<p class="mol-para-with-font"><font style="font-size: 1.2em">They look like vibrant frames from a comic book, but these pictures are in fact stunning photographs of a female body painter.</font></p><p class="mol-para-with-font"><font style="font-size:1.2em">Kay Pike, a designer and model from Calgary, Canada, spends up to 15 hours painstakingly recreating superheroes and comic book villains on her skin.</font></p><p class="mol-para-with-font"><font style="font-size:1.2em">Despite looking naked, the 28-year-old, who has nearly 12,000 fans on <a style="font-weight: bold;" class="" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" website uses a clever layer of latex to ensure the painting follows the contours of her body.</font></p><div class="mol-img-group xwArtSplitter"><div class="mol-img"> <div class="image-wrap"> <img id="i-a9d69488c1884936" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" website height="784" width="962" alt="Kay Pike, pictured as Marvel character Iron Man, transforms herself into comic book and manga characters using body paint " class="blkBorder img-share" style="max-width:100%" /> </div> <noscript> <img id="i-a9d69488c1884936" website height="784" width="962" alt="Kay Pike, pictured as Marvel character Iron Man, transforms herself into comic book and manga characters using body paint " class="blkBorder img-share" /> </noscript> </div><div class="clear"></div><p class="imageCaption">Kay Pike, pictured as Marvel character Iron Man, transforms herself into comic book and <a href="https://com-x.life/comix-read/manga-read/">______ _____ / Manga __ _______ _____</a> characters using body paint </p></div><div class="mol-img-group xwArtSplitter"> <div class="mol-img"> <div class="image-wrap"> <img id="i-f5621426511de277" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" website height="1102" width="962" alt="Kay, pictured, spends up to 15 hours transforming herself into various heroes and villains. Kay's work includes popular characters including Spider-Man, Iron Man, and Robin from Batman, as well as cult figures from the world of Marvel and Japanese Manga" class="blkBorder img-share" style="max-width:100%" /> </div> <noscript> <img id="i-f5621426511de277" website height="1102" width="962" alt="Kay, pictured, spends up to 15 hours transforming herself into various heroes and villains. Kay's work includes popular characters including Spider-Man, Iron Man, and Robin from Batman, as well as cult figures from the world of Marvel and Japanese Manga" class="blkBorder img-share" /> </noscript> </div> <p class="imageCaption">Kay, pictured, spends up to 15 hours transforming herself into various heroes and villains. 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I found cosplay was a great way to interact and enjoy socialising at conventions.</font></p><div class="mol-img-group xwArtSplitter"><div class="splitLeft"><div class="mol-img"> <div class="image-wrap"> <img id="i-32e02c0c54e6af63" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" website height="551" width="470" alt="Amazingly Kay only began body painting in December 2015 with her first creation being the skinless Colossal Titan character from the Japanese Manga series Attack on Titan" class="blkBorder img-share" style="max-width:100%" /> </div> <noscript> <img id="i-32e02c0c54e6af63" website height="551" width="470" alt="Amazingly Kay only began body painting in December 2015 with her first creation being the skinless Colossal Titan character from the Japanese Manga series Attack on Titan" class="blkBorder img-share" /> </noscript> </div></div><div class="splitRight"><div class="mol-img"> <div class="image-wrap"> <img id="i-a870de6009b66d44" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" website height="551" width="470" alt="Amazingly Kay only began body painting in December 2015 with her first creation being the skinless Colossal Titan character from the Japanese Manga series Attack on Titan" class="blkBorder img-share" style="max-width:100%" /> </div> <noscript> <img id="i-a870de6009b66d44" website height="551" width="470" alt="Amazingly Kay only began body painting in December 2015 with her first creation being the skinless Colossal Titan character from the Japanese Manga series Attack on Titan" class="blkBorder img-share" /> </noscript> </div></div><div class="clear"></div><p class="imageCaption">Kay only began body painting in December with her first creation being the skinless Colossal Titan character from the <a href="https://www.newsweek.com/search/site/Japanese%20Manga">Japanese Manga</a> series Attack On Titan (pictured left and right)</p></div><div class="mol-img-group xwArtSplitter"> <div class="mol-img"> <div class="image-wrap"> <img id="i-164ca14978282483" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" website height="784" width="962" alt="Pictured