
- YOU'VE ALL IMPRESSED
THE JUDGES ALONG THE WAY,
AND THAT'S WHY
YOU'RE STILL HERE.
WE WANTED TO GIVE YOU
A LITTLE EXTRA INSPIRATION.
NATALIE,
SOMEONE'S HERE FOR YOU.
- [crying]
- MY BOYFRIEND,
TODD, WALKS OUT,
AND I JUST FREAK OUT.
[crying]
AS USUAL, I START CRYING,
BUT THIS IS THE HAPPIEST
I'VE FELT THIS WHOLE TIME.
- SHANNON, THERE'S SOMEONE
FOR YOU TOO.
- [crying] OH!
I GET TO SEE MY MOM AGAIN,
AND MY HEART MELTS.
EVERYTHING I'M WORRIED ABOUT
HAS JUST DISAPPEARED.
[crying]
MAMA! MAMA!
- AND, DUTCH...
- WE DIDN'T FORGET ABOUT YOU,
DON'T WORRY.
- NOPE, WE DIDN'T
FORGET ABOUT YOU.
- IT IS REALLY GREAT
TO SEE MY WIFE.
MY WIFE IS
THE OTHER HALF OF ME.
WE'VE BEEN TOGETHER
SINCE I WAS 19.
- DUTCH,
THERE'S SOMEONE ELSE.
- OH!
- YOUR KIDDOS.
- GETTING TO SEE MY GIRLS
IS A HUGE TREAT.
OH! OH.
THE SUN JUST BURSTS THROUGH
ON A CLOUDY DAY
WHEN I SEE MY CHILDREN.
[growls]
- [laughs]
SO I DEFINITELY, YOU KNOW,
GOT TEARY-EYED.
- GIRLS, WHAT DID YOU THINK
ABOUT YOUR DAD
BEING IN THIS COMPETITION?
- I THOUGHT, HE'S GONNA BE GONE
FOR A LONG TIME.
I GUESS I BETTER START
GETTING USED TO MOM.
[laughter]
- ARREAH!
- TODD, WERE YOU SURPRISED
WHEN YOU HEARD NATALIE
WAS IN THE FINALS?
- I WASN'T.
SHE DOES SUCH AMAZING WORK
AND LIVES, BREATHES,
SLEEPS BODY PAINTING.
- CHARLOTTE, DO YOU HAVE
ANY WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT
FOR SHANNON?
- WELL, I JUST WISH HER
EVERY GOOD BRUSHSTROKE
THAT YOU CAN DO.
- THANKS, MAMA.
- YEAH.
I LOVE YOU.
- I LOVE YOU.
- YOU COULD TELL
THAT THESE PAINTERS
HAVE LOVE IN THEIR WORK,
AND NOW WE SEE THE SOURCE.
- GOOD NIGHT, EVERYONE.
WE'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW
AT THE FINALE.
all: GOOD NIGHT.
- BYE. GOOD NIGHT.
THANK YOU.
- THANK YOU.
- OH, SHE'S--
[laughter]
- WHILE I WAS SHOWING MY
DAUGHTERS AROUND THE WORK SPACE,
THEY REALLY GRAVITATED
TOWARD THE BRIGHTER,
BUBBLE GUM PINK WIGS
AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND I THOUGHT,
WELL, GOSH, YOU KNOW,
THAT'S KIND OF A CRAZY COLOR,
AND SO I THOUGHT
MAYBE I'LL DO MY CONCEPT
IN PINKS.
- I'M ALMOST PISSED,
'CAUSE I'M LIKE,
NOW I CAN'T FRICKING FOCUS,
YOU KNOW?
- THANKS.
- I CAN'T EVEN THINK ABOUT
THE CHALLENGE, BUT I'M JUST
GONNA LET MY BRAIN TAKE A BREAK
AND JUST ENJOY THIS MOMENT
WITH MY LOVED ONE.
I MISSED YOU.
- CHALLENGES HAVE BEEN
REALLY HARD.
AND IT'S BEEN
REALLY, REALLY EMOTIONAL.
- $100,000 ON THE LINE TOMORROW.
AND, YOU KNOW, I GOTTA COME UP
WITH MY CONCEPT,
BUT I WANNA HANG OUT WITH YOU.
- ON THIS CHALLENGE, IF I REALLY
PAINT ME IN THIS CHALLENGE,
I THINK I STAND A GOOD SHOT.
I'M STRUGGLING RIGHT NOW.
I'M HAVING AN INTERNAL
TUG-OF-WAR TRYING TO FIGURE OUT,
IF I REALLY JUST DO ME,
ARE THE JUDGES GONNA LIKE IT?
- I REALLY, REALLY WANNA WIN.
YOU KNOW?
I JUST HAVE TO DO IT.
- IT HAS BEEN A CRAZY TRIP.
LONGEST MONTH OF OUR LIVES.
- YEAH.
- SO WE, LIKE,
HEAR ABOUT YOU GUYS
'CAUSE ALL WE CAN DO
IS TALK ABOUT, LIKE,
OUR LOVED ONES.
- YEAH.
- AND HE TALKS
ABOUT YOU GUYS NONSTOP.
