After letting others paint her face and body, Calgary model and designer Kay Pike decided to try painting herself.

Needless to say, the results are impressive.

With just one lesson from local makeup artist Lianne Moseley under her belt, Pike set out to transform herself into a skinless monster — Colossal Titan from the anime series Attack on Titan.

"She left me with the paints to practice," said Pike. "And I was like, 'Yes, I will abuse this privilege.'"

After about four hours of shading and blending, Pike posted a video on her Facebook page, which is getting plenty of accolades from cosplay fans.

"I was surprised that people liked it so much, because I thought it was, you know, this is me doing my gross and weird thing that I normally do, and it got a really good reception. So that's fun."

Pike and Moseley have posted many photos and videos of themselves decked out in optical illusionist body paint.

"It looks great in photos, but you could look at a photo of a body paint and just go right by it," said Moseley.

"But when you see it in the video, you see it transition from the 2D to the 3D."

The pair will be working on more surreal paint projects in the coming months, modelling several of them at the Calgary Comic and Entertainment Expo in April.