American Visual Artist Creates Realistic Celebrity Masks

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Denver-based visual artist Landon Meier started making realistic latex masks as a hobby, but some of his creations got so much attention that he eventually built a business around them. Today, his aptly-named company Hyperflesh is renowned for making some of the most accurate Halloween masks in the world.

Landon’s rise to fame came in 2011, when he created a set of three hyper-realistic baby masks made of extra thick latex. Photos of the eerie masks worn by a muscular male model spread on the internet like wildfire and Hyperflesh saw its business skyrocket almost instantly. In a matter of days, the talented artist went from 25 orders a month to 25 a week, and had to hire extra help just to keep up with demand. It’s worth mentioning that at $350 a piece, Meier’s hand-crafted baby masks were definitely not cheap, but they still appealed to a lot of people, who either wanted to wear them in Halloween costume competitions or just add them to their mask collections.

But the baby masks were only the beginning for Landon Meier and Hyperflesh. In 2013, the visual artist once again conquered the internet, this time with a realistic mask of Breaking Bad’s Walter White worn by actor Bryan Cranston himself during the 2013 San Diego Comic-Con. The mask, autographed by Cranston, went viral online and even became a TV star of sorts, making appearances on a number of TV shows. Meier later auctioned it off on eBay, where it sold for a whopping $41,000.

Since then, Hyperflesh has been busy creating several hyper-realistic latex masks of celebrities like actor Charlie Sheen, President Barack Obama, TV show host Stephen Colbert or Game of Thrones character Tyrion Lannister, played by Peter Dinklage.