- SORRY. SORRY.
- I FEEL LIKE I KNOW YOU ALL
SO WELL,
AND I DON'T KNOW YOU.
- WE'RE PRETTY LAID-BACK.
- I'M SO HAPPY THAT YOU'RE HERE.
I LOVE YOUR DAUGHTER SO MUCH.
- OH. ME TOO.
- ALL RIGHT, SORRY.
- SO I HAVE TO SAY GOOD-BYE
TO TODD NOW.
BUT HE JUST SAYS,
YOU KNOW,
"DO YOUR BEST.
YOU'VE GOT THIS."
- IT IS HARD TO SAY GOOD-BYE,
BUT I TELL MY MOM
THAT I'M GONNA WIN IT FOR HER.
- I THINK
HAVING YOU GUYS HERE
IS REALLY GONNA HELP ME
TOMORROW.
CAREFUL.
- DO GOOD TOMORROW, OKAY?
- BYE, DADDY.
- I WILL. I WILL. BYE-BYE.
- FOR ME.
- IT WAS REALLY GREAT
TO SEE MY WIFE AND MY KIDS.
WITH FAMILY
COMES SUPPORT.
BUT WHAT HAPPENS IS, IT'S
DISTRACTING ME FROM MY TASK.
AND I JUST DON'T HAVE
A CLEAR IDEA
OF HOW TODAY
IS GONNA TURN OUT.
- HEY, GOOD MORNING, LADIES.
- WELL, TODAY'S CONCEPT
IS BASICALLY FREESTYLE.
- OH.
- THE CHALLENGE FOR TODAY
IS TO PAINT TWO MODELS,
AND THEY ARE A BLANK CANVAS.
WE CAN DO ANYTHING
WE WANT ON THEM.
WE SHOULD PAY HOMAGE TO
THE LESSONS THAT WE'VE LEARNED
THROUGHOUT OUR JOURNEY
AT SKIN WARS.
- I'M GOING REAL NATALIE
WITH IT.
- WHAT'S--WHAT'S THE--
- THE THEME IS KIND OF OPEN.
TODAY, MY PIECES
ARE GOING TO BE COMPLETELY ME.
SO YOU'LL BE TWO
COMPLETELY SEPARATE PIECES
THAT WILL FORM SOMETHING
AT THE END.
AND YOU'RE GONNA GO TOGETHER.
LIKE, THE COLOR SCHEME--
INSTEAD OF ME GOING, LIKE,
OPPOSITE COLORS,
I'M GONNA MAKE YOU GUYS
VERY MUCH MATCH.
- COLOR COORDINATED.
- COLOR COORDINATED.
- PUT YOUR ARMS AROUND
EACH OTHER'S NECKS, PLEASE.
THERE WE GO.
THAT WORKS BEAUTIFULLY.
MY CONCEPT IS TO PAINT
THE TWO SIDES OF ME--
THE BENEVOLENT SIDE
AND THE SNARKIER SIDE.
LOVE, LOVE, LOVE,
LOVE, LOVE, LOVE.
I WANT TO PAINT
A BIG, PINK BRAIN
TO SHOW, LIKE, FREEDOM OF MIND
AND CREATIVITY.
MY BRAIN ON ART.
SO CAN YOU REMEMBER
THIS POSITION?
- GUYS, LAST CHALLENGE.
- I KNOW.
- LET ME GET A BASE
GOING HERE.
- DUTCH, ARE YOU DOING
A BACKGROUND?
- YEAH. I INITIALLY HAD,
YOU KNOW,
SOMETHING VERY, VERY DUTCH
IN MIND,
SOMETHING RATHER HORRIFYING.
AND THEN WHEN I SEE MY FAMILY,
MY PALETTE IN MY BRAIN CHANGES.
AND THEREFORE, MY ENTIRE
CREATIVE PROCESS CHANGES.
- HALFWAY THROUGH
THIS CHALLENGE,
I AM NOT EVEN FINISHED COVERING
MY GIRLS.
I STILL SEE SKIN,
AND THAT IS TERRIFYING.
- GOOD MORNING, PAINTERS!
- GOOD MORNING.
- MORNING.
- SHANNON, CAN YOU TELL US
A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR CONCEPT?
- SURE. MY CONCEPT IS
THE VOICE OF THE PAINTER
AND THE TWO SEPARATE SIDES
OF ME--
THE BENEVOLENT SIDE, YOU KNOW,
THE ANIMAL RESCUER.
THE OTHER SIDE IS, LIKE,
THE COMPETITOR
WHO HAS TOLERANCE ISSUES.
- YOU'VE CONTINUED
THAT TECHNIQUE YOU STARTED
A FEW CHALLENGES AGO.
- THIS IS A NEW THING
THAT I WANT TO JUST EXPLORE MORE
AND PLAY WITH MORE.
- IT'S REALLY BEAUTIFUL.
- I'M TAKING IT WITH ME.
- THANK YOU, SHANNON.
- THANK YOU SO MUCH.
- HI, NATALIE.
- I'M HAVING AN ACID FLASHBACK.
