I love Cosplayers. No really, I love them, they make our wildest fantasies come true *giggle*

Though we all love them, it isn’t a piece of cake dressing as a Cosplayer. And oh, let’s not forget how expensive it is!

This Canadian artist, Kay Pike, came up with a concept that would change the ‘commonly-used’ Cosplay ideology. Instead of selling her kidney to buy a Cosplay costume, she decided to use her painting skills on her body.

Cartoon characters or famous superheroes, she worked with them all and took over 10 hours to make one! Now now, not everyone can do it, but for those who try hard enough, they shall reap the benefits.

When Kay started learning body painting in 2015, she didn’t know her bodypainting would go viral! Guess what, you can also watch out for her Twitch account where she live streams her process of body painting! Check out her work below!

 

Poison Ivy I painted on http://www.twitch.tv/kaypikefashion last time, and I am painting Again Tomorrow! I really like Pamela IRL. Ivy fights for the world itself, she is like Captain Planet… but a bit of a sociopath. 😀 Poison Ivy=planeteer haha.  I actually really prefer the New 52 Origin to the old one, its a little more twisted and human and convoluted. Shows she is indeed a neutral character, and ironically very human.  You’ll find the animation appropriate as it refers to her M.O. *blows you a kiss* and personally my M.O., long time lurkers know what I am talking about 😀 This is the exact same wig I used for Starfire too~ a matilda in pumpkin from @ardawigs #poisonivy #bodypaint @ithurman @neilhimself @jimleeart @clarefoley123 @claregrant @milano_alyssa @tarastrong514 @jimmypalmiotti #redhair #yyc #calgary #bodyart @twitch @kryolanofficial @mehronmakeup @mehroncanada @sephora @bennyemakeup #mehronmakeup #kryolanofficial #mehron @wolfefaceartfx @ardacanada #makeupartistsworldwide #makeup #mua #makeupartist #comic #comicbooks #cosplay #cospaint #twitchcreative #twitch #dc #fanart @amazingmakeupart #beauty @comicbookresources  @geekfantasymagazine @comicsandcoffee @comicbookresources @geekculture @badasscosplay @epiccomicpics #wig @suicidesquadmovie #suicidesquad #ArkhamKnight #GothamCitySirens #dccomics #batman #PamelaIsley #green

A video posted by 🎨 Kay Pike 🎨 (@kaypikefashion) on Feb 19, 2016 at 5:33pm PST

My Starfire I painted on http://www.twitch.tv/kaypikefashion last night. The Alien of Joy. She is my Venus, full of love and beauty . Starfire has always been a cosplay goal, so I am truly blessed and grateful for the ability to paint. I came up with a game the twitch stream, I was doing Starfire’ s Teen Titan voice. For quotes the chat gave me. I am told my imitation is spot on 😀 I am planning of doing more versions of her in the future. I love so many of her iterations. This is the most amazing hair too. the wig is a matilda in pumpkin from @ardawigs with a long weft clipped in! #starfire #bodypaint #SandroBotticelli #GeorgePerez #MarvWolfman #HyndenWalch #timothygreenII @scottylobdell @jimmypalmiotti @amandaconnerart @thenealadams @dccomics @dcentertainment @dccomicsunited @cbr @hyndenwalch1 #redhair #yyc #calgary #bodyart @twitch @kryolanofficial @mehronmakeup @mehroncanada @sephora @bennyemakeup #mehronmakeup #kryolanofficial #mehron @wolfefaceartfx @ardacanada #makeupartistsworldwide #makeup #mua #makeupartist #comic #comicbooks #cosplay #cospaint #twitchcreative #twitch #dc #fanart #marveluniverse @amazingmakeupart #beauty @geekfantasymagazine @comicsandcoffee @comicbookresources @geekculture @badasscosplay @epiccomicpics #wig

