Armed with an array of body paint and brushes, Kay Pike can transform into any superhero or villain.
The Canadian cosplayer paints on her own body to make herself look like 2D characters from TV and comics, including Marvel's Spider-Man and Cheetara from ThunderCats.
In January, Pike first walked Business Insider through her trippy work when she was getting started. In the 11 months since, she has amassed over 500,000 followers on Instagram and Facebook, and has done bodypaint work for several prominent companies, including Disney.
Take a look below.
Pike has been a skilled painter since she was young, but she started cosplay body-painting (or "cospainting" as she calls it) in December 2015. She sharpened her craft with the help of fellow cospainter Lianne Moseley, she tells BI.
She now live-streams her process twice per week on Twitch. Below is her rendition of She-Hulk.
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Marvel's She-Hulk.
Pike uses a water-based face paint and a special makeup to help it stick. She needs 10 to 15 bottles of paint to create just one character.
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DC Comics' Two-Face.
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