- RIGHT NOW, IT DOES JUST LOOK
LIKE AN ACID TRIP,
BUT THERE ARE TWO VERY IMPORTANT
PARTS OF ART.
AND CREATIVITY IS JUST
AS IMPORTANT AS YOUR TECHNIQUE.
AND SO I'M GONNA PAINT
A LOT OF THINGS
THAT I ABSOLUTELY LOVE.
AS YOU CAN SEE,
PAISLEY HAS ALWAYS BEEN, LIKE,
A VERY IMPORTANT PATTERN TO ME.
THE BUTTERFLY HAS ALWAYS
KIND OF, LIKE, SYMBOLIZED
TRANSFORMATION AND GROWTH,
AND I FEEL LIKE
THIS COMPETITION,
I'VE DONE MORE OF THAT THAN
I EVER HAVE IN MY ENTIRE LIFE.
AND I'VE NEVER BEEN
MORE PROUD OF MY HANDS BEFORE.
AND I KNOW THAT HANDS
ARE DEFINITELY
ONE OF THE HARDER THINGS
TO PAINT,
ESPECIALLY REALISTICALLY...
- BRAVE.
- BUT I HAD TO REPRESENT
MY HANDS UP IN HERE TODAY.
- HI, DUTCH.
- HI.
- TELL US ABOUT YOUR CONCEPT.
- I WANT TO MIX 3-D ILLUSION
WITH A LITTLE BIT OF HORROR.
SO I'VE BEEN
CHAMPING AT THE BIT
TO DO SOMETHING
KIND OF ALIEN-LIKE,
WHICH IS PIECES OF ME,
SO IT'S GONNA BE
A FRANKENSTEIN-ESQUE TYPE PIECE.
- OKAY.
- AND THEN ON THE BACK,
I'M PLANNING TO TIE IN ALL OF
MY EXPERIENCES IN A MURAL FORM.
- THAT IS A KALEIDOSCOPE
OF BRIGHT COLORS.
HOW IS THAT WORKING OUT?
- I'M TRYING
TO MAKE MY MONSTERS ELEGANT.
THERE'S GONNA BE A TOUCH
OF ELEGANCE TO BOTH OF THEM.
- HOW WAS IT
SEEING YOUR FAMILY?
HOW DID THAT AFFECT YOU
LAST NIGHT?
- OH, GOSH.
THAT WAS INCREDIBLE.
WE LAUGHED. WE CRIED.
WE HAD A GOOD TIME.
- OKAY. THANK YOU, DUTCH.
- THANK YOU, GUYS.
HEY, GUYS, 30 MINUTES LEFT.
I FEEL LIKE
I'M TRUDGING THROUGH TAR.
I'M OUT OF SORTS TODAY.
I'M NOT GONNA DENY
THAT I SHOWED UP THIS MORNING
WITH A LACK OF FOCUS.
[dramatic music]
♪ ♪
OH, BOY.
[sighs]
[dramatic music]
♪ ♪
- I LOVE THIS PIECE.
IT'S GREAT.
- BEST-CASE SCENARIO TODAY,
NATALIE WALKS OUT OF HERE
WITH $100,000.
FIVE MINUTES LEFT,
EVERYBODY.
- FIVE MINUTES, HUH?
- WHAT THE [bleep]?
45 SECONDS LEFT,
AND MY AIRBRUSH CLOGS UP
AND THEN
THE THING SPUTTERS,
AND I'M JUST TRYING
TO FINISH THE THING UP.
DAMN.
- THE FINAL SECONDS ARE
COUNTING DOWN, AND I REALIZE,
THIS IS THE LAST TIME I'M GONNA
HAVE TO PUSH MYSELF MENTALLY
IN THIS WAY.
- LET ME SEE THAT WRIST
REAL QUICK.
[timer beeps]
- OKAY, PAINTERS!
TIME IS UP!
PLEASE PUT YOUR TOOLS DOWN.
- GOOD JOB.
- THIS IS THE LAST TIME
I'M GONNA SAY THAT.
- MY GIRLS LOOK
EXACTLY THE WAY
I WANTED THEM TO LOOK.
THEY LOOK BEAUTIFUL,
AND THEY LOOK JUST LIKE ME.
- WOW, YOU GUYS.
ARE YOU HAPPY WITH YOUR WORK?
- YEAH, SUPER HAPPY.
- YEAH? DUTCH?
- I THINK WHAT IT WOULD MEAN
MOST FOR ME TO WIN,
MY ARTWORK IS COMING OUT,
AND I CAN BE PROUD ABOUT THAT.
- IT'S BEEN
SUCH A CRAZY JOURNEY,
AND NOW IT COMES DOWN
TO THIS MOMENT.
- PAINTERS AND MODELS,
FOLLOW ME.
- FOR THE FIRST TIME,
I SEE THE FINISH LINE.
ONE OF US IS GOING HOME
$100,000 RICHER.
- WELCOME, PAINTERS.
THIS IS IT,
THE FINAL SHOWDOWN.
ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK
HAS LED TO THIS MOMENT.
TONIGHT, ONE OF YOU
WILL BE CROWNED
AS FIRST-EVER
SKIN WARS CHAMPION.