A video posted by 🎨 Kay Pike 🎨 (@kaypikefashion) on Feb 14, 2016 at 4:17pm PST

A photo posted by 🎨 Kay Pike 🎨 (@kaypikefashion) on Feb 12, 2016 at 5:25pm PST

A video posted by 🎨 Kay Pike 🎨 (@kaypikefashion) on Feb 8, 2016 at 9:17pm PST

This is the Captain Planet Bodypaint I painted on http://www.twitch.tv/kaypikefashion Tuesday night! “We need a super hero for the Earth. Let’s call him Captain Planet” No other cartoon I watched as a child has had as much impact on my day-to-day adult life. This show respected it’s audience. It was a ridiculous cartoon, yes BUT it got a young persons mind thinking about more going on in the world, not just the TV in front of them. This show handles and delivered to kids way more mature topics then any got anywhere else. Disease, desolation of species, environmental impact, racism, cultural-ism, economic and political issues etc. We got SO much more out of this show then others presented to us. I like being engaged with the real world. and Captain Planet really is my hero. #captainplanet #planeteers #eco #ecofriendly #environment #green #planet #earth #superhero #power #retro #cartoon #90s @twitch #twitchcreative #artist  #creative #art #paint #painting  #bodyart #illusion #opticalillusion #facepaint #facepainting #mua #bodypaint #makeup @kryolanofficial #paradisemakeupaq #mehron #mehronmakeup @mehronmakeup @mehroncanada PS. So many of you were asking in stream so here a special make-up hint I made this ridiculous florescent turquoise skintone that was soooo violent and radio-active looking on camera “Captain Planet Cyan” with 1 part Paradise Teal 1 Part Lt.Blue + 4-5 parts white.

A video posted by 🎨 Kay Pike 🎨 (@kaypikefashion) on Feb 4, 2016 at 7:29pm PST

This was a colossal effort and what I streamed on http://www.twitch.tv/kaypikefashion/profile/ last night.. for 15 hours I really really wanted to get the chest illusion down. I worked so hard, its my Achilles heel of my paints always. Definitely my most in-depth piece and what I decided to take the most time on so far.  I have been wanting to paint the beautiful and majestic colossus since day 1 of streaming and finally got to paint one of everyone favourite x-men. As we all are I am very excited for the #deadpool #movie, I have already been deadpool.. So I’m extra stocked to be colossus!  I hope with all my heart you enjoy Colossus, and that he inspires novelty and wonder in you as well!  #colossus #bodypaint #yyc #makeup #mua #yyc @mehronmakeup #xmen #marvel #marvelcomics @stefankapicic @xmenmovies @xmengeek @xmenewsdaily @otaku_epic_cosplay @comictoons @cosplay_and_comics @badasscosplay @cosplay_only @galacticgamer_ @marvel @marvel_pics @marvel.arts @deadpoolmovie @bodypaint_magazine

A video posted by 🎨 Kay Pike 🎨 (@kaypikefashion) on Jan 31, 2016 at 7:56pm PST

Remember me crying as robin on twitch.tv? http://www.twitch.tv/kaypikefashion/v/36451375. … you remember the bat dance. We all do Sweet sweet robin tears. That was an emotional day. So #happiness #explosion. This is Tim Drake trying out Dickie’s hairstyle witch is many levels of ironic if you remember Tims’ character, he wanted to be red robin to specifically not be Jason…But in my version he is Richard curious. This was a lot of fun and I pushed myself beyond my stamina and actually had NO life meter at the end (you can see what that looks like) I’m not sponsored in any-way but I found an awesome red that actually didn’t upset me. Beach Berry #paradise by #mehron @mehroncanada life is good. #robin #timdrake #dickgrayson #burtward #gotham  #batman #adamwest #timburton #dc #dccomics @batman @timburtonmovies @geoffjohnsdc @dccomics @dcentertainment @batman.official @thenealadams @jimleeart @kryolanofficial @mehronmakeup #twitch #twitchcreative #creative  #makeup #bodypaint #bodyart #paint #art #artist #cospaint #cosplay #cosplayer #yyc @twitch

A video posted by 🎨 Kay Pike 🎨 (@kaypikefashion) on Jan 21, 2016 at 7:54pm PST

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