All the forwarded email said was ” It’s Only Paint; Body painting by a 19-year old Japanese girl”. A bit of searching reveals the artist’s name to be Choo-San, and her work has been featured on Reddit, Odee, LaughingSquid, the Daily Mail UK, and other sites. Some of these are so realistic that they are hard to look at!
According to the Daily Mail article, “Choo-San discovered her talent after doodling eyes on the back of her own hand during breaks from studying for university admission exams.”