here as Batman's famous sidekick Robin, Kay says that although she may appear naked underneath her artwork, she uses latex to ensure that her modesty is covered" class="blkBorder img-share" style="max-width:100%" /> </div> <noscript> <img id="i-164ca14978282483" website height="784" width="962" alt="Pictured here as Batman's famous sidekick Robin, Kay says that although she may appear naked underneath her artwork, she uses latex to ensure that her modesty is covered" class="blkBorder img-share" /> </noscript> </div> <p class="imageCaption">Pictured here as Batman's famous sidekick Robin, Kay says that although she may appear naked underneath her artwork, she uses latex to ensure that her modesty is covered</p></div><div class="mol-img-group xwArtSplitter"> <div class="mol-img"> <div class="image-wrap"> <img id="i-cd3246c745526bb" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" website height="760" width="962" alt="Kay, pictured here as She-Hulk, posted the results of her body painting on the web and attracted thousands of fans" class="blkBorder img-share" style="max-width:100%" /> </div> <noscript> <img id="i-cd3246c745526bb" website height="760" width="962" alt="Kay, pictured here as She-Hulk, posted the results of her body painting on the web and attracted thousands of fans" class="blkBorder img-share" /> </noscript> </div> <p class="imageCaption">Kay, pictured here as She-Hulk, posted the results of her body painting on the web and attracted thousands of fans</p></div><div class="mol-img-group xwArtSplitter"><div class="splitLeft"><div class="mol-img"> <div class="image-wrap"> <img id="i-e8f07436f3987661" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" website height="504" width="470" alt="Kay now live streams her painting sessions online for her fans to witness the process" class="blkBorder img-share" style="max-width:100%" /> </div> <noscript> <img id="i-e8f07436f3987661" website height="504" width="470" alt="Kay now live streams her painting sessions online for her fans to witness the process" class="blkBorder img-share" /> </noscript> </div></div><div class="splitRight"><div class="mol-img"> <div class="image-wrap"> <img id="i-33f3a2dbff168358" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" website height="504" width="470" alt="She is seen here transforming herself into Captain Planet from the hit US cartoon" class="blkBorder img-share" style="max-width:100%" /> </div> <noscript> <img id="i-33f3a2dbff168358" website height="504" width="470" alt="She is seen here transforming herself into Captain Planet from the hit US cartoon" class="blkBorder img-share" /> </noscript> </div></div><div class="clear"></div><p class="imageCaption">Kay now live streams her painting sessions (left and right as Captain Planet) so that her fans can see how she transforms herself</p></div><p class="mol-para-with-font"><font style="font-size:1.2em"></font></p><p class="mol-para-with-font"><font style="font-size:1.2em">'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.</font></p><p class="mol-para-with-font"><font style="font-size:1.2em">'My inspiration mostly comes from seeing something beautiful. It can be a great costume design, it can be a <a href="https://www.houzz.com/photos/query/trailer">trailer</a> 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.'</font></p><p class="mol-para-with-font"><font style="font-size:1.2em">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. </font></p><p class="mol-para-with-font"><font style="font-size:1.2em">She continued: 'When I am asked how long the painting takes my truthful answer is "as long as I want, truthfully." I found painting Titan it only took three hours, however If I'm trying to have fun and socialise I plan to paint the whole day.'</font></p><div class="mol-img-group xwArtSplitter"> <div class="mol-img"> <div class="image-wrap"> <img id="i-f753ed91a65a3e42" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" website height="781" width="962" alt="Kay, pictured here after recreating Skeletor from the cartoon He-Man, says she sometimes doesn't make it to bed until 4am as the designs can take so long" class="blkBorder img-share" style="max-width:100%" /> </div> <noscript> <img id="i-f753ed91a65a3e42" website height="781" width="962" alt="Kay, pictured here after recreating Skeletor from the cartoon He-Man, says she sometimes doesn't make it to bed until 4am as the designs can take so long" class="blkBorder img-share" /> </noscript> </div> <p class="imageCaption">Kay, pictured here after recreating Skeletor from the cartoon He-Man, says she sometimes doesn't make it to bed until 4am as the designs can take so long</p></div><div class="mol-img-group xwArtSplitter"> <div class="mol-img" style="height: auto;"> <div class="image-wrap"> <img id="i-2c825f4bfab54a53" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" website