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1)   2 Dec 2009 00:32

Camouflage Artist Channels Solid Snake

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Chinese artist Liu Bolin is as good at camouflaging himself as Solid Snake, but without having to wear any futuristic technology that hasn't been invented yet.

The next time you're in China and you see the silhouette of a see-through man in the distance, you may be staring at Chinese artist Liu Bolin. His portfolio gives us a taste of what someone wearing Solid Snake's OctoCamo might look like in the real world.

Bolin's camouflage work consists of photographs of himself in front of various backgrounds, from a bulldozer to phonebooth to a cannon, where he appears to be painted in a certain way to blend in. He's not quite as good as Solid Snake, only being able to sneak up on someone from a particular angle, but if you happen to be at that angle you'd be in for a fright.

My favorites of Bolin's pictures are when he incorporates other people, making him take on a form of invisibility. To check out more of his work, visit here or here. Let's hope his photos won't cause a time paradox. Booooooooooooooooooolin!!!!!

(Via Boing Boing)

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2)   2 Dec 2009 16:18

Wow that guy is truly talented.
I love the ones where he paints himself to look like a ghost with the other people.
The digger one is by far the best though, it's the only one that I actually had to look for him.

3)   2 Dec 2009 16:20

China always has the oddest stuff.
This one is damn good though, lot of work.

4)   2 Dec 2009 16:24

That's awesome!

I want one!

Edit:

I looked at his othr art,and look at this one:

5)   2 Dec 2009 17:10

Well that explains the bizarre pic I saw on the Chansites last night.

6)   2 Dec 2009 17:12

Not to rain on this incredible guy's work, but I saw this in the Metro about four months ago :P Still impressive though.

7)   2 Dec 2009 17:14

Wow! Wait, did he paint himself, or... Who did the painting?

8)   2 Dec 2009 17:27

A perfect camouflage, eh? Not for long! Quick, i need scissors! Sixty-one!

9)   2 Dec 2009 17:31

SirBryghtside:
That's awesome!

I want one!

Edit:

I looked at his othr art,and look at this one:

It actually took me awhile to find him. Thatīs damn impressive.
When I grow up, I wanna be a camouflage artist, just like Bolin, and scare the crap out of innocent passers-by.

10)   2 Dec 2009 18:18

These are awesome! I really like his oil on canvas paintings too, amazing detail work.

11)   3 Dec 2009 14:39

I'm utterly amazed.

12)   26 Jun 2010 20:00

Um... why is there just a picture of rubble? And I
clicked on the links: I don't see anything! Is this guy even in the pics, or is he just Fucking with us?

/sarcasm

Sorry about that. This shit is actually pretty awesome.

 
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