Stunning Surreal Body Paint Optical Illusions By Artist Hikaru

Tokyo-based artist Hikaru Cho creates these surreal body paint optical illusions. Hikaru explains how she started her journey into the world of body painting in the video below, her design process, and a how a typical day goes from start to finish.

絵の具余ったので

A photo posted by チョーヒカル Hikaru Cho (@hikaru_cho) on Jul 14, 2015 at 12:04pm PDT

Blossom

A photo posted by チョーヒカル Hikaru Cho (@hikaru_cho) on Feb 12, 2016 at 12:41am PST

山下ちゃんと、ゴンドリーと、わし！

A photo posted by チョーヒカル Hikaru Cho (@hikaru_cho) on Oct 13, 2015 at 4:30pm PDT

Anonymous

A photo posted by チョーヒカル Hikaru Cho (@hikaru_cho) on Feb 4, 2016 at 12:24am PST

ヘイヘイヘイ！！！ 作品集「SUPER FLASH GIRLS 超閃光ガールズ」 なんと皆様のおかげで!!!重版!!!増刷!!!が決定いたしました！！ 本当に本当に有り難うございます！！！ ううううううれしい！！！ 勢いで重版決定画像をインスタ用に作ったけどダサい！！！ まだの方是非書店&アマゾンから… https://t.co/gCa5aiUQXF #チョーヒカル #superflashgirls #超閃光ガールズ

A photo posted by チョーヒカル Hikaru Cho (@hikaru_cho) on Dec 15, 2015 at 1:27am PST

Mending

A photo posted by チョーヒカル Hikaru Cho (@hikaru_cho) on Nov 12, 2015 at 8:40am PST

pick me

A photo posted by チョーヒカル Hikaru Cho (@hikaru_cho) on Oct 27, 2015 at 4:54am PDT

実験。 Just an experiment for my future work

A photo posted by チョーヒカル Hikaru Cho (@hikaru_cho) on May 31, 2015 at 1:30pm PDT

 

More of Hikaru’s work is available to view on Instagram and her website.