Calgarian Lianne Moseley’s whirlwind year of creating pieces of comic inspired body art received a massive boost of exposure from arguably the biggest name in the comic book world.
Earlier this month, the Facebook fan page of Stan Lee, whose notable creations include Spider-Man, the X-Men and the Fantastic Four, posted a link to a photo gallery of Moseley’s artwork with the caption ‘these are amazing’.
Moseley says she tried to take news of the post in stride but…it’s Stan Lee.
“I pretty much screamed and had a panic attack,” recalls Moseley, “and then messaged all my friends.”
The Facebook post yielded more than 10,000 likes and nearly 900 shares.
“I’m sure it definitely helps to have the father of comics notice your stuff,” laughs Moseley. “You can’t really ask for more.”
A makeup artist for roughly the last nine years, Moseley only recently began dabbling in body painting. She shared photos of her first attempts on her personal social media accounts and her friends and family loved the work. It was only when her brother posted some of the photos to Reddit and Imgur that tens of thousands of people had an opportunity to enjoy her art.
“It’s really cool to have so many different people from all over the world just dig my stuff,” said Moseley.
The artist normally works without breaks or human interaction. It takes between four and 12 hours for her to transform a model into a comic book character, a process which she now livestreams on her Twitch and Periscope accounts.
Stan Lee’s Facebook post was not the first interaction between the comic mogul and the body paint artist. In the fall of 2015, Moseley was a guest artist at the Edmonton Expo when one of Lee’s handlers approached her and said ‘Stan really needs to see this’. The security member walked Moseley and one of her Deadpool paintings around the line of autograph seekers and right next to Stan Lee.
“He kind of looked over at me and looked at my painting,” laughs Moseley. “He didn’t say much. He’s not too chatty of a guy.”
Lee is not the first acclaimed member of the comic world to notice Moseley’s work. A Joker 52 painting she created using her own face as the canvas caught the attention of writer/director Zack Snyder and artist Greg Capullo.
Moseley has been invited to appear at an upcoming trade show in Dusseldorf, Germany at a tradeshow for makeup artists. She hopes her work will grab the attention of the organizers of Comic-Con International: San Diego and she’ll be offered an opportunity to demonstrate her art at the world renowned convention.
To see more of her artwork, visit the Lianne Moseley Makeup Artist Facebook page
