Jungle Pink
Artist Cecelia Webber, whom we have previously featured, creates captivating, vivid collages featuring nude models transformed into animals and plants.
Webber photographs nude models, including herself, in creatively arranged poses and digitally edits the images to form particular parts of a new image. The final picture is made up of different bodies and body parts posed in the same positions. It is a laborious process as Webber has to ensure the angles are captured and arranged properly.
In her photos, human bodies are twisted and contorted to form flower petals, fruit, butterflies, birds, and insects, creating a brilliant kaleidoscope of colors and patterns.
Webber said of her process, “Each image takes many stages to create. I start by researching photos of the creature or plant I’m trying to create and then sketch poses I want to photograph in a notebook... I never warp my models or edit them to change them–it is important to me to portray real natural bodies. Once I have my photos I start laying out my piece and playing with colour and arrangements... Many drastic transformations take place during this stage, so it’s sort of magical, because so many different variations are possible. I feel many possibilities at once but the true form of my subject slowly emerges.”
Admire more of Webber’s art below and browse more prints at her online store.
Ink Flower
Sunflower
Bluebell
Vivid
Cerulean
Hummingbird
Night Owl
Peacock
Bleeding Heart
Rose
Pink Blossom
[via Beautiful Decay and Daily Mail, images via Cecelia Webber]