Artist Uses Her Face as Canvas for Amazing Paintings

Vanessa Davis is a makeup artist who describes herself as “The Skulltress.” Seeing her works, we can say she deserves to be called one.

Davis loves to paints skulls and uses her beautiful face as canvas. Her facial art does not include simple skulls but features incredibly intricate drawings with vivid colors. Her collection of face paints are so remarkable, it catapulted her to fame, gaining more than 700k followers on Instagram.

Using colorful cosmetics, she paints diverse skull patterns that either cover her whole face or just part of it. Her artworks are not limited to skulls alone, she also designs other things such as butterflies, fish, birds, and many more. But the skull theme is her favorite.

“I noticed that the successful makeup accounts specialized in either a particular style or subject, so I chose skulls, which also worked as my heritage in Mexican and English. I’m fascinated by how skulls are portrayed in fashion, art and tattoo art, particularly by Alexander McQueen and Damien Hirst,” she told Awesomebyte.

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Cupid ♥️🏹🧒🏼☁️ This is a collaboration with @edmundbossmanhair Wig designer and wig maker, who created the wig of my DREAMS for this Valentine’s makeup! I never wanted to take it off 😍 The wig is for sale on his page! I was originally inspired by 1940’s Valentine’s Day cards and started looking at cherubs and cupids and then @abbyrobertsartistry created a beautiful rendition on herself and @nikkietutorials The clouds were inspired by @capricorrn and the cherub references I looked at were Raphael’s painting The Triumph of Galatea, various illustrations and one tattoo. The cherubs were challenging to paint and I watched YouTube videos on how to draw them. I also used the @jeffreestar X @morphebrushes and they are RAD 🔥👌🏼 EYES: * @sugarpill Pressed Eyeshadow ‘Tako’ * @illamasqua Powder Eyeshadow ‘Anja’ * @bperfectcosmetics Carnival Palette ‘Sky’ * @diormakeup Diorshow On Stage Liner ‘Matte Pop Blue’ * @tatti_lashes TL6 * @katvondbeauty Lockit Concealer ‘White Out’ CUPIDS: * @mehronmakeup paradise palette * @makeupforeverofficial 12 Flash Palette CLOUDS: * @jeffreestarcosmetics Liquid Lipstick ‘Drug Lord’ * @suvabeauty Cupcakes & Monsters Palette ‘Funny Face’ * @makeupforeverofficial Airbush White, Peach, Purple SKIN: * @nyxcosmetics_uk Can’t Stop Won’t Stop Foundation in ‘Vanilla’ & ‘Natural + Cant Stop Won’t Stop Concealer in Light Ivory LIPS: * @maccosmeticsuk Retromatte Liquid Lipstick * @fentybeauty Mattemoiselle Candy Venom * @makeupforeverofficial Pure Pigment Powder No 8, 12 #nyxprofessionalmakeup #cupid #valentinesday2018 #jeffreestarcosmetics #sugarpill #suvabeauty #makeupforever #hudabeauty #huda #nyxcosmetics ALL OF THE MAKEUP AND COSMETIC PRODUCTS WERE GIFTED

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