Tattoo You

Simply wonderful tattoo by Pony Reinhardt Wulfgang.

 

There are so many make up videos, but this one devours them all.

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Seeing is believing, right? Well, actually…

Vancouver-based artist Mimi Choi transforms her face into amazing Surrealist paintings with makeup. As a result, her face becomes an optical illusion.

 

Dain Yoon's Amazing Optical Illusion Body Art

Her creations go beyond fooling the eye, and they're convincing enough to make you believe that she is now what she has painted.

 

Just because you can’t see it, does that mean it isn’t there?

Photography and Body Painting by Kevin Lee, Haohui Zhou, and Bin Liu 

 
That is a question easily invoked by photographs from UNICEF China’s 2008 campaign to raise awareness about the “invisibility of poverty” affecting children in China.

 In a series of poignant photographs, homeless children in Beijing were painted identical to their surroundings so that they were almost indiscernible from the cityscape around them.

 

Hello, Clarice.

Amazing lip artwork by makeup artist Ryan Kelly.

 

Infinite Essence

Mikael Chukwuma Owunna

 

Artist Uses Makeup to Transform His Face into Incredible 3D Optical Illusions

Italian makeup artist Luca Luce uses his own face as his canvas to create mind-boggling optical illusion looks.

 

God is a Woman

Alexa Meade blurs the line between 2D and 3D art through brilliant body painting.

 

Artist Dain Yoon creates optical illusion makeup that will have you seeing double (or triple…or more).

Yoon’s work is so mesmerizing that it’s hard to believe that it isn’t the work of Photoshop.
 To prove that it’s real—and give insight into her incredible body art process—she shares videos on her Instagram and YouTube channel. more

 

Invisible Man

Lui Bolin, aka Invisible Man, and renowned photographer Annie Leibovitz have teamed up in two advertising campaigns for the luxury apparel brand Moncler. Fusing Bolin’s penchant for body paint illusions and Leibovitz’s incredible photographic eye, they’ve produced images that are as enchanting as they are surreal. In each photo, Bolin dons a snowsuit made by Moncler, but there is virtually no difference between what he’s wearing and his surroundings. Instead, he and the landscape are one.

 

Art Hacker

New camouflage works by Liu Bolin

 

Body paintings by Trina Merry

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Menna

The art of henna—a practice used to adorn bodies with decorative patterning—is often associated with women.  There are, however, men who choose to have this same practice applied to their skin. Nicknamed menna, these same complex designs reach farther than the typical feet or hands—they travel across chests and arms, around the collarbone and down the back. Menna might seem like an unusual trend, but Sabreena Haque of Ritual By Design remarks that men are actively seeking these temporary designs on their skin.

 

World Bodypainting Festival 2016

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Snow White Before And After The Poisoned Apple

Mykie

 

Body Art by Lisha Simpson

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16-Year-Old Uses Body Paint to Skillfully Transform Herself into Fantastical Creatures

 Lara Wirth produces body painting with effects so believable that they startle strangers with their realism.
 “After finishing a creation [on myself], looking in the mirror can be a little frightening,” she told the Instagram blog. “I did once make a man scream in the supermarket when I rounded a corner right in front of him. He wasn’t prepared to be met by a zombie.”
 Inspired by the special effects she had seen on television, the Melbourne-based teen started body painting when she was just 14 years old. In the two years since she’s been covering herself in colorful pigments, glitter, and sculptural materials, the more complex her makeup appears. Wirth transforms herself into fantastical characters that look out of this world, including ones with beautifully grotesque facial features and giant teeth that she bares towards the camera. After finishing her makeup, Wirth documents the character and posts it on her Instagram account.
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Yakuza

These hand-painted photographs from the late 1800s and early 1900s depict members of the yakuza displaying their gang related tattoos.