2017考研英语拓展阅读：洛杉矶艺术家作人体3D油画

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2017考研英语拓展阅读：洛杉矶艺术家作人体3D油画

　　The Los Angeles-based artist creates mind-boggling works of art on a walking, talking canvas: humans.

　　这位洛杉矶艺术家Alexa Meade创作出了令人难以置信的作品：她在“人体”这张会走路会说话的画布上作画。

　　She paints directly onto the bodies and faces of models, using brushstrokes and shadows to camouflage figures into their background, turning a 3D scene into a 2D image.

　　使用绘画和影子技巧，她将人物伪装成了作画的背景，直接在模特的身体、脸上绘出色彩。

　　She then captures each incredible illusion in a series of photographs. Her newest collection features actress Dominika Juillet posing for a 12-image calendar series. The project was inspired by vintage American pin-up posters.

　　接着，她用相机抓拍了一系列不可思议的镜头。她最近的作品是用女演员多明尼克.茱丽叶作模特完成的一套日历系列。

　　Meade began experimenting with this technique in 2009, and now has 56,000 Instagram fans, and 200,000 Facebook followers.

　　Meade 自2009年开始体验这种艺术形式。现在，她在Instagram上已经有了5.6万名粉丝，在脸书上更有20万名追随者。

　　"I’ve always been interested in painting on humans, and it was on people that I first began experimenting with highlights and shadows. What I do now is paint a mask of light on top of people, and try to erase perception depth."

　　“我一直着迷于在人体上作画。最初开始试验光影效果时，我就是在人体上进行。我现在做的就是在人体上画一幅面具，并试图淡化其视觉深度。”

　　The result is an incredible optical illusion, causing people and physical objects to appear as flat 2D works of art.

　　结果就是令人惊叹的视错觉效果，使人和客体看起来像是2D平面作品。

　　According to Meade, the most challenging part of creating these works of art, is getting people to stand still.

　　据Meade介绍，创作这些作品最难的部分是让模特站着不动。

　　"You’re working with another person and you have to factor in their needs, how long can they stay in a certain position, what’s comfortable for them, how can you be flexible."

　　“你得和另一个人协作，所以，得考虑他们的需求：他们能将一种姿势保持多久，怎样让他们能更舒服，你如何灵活应变。”

　　She aims to complete her works in a single day.

　　她一般都在一天内完成作品。

　　"I spend 8 hours painting the background and clothes, 1 hour painting the model, and then 2 or 3 hours for photography."

　　“我花8个小时绘出背景和衣服，1小时给模特上好色，再花2到3小时拍照。”

　　It is in those final few moments that Meade truly feels like an artist.

　　直到最后的时刻，Meade才真正感到一件艺术品完成了。

　　"The real artwork comes after the painting -- it’s more so within the photography. There is no Photoshop and there is so much spontaneity. It’s only once I’ve captured it all on camera that the artwork really comes to life."

　　“在给模特上好色以后，真正的艺术品就已经产生了——即使没有拍摄成照片。无需图像处理，一切都是那么的浑然天成。直到我用相机把它记录下来，才发现艺术真的来源于生活。”

　　"The person can only inhabit the art for so long, but in these photos, the art can live forever."

　　“模特只为艺术品付出一天，但这些照片却是永恒。”

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