My name is Ines Kuš. I was born and live in Zagreb, the capital of Croatia. All my life I had a need to express creativity in different forms of art such as photography, fashion design, and drawing, but in face paint, I found the most joy and fulfillment. My inspiration mostly comes from my environment and the way I feel at the moment/my emotions.

What I find most interesting about face paint is that it's original form (on face and body) it only lasts until you wash it off, so it is kinda "fragile" art form. Also it is very challenging to paint on bumpy canvas such as human face.

Since in college I took art classes, I can also say I'm a big fan of conceptual and surreal art form, so in the future, my work will probably be more focused in that direction.

My occupation at the moment is tied up/twisted illusion make up (as I like to call it) which is focused on nose, lips and neck area. Most artists avoid drawing on those parts because they are bumpy and it is kinda hard to "blend" them to create a successful illusion, but I take it as a challenge every time. Based on that I created my series of "Tied up" illusion makeups. I'm trying my looks to draw people's attention with some illusion tricks but also like them to be provocative with a touch of bizzare. In that kind of illusion make up even the tiniest line placed wrong on the body can cause much damage to the final look, so somethimes it takes me up to 12 hours to finish and once you start to paint there is no way back, you have to finish. To create I mostly use aqua based body paints combinated with oli paints and acrylics. Besides illusion type of make up I'm also into sfx and other styles. The most important thing for me is to have fun and develop myself while creating and that is the main reason I'm into it.

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Out of chocolate
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6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My first thought was "how is her head falling apart?!".... nope. Nope.

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GalaxyInAJar
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6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This one is my favorite! It should really be higher up!

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abbie
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6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is so weird and cool and the same time!

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Natalie Binebrink-Davis
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6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is gorgeous. My favorite. So much talent! Skin wars!

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Silent Skeleton
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6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

me trying to hide my gayness and emo self at the same time XD

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FreeBird
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6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Looks rad actually but I'm almost just waiting for someone to cry "cultural appropriation" lolol

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PyroarRanger
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6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The Nightmare Before Christmas!

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abbie
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6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

When you try and put Christmas lights up and fail......

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3ke
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6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Human shaped jawbreaker!

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abbie
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6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Looks like your a bit tied up at the moment!

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Lydia Ostromek
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6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

These realistic standards for women are getting out of hand XD

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Denise Stark
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6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If I saw this in real life, I'd probably pass out from fright... this one is maddeningly frightening!

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Sasy
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6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This one is adorable the facial expression is spot on :) love them all ♥

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PyroarRanger
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6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And I can barely draw a stick figure...

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B Cool
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6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

how can you wink and open your other eye that wide, that's what i'm impressed by :P ;)

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