- GOD, NATALIE LOOKS
SO BEAUTIFUL.
- FOR THIS CHALLENGE,
YOU WERE GIVEN SIX HOURS
TO CREATE TWO LOOKS
THAT SHOW WHAT SETS YOU APART
AS AN ARTIST.
THE JUDGES WANTED TO SEE
WHAT YOU COULD BRING
WHEN YOU WERE GIVEN
A BLANK SLATE.
AND THEY ARE READY
TO BE WOWED.
YOU ALL KNOW
OUR ESTEEMED JUDGES--
CRAIG TRACY...
- HELLO, PAINTERS.
- ROBIN SLONINA...
- HELLO.
- AND RUPAUL CHARLES.
- LOOK AT YOU GORGEOUS PEOPLE.
OKAY.
LET THE FINAL SHOW BEGIN.
[electronic music]
♪ ♪
- THEY'RE JUST STUNNING!
BRIGHT COLORS
AND THICK LINES
THAT I CAN SEE
FROM WHERE I'M STANDING.
AND I KNOW THAT THE JUDGES CAN
JUST REALLY FEEL THAT BOLDNESS.
- OH, MY GOD.
- LOOK AT THAT.
- AND THEN THEY RAISED
THEIR HANDS,
AND THEY CONNECT THEIR BIG,
GLITTERY HEART THAT I HAD DONE.
I'M JUST SO FRICKING PROUD
OF THEM.
AND THEN THEY KISS.
THEY WAITED TILL THE END
TO DO IT, WHICH IS BRILLIANT.
- WOW.
- MY MODELS ARE ROCKING IT.
THEY'RE DOING A GREAT JOB.
I DO HAVE A STRONG SENSE
OF PRIDE IN THIS PIECE.
I FEEL LIKE I STAYED TRUE
TO MY TECHNIQUES,
WHICH IS WHAT I'M KNOWN FOR.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I BROUGHT
IN MORE EMOTIONAL ELEMENTS.
THERE IS A STORY
BEHIND WHAT I PAINTED.
- THAT'S AWESOME.
- I FEEL LIKE
IF I GET ANY MORE PROUD,
MY CHEST IS GONNA EXPLODE.
I'M JUST BEAMING WITH IT
RIGHT NOW.
- WHEN I SEE MY PIECES...
- THAT'S MY GIRL.
- I LOVE THAT THEY EACH HAVE
A DISTINCT LOOK.
I AM PROUD OF MY WORK.
I REACHED REALLY FAR
INSIDE MYSELF.
I WAS VERY REVEALING.
I DISARMED MYSELF
AND WAS JUST AS OPEN
AS I COULD POSSIBLY BE
ABOUT WHO I AM AS A PAINTER.
- THAT IS SO SHANNON.
- WOW.
- I REALLY LOVE MY PIECE.
I THINK THAT I HAVE
THE WINNING COMBINATION.
SO I'M JUST EXCITED TO HEAR
WHAT THE JUDGES HAVE TO SAY.
[cheers and applause]
- SO, NATALIE, TELL US
ABOUT YOUR CONCEPTS.
- YESTERDAY
WHEN I GOT TO SEE TODD,
HE JUST SAID,
"NATALIE, YOU BLEED PAINT."
HE'S LIKE, "JUST DO YOU."
AND SO THAT'S
WHAT I DECIDED TO DO.
I DECIDED TO THINK OF EVERYTHING
THAT DRIVES ME
AND WHY I DO WHAT I DO.
AND NO MATTER
HOW TONIGHT GOES,
I'M JUST
ON TOP OF THE WORLD.
- NATALIE,
EARLIER THIS MORNING,
YOU SAID THAT ONE MODEL WOULD
REPRESENT YOUR REALISTIC SIDE,
AND ONE WOULD REPRESENT
YOUR CREATIVE SIDE.
- THAT'S WHY I ENDED UP
BRINGING THIS OVER HERE
BECAUSE I WAS LIKE, "YOU CAN'T
DO ONE WITHOUT THE OTHER."
A TECHNICAL PIECE
IS SUPER BORING
UNLESS IT'S CREATIVE.
A CREATIVE PIECE
DOESN'T COME ACROSS
UNLESS IT'S KIND OF TECHNICAL.
AND THAT'S WHAT THE WHOLE,
LIKE, LOVE THING IS,
BECAUSE I WANTED TO SHOW
THE MARRIAGE OF THE TWO OF THEM.
- NATALIE, IF YOU HAD
TO CRITIQUE YOURSELF,
WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE
TO CHANGE OR ALTER?
- I DEFINITELY WANTED TO DO
A LOT MORE DETAIL
ON THE BUTTERFLIES,
BUT ALL OF THAT ASIDE,
I AM STILL HAPPY WITH THE WAY
THAT IT CAME OUT.
- I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHY
YOU SHOULD WIN SKIN WARS.
- I SHOULD WIN SKIN WARS BECAUSE
I WILL TAKE EVERY OPPORTUNITY
TO JUST MAKE MORE AND MORE
AND MORE BODY ART.