height="736" width="962" alt="Kay says that deciding on a character to paint and then planning its creation is half the fun of the process. Here she is pictured after being transformed into Doctor Doom from Marvel Comics " class="blkBorder img-share" style="max-width:100%" /> </div> <noscript> <img id="i-2c825f4bfab54a53" website height="736" width="962" alt="Kay says that deciding on a character to paint and then planning its creation is half the fun of the process. Here she is pictured after being transformed into Doctor Doom from Marvel Comics " class="blkBorder img-share" /> </noscript> </div> <p class="imageCaption">Kay says that deciding on a character to paint and then planning its creation is half the fun of the process. Here she is pictured after being transformed into Doctor Doom from Marvel Comics </p></div><p class="mol-para-with-font"><font style="font-size:1.2em"></font></p><div class="mol-img-group xwArtSplitter"> <div class="mol-img"> <div class="image-wrap"> <img id="i-eb2f9dc75561ba66" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" website height="725" width="962" alt="Body paints do not behave in the same way that canvas paints do so Kay, pictured here as The Amazing Spiderman, says she finds it a difficult medium" class="blkBorder img-share" style="max-width:100%" /> </div> <noscript> <img id="i-eb2f9dc75561ba66" website height="725" width="962" alt="Body paints do not behave in the same way that canvas paints do so Kay, pictured here as The Amazing Spiderman, says she finds it a difficult medium" class="blkBorder img-share" /> </noscript> </div> <p class="imageCaption">Body paints do not behave in the same way that canvas paints do so Kay, pictured here as The Amazing Spiderman, says she finds it a difficult medium</p></div><div class="mol-img-group xwArtSplitter"> <div class="mol-img"> <div class="image-wrap"> <img id="i-bd1513ac53a27ac" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" website height="807" width="962" alt="Body painting may be fairly new to Kay but she has always been interested in art having been drawing from a young age. Here she reenacts the creepy Bizarro Girl from DC comics " class="blkBorder img-share" style="max-width:100%" /> </div> <noscript> <img id="i-bd1513ac53a27ac" website height="807" width="962" alt="Body painting may be fairly new to Kay but she has always been interested in art having been drawing from a young age. Here she reenacts the creepy Bizarro Girl from DC comics " class="blkBorder img-share" /> </noscript> </div> <p class="imageCaption">Body painting may be fairly new to Kay but she has always been interested in art having been drawing from a young age. Here she reenacts the creepy Bizarro Girl from DC comics </p></div><p class="mol-para-with-font"><font style="font-size:1.2em">The talented artist also films her artistic efforts live streaming the process for her fans to view online. </font></p><p class="mol-para-with-font"><font style="font-size:1.2em">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 <a style="font-weight: bold;" class="" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" website It's a social event like at a convention.</font></p><p class="mol-para-with-font"><font style="font-size:1.2em">'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.</font></p><p class="mol-para-with-font"><font style="font-size:1.2em">'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. Then about an hour and a half for photoshoot and another hour and a half for clean-up.</font></p><p class="mol-para-with-font"><font style="font-size:1.2em">'Usually I get to roll into bed around 4am. Some of my paints have taken 14 hours but the whole 'work' day can be up to 20 hours.'</font></p><div class="mol-img-group xwArtSplitter"> <div class="mol-img"> <div class="image-wrap"> <img id="i-ac0d3c7c40b63c40" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" website height="745" width="962" alt="Kay only ever paints her front upper body as it can cost her up to $150 a session. She is pictured here as Thanos a super villain from Marvel comics " class="blkBorder img-share" style="max-width:100%" /> </div> <noscript> <img id="i-ac0d3c7c40b63c40" website height="745" width="962" alt="Kay only ever paints her front upper body as it can cost her up to $150 a session. She is pictured here as Thanos a super villain from Marvel comics " class="blkBorder img-share" /> </noscript> </div> <p class="imageCaption">Kay only ever paints her front upper body as it can cost her up to $150 a session. She is pictured here as Thanos a super villain from Marvel comics </p></div><div class="mol-img-group xwArtSplitter"> <div class="mol-img"> <div class="image-wrap"> <img id="i-316a9b9d147d687a" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" website