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Artist Transforms Human Body Into Incredible Optical Illusions (70 pics)
Arguably, the appearance of humans, culture, and nature has been a central theme throughout art for millennia. Some may even argue that these themes have gone hand in hand with art since forever. These themes are not only durable, as they are frequent, too; in fact, they are so frequent that it's hard to come up with something original, unexhausted, and refreshing.
This is where the works of Gesine Marwedel come into play. She blends the themes of human appearance, nature, and animals all into one, and centers them around the human body itself. She creates these fantastic body paintings that resemble anything from an animal to an abstraction, and does so with elegance and mastery that's hardly ever matched. She blends the images with the human body so well, that it's sometimes hard to even see the "canvas."
She has shared with us how it all started, and what she draws inspiration from: "I always painted on canvas and put some photos on the internet. A photographer (Thomas van de Wall) saw them and asked me to paint a face. That's how it started. I am inspired by poses, by colors, by animals and nature... sometimes I just see something and an idea immediately comes into my mind."
More info: Instagram | Facebook | gesine-marwedel.de
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Christina Smith 3 years ago
Gosh I give props to the model for having to stand like that until the painting was done goodness it hurts me to image it
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John Q Citizen 3 years ago (edited)
I give. I cannot make out the human body/bodies in this one. Well done!
John Q Citizen 3 years ago
Wait-- I think this is just a painted horse. No?
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William Faulk 3 years ago
oh wow! but think, all the time used making these is gone after the picture...
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John Q Citizen 3 years ago
Fun to play with the screen brightness on this one. Started with my screen low and couldn't see anything but the animal. Had to get all the way to full maximum brightness to figure most of them out.
Freya the Wanderer 3 years ago
This reminds me of the TV series "Skin Wars." I'd love to see that return.
John Q Citizen 3 years ago
Fun to play with the screen brightness on this one. Started with my screen low and couldn't see anything but the animal. Had to get all the way to full maximum brightness to figure most of them out.
Freya the Wanderer 3 years ago
This reminds me of the TV series "Skin Wars." I'd love to see that return.
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