AND I WANT EVERYONE IN THE WORLD
TO KNOW
THAT BODY ART IS A LEGITIMATE,
BEAUTIFUL FORM OF ART.
IT WOULD JUST MAKE MY DREAMS
COME TRUE.
- AND DO YOU REALIZE
HOW CLOSE YOU ARE
TO HAVING THE MONEY
TO DO THAT?
- I KNOW.
SUPER CLOSE.
- THANK YOU, NATALIE.
- THANK YOU, GUYS.
- OKAY, DUTCH, TELL US ABOUT
YOUR CONCEPT AND YOUR PAINTINGS.
- I CAME UP WITH A TITLE
LAST NIGHT,
PIECES OF ME.
THE FRANKENSTEIN-ESQUE PIECE
HERE
HAS A LOT OF INPUT
FROM MY ELDEST DAUGHTER.
AND I WANTED TO CONVEY MY LOVE
FOR HER
IN THIS PIECE.
THERE'S A BIT OF SYMBOLOGY--
KEEPING AN OPEN MIND
AND THEN, OF COURSE,
OPENING MY HEART.
THIS PIECE HERE IS
FOR MY YOUNGEST DAUGHTER
AND MY WIFE.
I WOULD NEVER CHOOSE PINK
AS A COLOR
TO PAINT AN ALIEN.
BUT I KIND OF WANTED
TO STAY AWAY FROM THE STUFF
THAT I TYPICALLY DO.
IT'S SO EASY FOR ME
TO JUST BE A DUDE
AND--AND PAINT SCARY STUFF,
YOU KNOW?
I MEAN, THAT COMES
SO NATURALLY FOR ME.
PEOPLE KNOW
I CAN DO THAT STUFF.
I WANTED TO DO SOMETHING
THAT WAS SOFTER
AND MORE PLEASANT.
AND THEN THE BACK PIECE,
THIS HAS EVERYTHING TO DO
WITH MY GROWTH HERE
AT SKIN WARS.
AND EACH OF THESE ICONIC
PICTURES REPRESENTS SOMEONE
WHO'S HAD AN IMPACT ON ME
SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE.
AS YOU KNOW,
I GREW VERY CLOSE TO FELLE.
WE PLAYED POOL EVERY NIGHT.
THAT WAS HOW WE UNWOUND, AND
THAT WAS OUR COPING MECHANISM
FOR DEALING WITH THE STRESSES
OF THE DAY.
AND THEN MYTHICA DOWN HERE,
AND THEN, OF COURSE, GEAR.
AND THIS IS, YOU KNOW,
LIGHTNING, ENERGY
THAT GEAR LIKES TO RENDER
A LOT.
AND THEN THE--THE PALETTE
IN THE MIDDLE
WAS ALSO REPRESENTED
BY MATCHING COLORS
FROM EACH SEGMENT
ON THE BACK
AS THOUGH THOSE PAINTS
WERE ADDED TO MY PALETTE.
THEY--THEY ENHANCED ME.
THEY--THEY GAVE ME MORE
TO WORK WITH.
AND IN KNOWING THEM
AND--AND LEARNING
FROM SIMPLY BEING WITH THEM,
I FEEL LIKE
I'VE BECOME A BETTER ARTIST,
AND I FEEL LIKE
I'VE OPENED UP MORE.
- THIS COLOR SCHEME
YOU SAID WAS INFLUENCED
BY YOUR DAUGHTERS AND YOUR WIFE.
- MM-HMM.
- HAD THEY NOT COME,
WOULD YOU HAVE STILL DONE
THIS COLOR SCHEME?
- I DON'T THINK SO.
I THINK IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN
A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT OUTCOME.
- THE BRAIN IS SO BEAUTIFUL
AND THE WAY THAT YOU HIGHLIGHTED
THOSE FOLDS,
THAT REALLY EFFECTIVELY
MAKES IT LOOK LIKE
IT'S PEELED BACK FROM HER HEAD.
- WAS THERE
A DEFINING MOMENT
THAT CLICKED
INSIDE OF YOUR HEAD
THAT MADE THINGS CHANGE
FOR YOU?
- YEAH, THERE WAS
THE CULMINATION
OF THE JUDGMENTS THAT
I WAS GETTING FROM YOU FOLKS
THAT KIND OF CAME FROM SOMEBODY
IN THIS COMPETITION
THAT'S FEELING KIND OF GYPPED
AND KIND OF ROBBED AT TIMES,
AND THEN I-I WOULD
STEW ON IT.
AND AFTER THIS HAD HAPPENED
SO MUCH,
I WAS JUST LIKE, "HUH,
MAYBE I'M WRONG."
[laughter]
AND IT BECAME EVIDENT
VERY QUICKLY
THAT I HAD TO CHANGE IT UP.
- DUTCH, WHY DO YOU THINK
YOU SHOULD WIN SKIN WARS?
- I HAVE A LOT
OF PAINTING ABILITY,
AND I WORKED MY BUTT OFF.
I PUT IN THE HOURS.
I PUT IN THE TIME, AND THIS
WOULD BE THE ULTIMATE VALIDATION
TO BE SKIN WARS CHAMPION.
