Camouflage Body Art By Carolyn Roper: Look Closer

Can You Spot The Man Hidden In This Picture?
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Double World Champion Body Artist Carolyn Roper is a painter in demand.

Her ability to take a bumpy, imperfect human body and use it as a canvass is impressive in its self, but her flair for turning this into a form of camouflage is jaw-dropping, which is why she's courted by ad agencies and businesses around the world.

A recent project for a Really TV show shot around London made headlines, while past jobs have included hiding people against shop fronts for the Irish Lottery and creating optical illusions for the front over of Biffy Clyro albums.

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Can you spot the man in this photo? Look closer!

"I've produced various camouflage effects for television and advertising," Roper tells us.

"Producing a camouflage body painting in a public location brings an element of surprise and fun to PR campaigns and promotions. It's an excellent way of generating a large amount of publicity for my clients and usually ensures their campaign is a great success.

"The most difficult part of the process is making sure that I paint from the perspective of the camera. I have to paint from the view that the camera sees and not from my own eyes. It's also important to be a versatile artist and to be able to accurately reproduce just about any background that you're faced with on the day."

You can see some examples of her stunning work below, or at her website getmadeup.com.

Camouflage Body Art
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Camouflage stunt to mark the UK premiere of the new series of CIA drama, Covert Affairs.IMAGE: Tim Anderson/Barcroft Media
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Camouflage stunt to mark the UK premiere of the new series of CIA drama, Covert Affairs.IMAGE: Tim Anderson/Barcroft Media
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Camouflage stunt to mark the UK premiere of the new series of CIA drama, Covert Affairs.IMAGE: Tim Anderson/Barcroft Media
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Blending in with the floor of a quarry.IMAGE: C. Roper
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From a campaign for the Irish National Lottery
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There is a person with head and hand painted to blend in with the fruit. Can you spot him? (This work was featured on the cBBC programme Smart).
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For a Mars Volta album cover
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Model painted for the cover of a Graham & Brown catalogue.
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Produced in London for 'A Suit That Fits' .
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Produced for the Stormback Catalogue by Storm Thorgerson. IMAGE: Rupert Truman.
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Produced for the Stormback Catalogue by Storm Thorgerson. IMAGE: Rupert Truman.
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This work was used on the cover of Biffy Clyro's CD 'Puzzle'. Copyright 14th Floor Records. IMAGE: StormStudios.
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More work used on the cover of Biffy Clyro's CD 'Puzzle'. Copyright 14th Floor Records. IMAGE: StormStudios.
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Sun Page 3 model Sam Cooke and actor Jason Flemyng were transformed into characters Mystique and Azazel to publicise the release of 'X Men First Class' movie on Blu-ray and DVD by Twentieth Century Fox.

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Craig, 44, from New Orleans, has painted hundreds of amazing images on human canvases. (Photo credit: Caters)
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Craig, 44, from New Orleans, has painted hundreds of amazing images on human canvases. (Photo credit: Caters)
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Craig, 44, from New Orleans, has painted hundreds of amazing images on human canvases. (Photo credit: Caters)
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Craig, 44, from New Orleans, has painted hundreds of amazing images on human canvases. (Photo credit: Caters)
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Craig, 44, from New Orleans, has painted hundreds of amazing images on human canvases. (Photo credit: Caters)
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