Kay Pike, 28, from Calgary, Canada, brings her superhero favourites to life with her stunning artworks that take up to 15 hours to create.
The model uses her own body as the canvas before posing for the striking photographs and videos.
Inspired by the heroes and anti-heroes of the comic franchises of Marvel and DC, she has become a big hit with comic book fanatics around the world.
Just using make-up and body paint. Kay transforms herself into superheroes and villains - as well as manga and video game characters.
Kay has always been a comic book fan, with her art inspired by pop culture, and her viewers often suggest which characters she should become next.
Kay has taken on characters such as Superman, Dove from the DC Comics' series Hawk and Dove, as well as Batman and Poison Ivy.
The artist and cosplay model, now dedicates her time to live-streaming the transformations to her fans, posting the creations on YouTube.
The dedicated designer spends up to 15 hours painstakingly recreating superheroes and comic book villains on her skin.
Although she looks naked, Kay uses a layer of latex to protect her modesty but ensure the painting follows the contours of her body.
Kay's art first trended in February and since then she has created many more comic book recreations - with her Instagram following growing from 12,000 to 181,000.
Previously a fan of dressing up for cosplay events, Kay only started bodypainting in December last year.
After posting the results of her work on the Internet, she soon found her work attracted thousands of fans.
She told the MailOnline: 'I started painting myself in early December 2015 with my Attack On Titan face paint (the character with a skinless body).
'It went viral and I got invited to stream painting live online. I have been doing a paint twice a week ever since.
'My inspiration mostly comes from seeing something beautiful. It can be a great costume design, it can be a trailer for an upcoming movie with a new take on a character, it can be a great fan-art someone has done with amazing lighting.
'I love when people suggest characters to me that they think look great too.'
Kay says that although some of her designs can take up an entire day she says she plans it that way and fully enjoys the experience.
The talented artist also films her artistic efforts live streaming the process for her fans to view online.
The talented artist also films her artistic efforts live streaming the process for her fans to view online.
She said: 'I have friends over to hang out in my bathroom and do art or chat or paint beside me, and I love livestreaming on twitch.tv. It's a social event like at a convention.
'When I say 'whole day' I mean 12-15 hours. Part of that time is devoted to the livestream, but mostly I fall in love with the paint as I'm going and can see more and more ways to add detail, highlights, etc.
'I start as soon as I wake up in the morning to get social media ready and finish up planning any optical illusions.
'I'll spend about half an hour putting on the latex and then two hours drawing initial line work. As soon as I'm decent I'll start streaming and continue more or less unbroken until it's finished.
No comments:
Post a Comment