AND MOST OF THAT PRIZE MONEY
IS GOING TO PUT MY CHILDREN
THROUGH COLLEGE.
- THANK YOU SO MUCH, DUTCH.
OKAY, SHANNON.
- MY CONCEPT IS
THE TWO DIVERSE SIDES
OF MYSELF
DURING MY TIME HERE
AT SKIN WARS.
THIS MODEL REPRESENTS
THE MORE BENEVOLENT SIDE
OF MYSELF.
AND ON MY MORE EVIL SIDE,
I WANTED TO SHOW
THAT I CAN ALSO SHOW
THIS TYPE OF ANGER--
SO THE FREEDOM VERSUS
MY INNER ADVERSARY.
AND WITHOUT
THE BENEVOLENT SIDE,
WITHOUT THE EVIL SIDE,
THE BRAIN ON ART
COULDN'T HAPPEN,
BECAUSE IT'S
A CONSTANT STRUGGLE
BETWEEN WHAT'S RIGHT
AND WHAT'S WRONG IN MY ARTWORK.
- SO IT'S RIGHT-SIDE BRAIN,
LEFT-SIDE BRAIN.
- YOU'VE GOT IT.
- WELL,
IT'S A BEAUTIFUL PAINTING.
YOU'VE LEARNED HOW TO BRING
YOUR FINE ART TOGETHER
WITH YOUR BODY PAINTING.
IT SEEMS THAT
THAT'S HAPPENED,
AND YOU SHOULD BE REALLY HAPPY
WITH WHAT YOU'VE DONE.
- THANK YOU.
- I FEEL LIKE YOU,
DURING THE COURSE
OF THIS COMPETITION,
HAVE STUMBLED
UPON YOUR SIGNATURE STYLE.
- I KNOW!
THAT'S NUTS, ISN'T IT?
- BRAVO. AND WOW.
GREAT JOB.
- THANK YOU.
- DIAMONDS ARE FORMED
UNDER A LOT OF PRESSURE,
AND I KNOW YOU KIDS HAVE BEEN
UNDER A LOT OF PRESSURE.
AND I AGREE, I THINK
YOU'VE FOUND YOUR DIAMOND.
- THANK YOU.
- SHANNON, WHY SHOULD YOU WIN
SKIN WARS?
- I THINK THAT WE ALL DESERVE
TO WIN SKIN WARS.
WHY DO I WANT TO WIN
SKIN WARS?
IT REALLY COMES DOWN
TO THE MONEY, HONESTLY, FOR ME.
THERE'S JUST SO MUCH
THAT I WANNA DO,
AND I DON'T SEE A WAY
THROUGH THE FOREST
TO GET TO IT.
AND IF I WERE TO WIN
THE CHAMPIONSHIP,
WHO CAN SAY WHAT
THAT WOULD MEAN
UNTIL YOU'RE IN THAT SITUATION
AND EACH DAY DISCOVER
MORE AND MORE COOL THINGS?
- THANK YOU SO MUCH,
SHANNON.
OKAY, YOU THREE,
WE'RE VERY PROUD OF YOU.
YOU CAN HEAD BACK
TO THE LOUNGE.
- I AM SUPER READY TO FIND OUT
WHO THE WINNER IS.
I'M ALMOST SAD
THAT IT'S GONNA BE OVER.
- SO WHAT DID YOU THINK?
- IT WAS SO INTERESTING
TO SEE WHAT THE PAINTERS DID
WITH FREEDOM.
- WHAT'D YOU THINK ABOUT DUTCH?
- I WAS REALLY EXCITED
ABOUT THE BIRTH
OF SOMETHING NEW FOR HIM.
I FEEL LIKE
HE'S REALLY TURNED A CORNER
IN HIS CREATIVE PROCESS.
AND HE'S
ONTO SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
- WAS THERE ENOUGH OF HIM
IN THAT PIECE?
- MM-HMM.
- WAS IT DUTCH ENOUGH?
- RIGHT, 'CAUSE HE WAS SAYING
THAT HE WAS INSPIRED
BY HIS DAUGHTERS.
THE WIG WAS FOR ONE DAUGHTER.
THE PINK WAS FOR HIS WIFE.
- AND THEN
ALL OF THE OTHER ARTISTS.
- OR ARE
ALL THOSE NEW INFLUENCES
WHAT ELEVATED HIS PIECE:
ALL THE NEW COLORS HE'S USING,
THE PALETTE, THE FREEDOM,
AND UNAPOLOGETIC USE
OF HIS EMOTIONS?
- I FEEL LIKE HE'S KIND OF
IN THE MIDST OF A TRANSFORMATION
RIGHT NOW,
WHERE HIS WORK IS GONNA CHANGE.
- YEAH.
- BUT IS IT
AN OVERALL SUCCESS...
- MM-HMM.
- WORTHY OF SKIN WARS CHAMPION?
- RIGHT.
- I BUSTED MY ASS
MY WHOLE LIFE
TO LEARN HOW TO PAINT
THAT FRICKING GOOD.
- HOW OLD ARE YOU?
- 41.
- OKAY.
