How Mimi Choi's Facial Illusions Come Together

Mimi Choi is a professional illusion-makeup artist in Vancouver, Canada, who has gone viral for her optical-illusion looks on her face and body. Choi has collaborated with stars like Ezra Miller for their 2019 Met Gala makeup, Shay Mitchell, and Jeff Goldblum. Choi paints directly on her face and adjusts as she goes rather than sketching out an idea ahead of time.

The process takes an average of four to five hours to complete, and some looks have taken over eight hours. The key to creating the most realistic illusion is lighting, background, and camera and face angles. Her goal is to create expressive art that shocks her audience.

Check out Choi's work here:

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How Mimi Choi's Facial Illusions Come Together

[jessicatharp]

She is Amazing, so very talented and unique... I love your art..it's so much more than make up I think!

[Vyansya]

I legit just let out a loud audible "wow". Thats art, pure talent.

[_all_around_us]

Absolutely amazing! The talent, the patience, the attention to detail 👏👏

[vegangelo_]

Those illusions are fantastic! Focusing my eye on some of them makes me dizzy. Wow!

[metropunklitan]

This person deserve so much attention and loves for her magnificent art!!
Why have i only heard about her now?? 🎭✨😭

[Miss_Nina.]

I remember Ezra Miller's look, I was very impressed. Amazing artist, she's very talented and skilled!

[TheKBDestiny]

This lady is super talented - wish her lots of success throughout her life!

[yvette.]

I'm excited to see what else she comes up with or where her talent takes her!

[PositivelyPresent]

I think painting on yourself is the hardest thing to do! It’s easier to do it on others, but these complicated designs on the face must be really challenging !
It’s giving my eyes and brain a hard time just looking at it for a few seconds, so I can guess what it must be doing to her brain and eyes while painting for hours ….!

[Ace_Tails]

Now this is a true artist that needs some recognition.

[EBThisThat]

Surrealism is one of my favorite art forms but to make it illusionary is a talent in and of itself. Incredible!

[a.c.]

This is straight up turning your face into a canvas, wow

[kristinparish]

Wild, intriguing, and a bit nauseating😳

[Angela-qiyx]

She is incredible, we love her and support her 💕

[darimamitypova]

She is not only talented, patient and hardworking but beautiful as well!

[Anomaleee]

Wtf. I threw up. Because of how REALISTICALLY dizzying this was. Wow. Talent. 😍

[Rolla_st]

At the same time i feel scared and amazed. This is so amazing!!!

[shadyogre]

Her talent was amazing, it's a gift!

[noahdonson]

Thanks algorithm. This was actually really cool

[amberearheart]

I love these... I can’t look at them but I love them