Here are some more wonderful pieces from Peruvian artist Cecilia Paredes’ awesome Landscape Series (previously featured here), in which she and her assistants use makeup and body paint to make her vanish into beautiful wallpaper backgrounds.

[via Laughing Squid]

Chinese artist Liu Bolin (previously featured here), master of creative camouflage and real-life invisible man, has returned with a new series of photos entitled Hiding in the City, currently on exhibition at the Galerie Paris-Beijing in Paris through March 10, 2013.

If you aren’t already familiar with Liu Bolin’s awesome artwork, you should know that there are no post-production tricks used to create these images. The artist is able to hide himself within these urban scenes thanks to a talented team of assistants who reference photos of the areas behind him when painting him from head-to-toe so that he seems to disappear completely into the background, no matter what that background might be. 

“My intention was not to disappear in the environment but instead to let the environment take possession of me”, he says. Bolin’s intent is not to simply hide himself as an individual but suggests the works are statement regarding damage caused by economic and urban development. 

[via My Modern Metropolis and Colossal]

Reminiscent of the work of Chinese artist Liu Bolin (previously posted here), make-up artist Carolyn Roper was commissioned to camouflage women using body paint in order to make them blend into London’s urban scenery. In the top photo you see a woman who was painted to disappear amongst the produce on a vegetable stand at London’s Portobello Market. Below that another woman fades into the background sitting on the rear seat of a city bus. 

This was project was created to promote the third season of Covert Affairs, an American TV series about CIA agents and their espionage missions. The new season of Covert Affairs premiered on September 19, 2012 on the UK channel Really.

Visit Huffington Post UK to view the entire image gallery.

Then head over to Laughing Squid to watch an entertaining behind-the-scenes video about how Carolyn Roper made these women disappear into their surroundings.

Chipwich Harvest and Soft Serve Camo-Bot by Jon Reinfurt

Illustrator Jon Reinfurt created a series of pieces featuring treat-loving robots that are as meaningful as they are cute:

I wanted to explore the theme of “consumption” in a way that would be open for interpretation by the viewer while still having a very deliberate narrative. Since mankind is entirely dependent on the consumption of natural resources in order to both survive and progress, I felt that the tone of the paintings should not be overly negative but should leave room for further meditation on the subject. Like all things in life, this issue is not black or white. It’s too easy to just say that something is wrong without really thinking about how we got to where we are in the first place.

To help the viewer distance themselves from the obvious reactions that would come from seeing oceans of oil and leveled forests, I chose to use colorful robots and delicious ice cream treats to set the stage for my story. That way the audience can decide for themselves whether they want to see these images as a call for conservation or just a fun picture of a robot enjoying a frozen snack.  

Visit BLDG//WLF to view more pieces from this series.