SO I'M 38, AND WE'VE PROBABLY
BOTH BEEN DOING ART
OUR WHOLE LIVES.
- MM-HMM.
- RIGHT.
- WHAT'D YOU THINK
ABOUT SHANNON?
- I LOVE
BEING ABLE TO WITNESS
SHANNON'S FINDING HER THING.
- I'M IN LOVE
WITH THIS DRIPPING...
- MM-HMM.
- EXPRESSIVE BACKGROUND
WITH HER REALLY GRAPHIC STYLE
ON TOP OF IT.
SHE'S REALLY ONTO SOMETHING.
- HAD YOU EVER SEEN
ANYTHING LIKE THAT BEFORE?
- IT'S TOTALLY,
UNIQUELY SHANNON.
- I WAS GONNA SAY THAT THE FRONT
WAS REALLY STRONG.
- YES.
- RIGHT, RIGHT.
BECAUSE SHE HAD THE BRAIN
ON THE BACK.
- I LOVED THE FRONT,
AND I LOVE HOW THERE'S SO MANY
FUN LITTLE DETAILS TO DISCOVER.
- THEN WHEN WE GO TO THE BACK,
I JUST FELT LIKE THINGS GOT
A LITTLE BIT MORE, UM...
- BRAINY.
- [laughs]
- WAY--WAY TOO BRAINY FOR ME.
SHRINKING THAT BRAIN DOWN
IN SIZE,
AS FAR AS
THE COMPOSITION GOES,
I THINK
IT WOULD HAVE WORKED BETTER.
- WELL, I KNOW THAT THEY FOUND
SOME TECHNICAL ISSUES
WITH MY RENDERING,
SO I DON'T KNOW
HOW THEY'RE GONNA JUDGE.
- I HAVE NO IDEA.
LET'S JUST BE [bleep]
STOKED ON OURSELVES THAT WE--
- NO. YEAH, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.
- THAT WE DID IT, YOU KNOW?
- YEAH, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.
TOTALLY GRATEFUL.
TOTALLY GRATEFUL.
- IT'S OUT OF OUR HANDS NOW.
THIS ONE IS A COMPLETE WILD CARD
TO ME.
- SO NATALIE?
- I LOVE HER STORIES
AND HOW SHE INFUSES HERSELF
AND HER EMOTIONS
INTO HER PIECES, AND IT SHOWS.
- YOU KNOW, SHE SAYS
THAT HANDS ARE DIFFICULT
FOR HER TO PAINT...
- YEAH.
- AND I WASN'T 100% HAPPY
WITH HOW THE HANDS TURNED OUT
ON THE BACK.
YOU KNOW, IT WAS
A LITTLE RUDIMENTARY.
YOU KNOW, I DON'T FEEL LIKE...
- YEAH.
- SHE REALLY, YOU KNOW,
NAILED IT ON THE HANDS.
- RIGHT. I DON'T THINK
SHE OVERPAINTED.
I DON'T THINK
SHE UNDERPAINTED.
YOU KNOW, YES,
SHE DOESN'T HAVE THE REALISM
THAT SOMEONE LIKE DUTCH MIGHT
HAVE IN PAINTING THE HANDS,
BUT I DON'T THINK
IT WAS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY
IN THIS PIECE,
BECAUSE THE PAINTING
WAS SO DYNAMIC.
ALL THREE OF THESE PAINTERS
ARE HERE
IN THIS FINALE FOR A REASON.
AND WE'VE SEEN THAT HAPPEN
HERE ONSTAGE TONIGHT.
- WHO SHOWED US
THE BEST TWO PAINTINGS
TONIGHT?
- IT'S ABOUT THE SKILL.
IT'S ABOUT WHAT THEY DO
WITH THEIR CANVAS
AND THAT PAINT.
- ONE WINNER.
- OKAY, JUDGES,
HAVE YOU MADE A DECISION?
- YES.
- IT'S DONE, YEAH.
- ABSOLUTELY.
- OKAY.
PAINTERS,
INCREDIBLE JOB TONIGHT.
WHAT A GREAT SHOW.
YOU'VE ALL GROWN SO MUCH
OVER THIS COMPETITION,
AND IT WAS A PRIVILEGE
TO GO ON THIS JOURNEY WITH YOU.
BUT THERE CAN ONLY BE
ONE WINNER.
THE WINNER OF SKIN WARS
WILL RECEIVE
A YEAR'S SUPPLY OF PAINT
AND AN ALL-EXPENSE-PAID TRIP
TO NEW YORK CITY TO BE
A FEATURED GUEST PAINTER
AT IMAX,
ALL COURTESY OF MEHRON.
THE WINNER WILL ALSO RECEIVE
THEIR VERY OWN NATIONALLY
DISTRIBUTED CUSTOM LINE OF PAINT
BY EUROPEAN BODY ART
AND A $100,000 CASH PRIZE.
NATALIE, DUTCH,
SHANNON,
ONE OF YOU
WILL BE THE WINNER
OF SKIN WARS.
- NATALIE, DUTCH,
SHANNON, ONE OF YOU
WILL BE THE WINNER
OF SKIN WARS.
