Can you see what's unusual about this turtle on the beach?
Ruth Doherty
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Can you see what's unusual about this turtle on the beach?
This picture of a turtle on the beach is quite beautiful - but, hold on a minute, is it real?
At first glance, it looks like a turtle. But then you realise it's actually an amazingly detailed animal artwork. And then, on closer inspection you can see it's a model's limbs cleverly camouflaged by paint.
The cleverly designed animal body paintings - including this turtle on the beach, a koala in a tree and a sleeping red panda - each contain a cunningly concealed person blending into the background.
*** MANDATORY BYLINE PIC BY MARK RUPPELT/ CATERS NEWS *** (Pictured: Koala bear bodyart by Gesine Marwedel) - These incredible realistic animal paintings using HUMAN BODIES as a canvas will blow your mind. At first glance, they just look like amazingly detailed animal artworks but on closer inspection you can see models limbs being cleverly camouflaged by paint. The cleverly designed animal paintings - including a turtle on the beach, koala in a tree and a sleeping red panda - each contain a cunningly concealed person, cleverly blending into the background. The intricate works of art can take anywhere from four hours to more than 12 hours to complete but after a photoshoot theyre washed away in minutes. SEE CATERS COPY
The intricate works of art can take anywhere from four hours to more than 12 hours to complete – but after a photoshoot they're washed away in minutes.
The incredible masterpieces were created by German artist Gesine Marwedel, 29.
She said: "I get inspiration from everything – colours, photos, nature. Sometimes ideas just come into my dreams.
*** MANDATORY BYLINE PIC BY MARK RUPPELT/ CATERS NEWS *** (Pictured: bodyart by Gesine Marwedel) - These incredible realistic animal paintings using HUMAN BODIES as a canvas will blow your mind. At first glance, they just look like amazingly detailed animal artworks but on closer inspection you can see models limbs being cleverly camouflaged by paint. The cleverly designed animal paintings - including a turtle on the beach, koala in a tree and a sleeping red panda - each contain a cunningly concealed person, cleverly blending into the background. The intricate works of art can take anywhere from four hours to more than 12 hours to complete but after a photoshoot theyre washed away in minutes. SEE CATERS COPY
"I mostly freestyle or have a picture of the animal I want to paint, but I don't do sketches before.
"I've always painted on canvas, but then a photographer asked me to do some face painting and that's how it started.
"It doesn't tickle - it's an awesome feeling, like getting a really long massage.
"I love to paint on people, because it makes them happy and I love their reactions when they see the result."