height="777" width="962" alt="Here she emulates Golden Frieza a character from the Dragon Ball manga series where she had to use optical illusions to hide her nose and spent a week working on his ear cups " class="blkBorder img-share" style="max-width:100%" /> </div> <noscript> <img id="i-316a9b9d147d687a" website height="777" width="962" alt="Here she emulates Golden Frieza a character from the Dragon Ball manga series where she had to use optical illusions to hide her nose and spent a week working on his ear cups " class="blkBorder img-share" /> </noscript> </div> <p class="imageCaption">Here she emulates Golden Frieza a character from the Dragon Ball manga series where she had to use optical illusions to hide her nose and spent a week working on his ear cups </p></div><div class="mol-img-group xwArtSplitter"> <div class="mol-img"> <div class="image-wrap"> <img id="i-d565964feff3e44b" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" website height="739" width="962" alt="Kay has always enjoyed cosplaying but her body paints take her passion to the next level. Here Kay poses as Marvel comic character Carol Danvers " class="blkBorder img-share" style="max-width:100%" /> </div> <noscript> <img id="i-d565964feff3e44b" website height="739" width="962" alt="Kay has always enjoyed cosplaying but her body paints take her passion to the next level. Here Kay poses as Marvel comic character Carol Danvers " class="blkBorder img-share" /> </noscript> </div> <p class="imageCaption">Kay has always enjoyed cosplaying but her body paints take her passion to the next level. Here Kay poses as Marvel comic character Carol Danvers </p></div><p class="mol-para-with-font"><font style="font-size:1.2em">Although Kay has only been practising body painting for the past few months she has always been interested in art. </font></p><p class="mol-para-with-font"><font style="font-size:1.2em">She added: 'Learning how to draw and paint has been a lifelong practice for me. I was a fine art painter long before a cospainter so I know the breaks. I've slowly been learning how to paint myself by trial and error. It's a really difficult medium, the body paints don't behave at all the same way as canvas paints do.</font></p><p class="mol-para-with-font"><font style="font-size:1.2em">'I use water-based face paint specific makeup. Body paint is a special breed of tricky. Every brand I have tried has good colours and bad colours. </font></p><p class="mol-para-with-font"><font style="font-size:1.2em">'It takes a lot of paint to do one character, and I only do quarter-coverage paints, just the front upper body. It runs $80-150 (ฃ55- ฃ103) per character to do one of these. A lot depends on if I need a wig or bald cap or prosthetic props I have to make.' </font></p><p class="mol-para-with-font"><font style="font-size:1.2em">Kay says that figuring out what character to transform herself into next and planning her method is one of her favourite parts of the process. </font></p><p class="mol-para-with-font"><font style="font-size:1.2em">'For me planning is half the fun. I will load up my headshots in various angles and puzzle out how to get the illusion right' she said.</font></p><p class="mol-para-with-font"><font style="font-size:1.2em">'For example Golden Frieza I had to hide my nose, eyes and chest for the best optical illusion. It took maybe two hours in technical warping, stretching, skewing and redrawing to make Frieza fit my face. Also a week or so on and off working on his little ear cups. </font></p><p class="mol-para-with-font"><font style="font-size:1.2em">'The process to creating a character starts with finding multiple references, figuring out your style ahead of time and committing.' </font></p><p class="mol-para-with-font"><font style="font-size:1.2em"></font></p><p class="mol-para-with-font"><font style="font-size: 1.2em"></font></p><p class="mol-para-with-font"></p><p class="mol-para-with-font"><font style="font-size: 1.2em"></font></p></div><br> <!-- ad: website --><br><br><u> <div id="external-source-links" class="item"</u><br> data-track-module="am-external-links^external-links"><br> <span>Read more:</span><br> <ul><br> <li><a class="js-tl" website target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener">Twitch</a></li><br><li><a class="js-tl" website target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener">_ Kay Pike _ (@kaypikefashion) _ Instagram photos and videos</a></li><br></ul><br></div><br><script type="text/javascript"><br>DM.later('bundle', function()<br><b> DM.has('external-source-links', 'externalLinkTracker');</b><br>);<br></script><img src="https://static2.mangapoisk.ru/pages/322/45209/UdQ67Gaf4AZiX7DJYbe8UB9I3X9hNgRFW8YnMY65.png" style="max-width:410px;float:left;padding:10px 10px 10px 0px;border:0px;">
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