- ALL THREE OF YOU
ARE AMAZING ARTISTS.
- WATCHING YOU
GO THROUGH THESE CHALLENGES
HAS BEEN MY PLEASURE
AND PRIVILEGE.
- YOUR JOURNEY, YOUR VISION,
YOUR TALENT,
HAS INSPIRED PEOPLE
AROUND THE WORLD,
AND I AM SO PROUD OF YOU.
- THANK YOU.
- DUTCH,
YOU HAVE CONSISTENTLY WOWED US
WITH YOUR AMAZING ATTENTION
TO DETAIL
AND YOUR TRUE MASTERY
OF BODY PAINTING TECHNIQUE.
THE JUDGES WERE EXCITED
TO SEE YOU OPEN UP
AND PUSH YOURSELF IN A NEW
DIRECTION FOR THIS CHALLENGE,
BUT YOU MAY HAVE LOST
A LITTLE TOO MUCH OF YOURSELF.
THE JUDGES JUST DIDN'T SEE
ENOUGH DUTCH IN YOUR PAINTINGS.
DUTCH, I'M SORRY.
YOU'RE NOT THE WINNER
OF SKIN WARS.
YOU MAY HEAD BACK
TO THE LOUNGE.
- I KNOW OFTEN I COME OFF
AS COCKY AND, YOU KNOW--
BUT, I MEAN, EVERYBODY HAS
THEIR OWN COPING MECHANISM.
I FEEL LIKE
I'VE LET MY DAUGHTERS DOWN.
I'VE LET MYSELF DOWN
BY NOT BRINGING MY "A" GAME.
HEY, GUYS.
- GOOD JOB.
I'M INCREDIBLY DISAPPOINTED,
AND I'M FRUSTRATED
BECAUSE I DIDN'T
PLAY IT SAFE.
IT'S HARD CHEESE
TO SWALLOW,
BUT, YOU KNOW,
THAT'S LIFE.
- NATALIE, SHANNON,
ONE OF YOU WILL BE THE
FIRST-EVER SKIN WARS CHAMPION.
NATALIE, YOU SAID THAT TODAY
WAS YOUR FAVORITE DAY
OF THE COMPETITION,
AND IT SHOWED.
YOUR PAINTINGS WERE DYNAMIC,
HIGH CONTRAST,
AND COHESIVE.
SHANNON,
THE JUDGES WERE SO IMPRESSED
WITH THE AMOUNT
OF INTRICATE,
HAND-PAINTED DETAIL
IN YOUR PIECE.
AND WHEN YOUR MODELS
TOOK THE RUNWAY,
THE JUDGES IMMEDIATELY KNEW
IT WAS YOUR PIECE.
YOU DEFINITELY CAPTURED
YOUR STYLE AS AN ARTIST.
BOTH OF YOU PROVED
YOU BELONG AT THE TOP.
IT WAS
SUCH A TOUGH DECISION,
BUT IT ALL COMES DOWN
TO THIS.
THERE CAN ONLY BE
ONE WINNER.
SO WHO'S IT GONNA BE?
[rock music]
♪ ♪
THE ANSWER
YOU'VE BEEN WAITING FOR
IS PAINTED
ON THESE MODELS' BACKS.
THE FIRST-EVER
SKIN WARS CHAMPION IS...
NATALIE!
CONGRATULATIONS!
WHOO!
YOU'VE JUST WON
THE $100,000 GRAND PRIZE,
NATALIE!
- YAY, NATALIE!
WHOO!
- THANK YOU SO MUCH!
HOLY COW!
[crying]
- CONGRATULATIONS, MAMA.
- OH, OH, OH, MY GOD!
I JUST WON
THE FIRST ART COMPETITION
I'VE EVER WON.
OH, MY GOD, THANK YOU, GUYS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
OH!
- WHOO!
[cheers and applause]
- AAH!
- [laughs]
- HOLY [bleep]!
[laughter]
- NAT, I LOVE YOU.
CONGRATULATIONS.
I LOVE YOU SO MUCH.
YOU DESERVE IT.
- NATALIE, YOU HAD
REALLY TOUGH COMPETITION,
BUT IT WAS YOUR WORK
THAT JUST CONVINCED ME
CHALLENGE AFTER CHALLENGE
THAT YOU DESERVED IT.
- AND YOU EARNED IT
WITH YOUR VAST IMAGINATION.
- DREAMS DO COME TRUE.
CONGRATULATIONS,
AND BRAVO.
- THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH
FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.
TODAY IS THE BEST DAY
OF MY LIFE.
- ENJOY THE MOMENT.
- OH! OH, MY GOD.
[laughs]
I JUST WON $100,000,
BUT MORE THAN ALL OF THAT,
I'M THE FIRST WINNER
OF SKIN WARS.
THIS IS THE BEST MOMENT
OF MY LIFE.
MY LIFE IS FOREVER
FRICKING CHANGED.
- CHEERS, EVERYONE.
all: CHEERS.
- WHOO!
FIRST-EVER SKIN WARS CHAMPION!
- WELL DONE.
- LOVELY.
HIP, HIP, HOORAY!
[cheers and applause]