Mimi Choi is an Vancouver-based artist who has attracted half a million followers on Instagram for her optical illusion photos. The portraits she posts may look like digital Photoshop creations, but they’re not. Choi is a makeup artist who posts mind-bending photos made 100% in-camera thanks to her amazing talents with photo-realistic makeup.





Choi’s eerie portraits show herself and other models with faces that have been edited in ways reminiscent of Photoshop tools such as the Clone Stamp, Liquify, and more.

You can find more of Choi’s work by following her popular Instagram account.

Image credits: Photographs by Mimi Choi and used with permission