Artist's Fanciful Face Paint Transformations Bend Reality

Face paint isn't just for carnivals anymore — it's an art form in its own right.

Elsa Pageler proves this with her amazing ability to use face paint and makeup to make herself look like absolutely anything — from your favorite video game character to a creature from your Halloween nightmares. Her facial creations will leave you unsure what if you're looking at a human or a creature from myth

Pageler was not always a face paint genius. In fact, she's only been face painting for about a year. She decided to take up the hobby after not learning much from a theater makeup class she took in college. Determined, she took the makeup kit from the class and did what any good driven person does — she learned from the Internet. After being referred to a local face painting company, she acquired the proper supplies, which Paeger told Mashable took her face painting to "a whole new level." Read more...