April 7, 2008 by Vurdlak with 65 Comments
Hey everyone! Take a look a this funny poster ad for “Australia Post Office”. The title that goes along with it says: “If you really want to touch someone, send them a letter”. I think the line fits perfectly with the billboard. What I’m not exactly sure of, is whether to place this illusion inside Billboards category, or categorize it as “Body Paint” item. What is your opinion on this? I believe this photo wasn’t Photoshopped, nor manipulated in any way. I think it’s just a great example of realistic body paint. Reminded me a little of our Urban Camouflage article. Do you disagree? Was it manipulated or not?
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This is awkward and they only put the lady in there after they sculpted the man.
luv ya…
Definitely body painted with some “clothes painting” too…you can see his hairline and also that he has a t-shirt on that was incorporated into the design. Body painting is a great art form and so many cool things can be accomplished with it. I just returned from the Face and Body Painting International Convention and the illusions that can be painted onto the human body and amazing. The lady is being hugged by the body painted model.
Hugs, Tina
I would prolly not be able to see the guy if it weren’t for the chick.
Fake me thinks but r be cool
This is niether body paint nor Photoshop. This is CAD design using mapping software. The image in the backgorund is used as a print and then applied over a 3d mesh which was applied to a photo of two people hugging in front of a greenscreen or something similar. This kind of image manipulation can be done in an hour or two with textile/print CAD design software. I use this type of software and this is how I know this.
I’m a body painter and know for sure that this is a bodypainting, I work with a guy that does camo body painting all the time.
So the last two comments are from self described “Experts”, each describing and assuring 2 different methods of how this illusion was created. We Thank You Both for answering our questions as to how this illusion was created!!! If this is Body Paint, it is amazing work! In no way can you tell where the wall ends and the guy begins! Great Work!!!
wow.
WWWWWWWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW!!!!!!!COOL
naaah i say it’s shopped. painting that on a body would be way to much work for a simple ad poster, with photoshop havening the same effect and being so much simpler. besides, theres no way you could write on HAIR that accurately.
OOOOO FANCY HAHA KEWL
IT`S NOT BODY PAINT YOU CAN TELL, YOU CAN SEE LINES FROM THE PERSONS CLOTHES BUT STILL KEWL
i think it should be put in body painting
I’ve bodypainted newsprint onto a lady years ago, mine was to painter her white, then full quality black print out the backwards words from a printer and press the ink to the painted skin, so its doable(albeit laborious!)
Also knowing photoshop and a small amount or 3D rendering programs I can say that this could have been done either way – by computer or by painting, or a mixture of both, but the time it took wouldn’t have been far off both processes :)
this not body painting but hugging her boy friend in dream.it would have been better if the painting was done on physical assets of the lady and her boy friend be seeing her in dream fully painted.anyway keep improving for exciting viewing.thanks for your efforts.