Marvel-ously talented make-up artist transforms real-life people into comic book superheroes and villains

Published: 17:42 EDT, 14 April 2015 | Updated: 04:18 EDT, 15 April 2015

Do you dream of having superpowers? One make-up artist has developed a superpower of her own, thanks to a lot of creativity and a bit of face paint.

Professional make-up artist Lianne Moseley, 25, from Calgary, Canada, turns regular people into real-life superheroes by covering them in an array of vivid colors in order to make them look just like illustrations from comic book strips.

The self-taught artist has transformed people into characters including Superman, Wonder Woman, Sterling Archer, and She-Hulk. Magic wand: Make-up artist Lianne Moseley (center), pictured with her real-life superhero creations, including Wolverine, Superman, Wonder Woman/Tiger, and Storm

Lianne uses a water-based make-up called Aquacolor to mimic the characters, a metamorphosis that can take anywhere between one to seven hours to complete.

Done entirely by hand, her designs range from face-only to full-body creations.

'There isn't really a crazy process to what I do, but there seems to be a crazy reaction to them,' Lianne said. 'I choose a character and then I look up a bunch of pictures of them, whether it be fan art or from the actual comics.'

Lianne, who has been working as a professional make-up artist for seven years, was inspired to paint faces in a comic book style after viewing the work of Argenis Pinal, an Argentinian make-up artist, on Instagram. Inner beast: Lianne turned herself into She-Hulk Setting the scale: This guy became Aquaman in just a few hours of work by Lianne.

She attempted the process on a friend just last year, and after posting an image of her work on social media, Lianne received an overwhelming response, prompting her to invest more time and energy into the hobby.

'He had painted himself in comic book style and it blew my mind,' she said of discovering Pinal.

'One of my friends volunteered to be a model, so I gave it a shot and was so pleased with the result, from that moment on I was inspired to do more.'

That spurred her to transform herself into her favorite cartoon character, Archer. Danger zone! One of Lianne's first transformations saw her turn herself into one of her favorite cartoon characters, Sterling Archer Alter-egos: Lianne has turned herself into Batman's Poison Ivy and Star Trek's Spock, among others

Since then, the talented artist has turned herself into a variety of superheroes and villains, such as Batman’s Poison Ivy, Star Trek’s Spock and X-Men’s Gambit, and now creates her unique comic book character looks regularly.

'It just became fun to turn into my favorite characters each night,' she added.

With more than 6,000 likes on Facebook, Lianne is now inundated with requests from friends and family to re-imagine them as their beloved comic heroes and villains, too.

'My mother sold Avon, and as a kid, I would constantly ransack her sample,' Lianne added. 'I have always had a deep love for make-up, right from the beginning.' Taking the web: Lianne's make-up work is hugely popular on social media, with many people praising her ability to turn ordinary people into extraordinary beings, such as this man who was turned into Spiderman All black and white: Lianne (not pictured) has even recreated Frank Millers from Sin City, in the same cinematography design as the cult film Creepy Characters: Lianne has crafted Gwen from iZombie (left) and Arachnophilia (right), another Marvel character Taking flight: Lianne (not pictured) first fell in love with make-up as a kid and now takes people's childhood love of superheros to new heights Girl power: Lianne transforms herself into several female comics, including Jean Grey (left) and a feminine version of Captain Planet
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