Canadian artist Kay Pike transformed herself into Superman using just body paint and latex at her property in Calgary, Alberta.
加拿大艺术家凯·派克近日在阿尔伯塔省卡尔加里的住房内,仅用人体彩绘颜料和胶乳就将自己变装成了超人。
The Canadian artist turns her overall body into unique characters for an World-wide-web audience.
这位加拿大的艺术家每周总是会为她网上的观众"变身"为不同的角色。
Usually, Pike stands in front of a giant mirror, dabs her brush into paint and touches it to her skin. She begins by painting her face and hair first - making sure the work reflects the superhero as closely as possible.
通常,派克会站在一面巨大的镜子面前,用刷子蘸上涂料,涂在自己皮肤上。她会先从脸部和头发开始画,以确保自己和超级英雄尽可能相像。
Pike is a admirer of cosplay, in which contributors wear costumes to represent a character from anime, comedian publications, cartoons, video clip online games or movies.
派克是一个Cosplay的狂热崇拜者。Cosplay是指人们穿着动漫、喜剧、漫画、网络游戏或电影中的服装来装扮成其中的某一角色。
She claimed it would be uninteresting and lonely to do the painting with out an audience.
她声称,如果没有一个观众,那么这种粉刷将会变得毫无乐趣、孤孤单单。
Pike started in December and already has 163,000 followers on Instagram.
去年12月,派克开始"变身",如今她的Instagram粉丝已达16.3万。
She receives a little advertising money but relies more on donations from viewers and from Patreon.com, a crowdfunding site for artists.
她只能收到很少一部分的广告费,但是绝大部分的收入依靠的是观众以及艺术家众筹网站Patreon.com的打赏捐助。
Pike refers to her creations as her "little paint children". "At the end, it's a little sad to wash it off," she added.
派克把所有的作品都当做自己的小孩子一样看待。她补充说道:“最后洗掉这些粉刷的时候,真的有一点点伤心。”