Crafting a cool costume for Halloween is tough — after all, the best dressed at the parties don get-ups that are creative yet current, wallet-friendly, and (most importantly) haven’t already been pinned on Pinterest a zillion times or mass-produced for every pop-up Halloween store in sight. (Sigh.) Who has the time to dream up something so unique, year after year?!

So why not ditch the dress-up all together and try body painting instead?

Body painting is fast becoming one of the coolest trends of the season. Seriously, there are whole festivals devoted to this art. This is not the kind of stuff you find at carnivals either. And with so many daring examples, we keep finding ourselves doing double takes.

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These optically alluding works of art are meticulously crafted and take hours to complete. Marvel, then try ‘em yourself. If nothing else, these are seriously inspiring…and pretty darn creepy, too.

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