Incredible art where nude models blend seamlessly into graphic backgrounds get 500 MILLION hits online - and now artist is going to paint them live

    Emma Hack is famous for her body paintings on the Gotye music video
    The artist's amazing paintings have earned her 500 million Youtube hits
    She paints nudes so that they blend into wallpaper-like backgrounds
    Occasionally Emma will feature live birds in her pieces
    Her latest exhibition will see the artist paint a nude live
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Emma Hack在Gotye的音乐短片中绘画人体享誉盛名。这位艺术家不可思议的绘画使她获得了5亿的Youtube点击量。她绘画人体，使其融入到墙纸类的背景中。通常艾玛会在她自己作品中加上活生生的小鸟。迟些她的作品将在活生生的裸体上绘画。

Emma Hack's amazing artwork sees nude bodies blend seamlessly into wallpaper backgrounds[CN]

艾玛·哈克那不可思议的人体绘画，让裸体模特与背景图案无缝对接。

Birds of a feather: Emma often includes live birds in her pieces[CN]

鸟儿作为象征： 在作品中艾玛时常加入活生生的鸟儿。

The Australian (left) artist will paint a nude live in front of an audience at a London Gallery[CN]

这名澳洲艺术家（左图）将在伦敦图画展向公众展示裸体绘画。

Painstaking: The process can take the artist up to 15 hours to complete[CN]

煞费苦心：整个过程可能需要15小时才能完成。

Emma is most famous for painting Gotye, in music video Somebody That I Used To Know[CN]

艾玛最出名的莫过于在《最熟悉的陌生人》音乐短片中绘制了Gotye的人体图。

Feathered friend: A nude model wears nothing more than a glove to protect herself from the bird of prey she poses with[CN]

标志性朋友：裸体模特一丝不挂，手戴手套以防与她合影的小鸟啄食。

Barely there: A model is hardly visible as she poses with a peacock, Emma says she is often inspired by her travels when coming up with design ideas[CN]

若有若无：模特跟孔雀接合，却几乎看不清模特。艾玛说，她老是在自己的旅途中蹦出灵感。想出设计的主题。

Emma (left) says she used to feel quite uncomfortable painting nudes as she was self-conscious herself
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艾玛表示自己过去画裸体时特别不舒服，因为觉得难为情。

A live owl does its best still-life impression in one of Emma's bird scenes

Emma makes it her aim to make her models feel as comfortable as possible when painting them

Emma throws objects on the ground and plays phone sounds to get the birds' attention when photographing them

Emma preserves her work by photographing the models once they are painted

An artist has taken camouflage to the next level with her incredible body illustrations that see her models blend into beautiful murals.

Emma Hack, famed for her work on Gotye's music video, paints the skin of nude bodies and has amassed over 500 million Youtube hits with her mesmerizing work on the famous music video.

Now the Australian artist will take her work to an exciting new level as she prepares to paint a model live for the first time in a UK gallery.

The 41-year-old will spend up to 15-hours illustrating the nude's skin to make her blend into the background of an artwork.

The exhibition that will be shown at the Rebecca Hossack Gallery in London is made up of Emma's latest collections.

The collection, entitle Blossom, features four wallpaper artworks by the later interior designer Florence Broadhurst that Emma uses as a backdrop for her models.

Emma who will be creating the live installation at the gallery on the preview day  says that she is not nervous to be doing her work in front of an audience but she is worried about becoming distracted.

'I don't find it daunting, but it is exhausting and time-consuming, also chatting to viewers distracts me so I do plan to create as much as possible prior to the public viewing.'

For Emma the process of creating her work can be a lengthily one as she says she has many things to consider when coming up with the design.

'Generally I research the idea and look at photos I have taken from my travels. I consider what I want the viewer to feel, how the flow of composition appears for the viewer.

'I then either paint a background or choose some wallpaper from an archive, before heading into the studio with my model, slowly painting her outer edges, then filling in the detail on centre of the form.'

In an exciting twist several pieces called Birds of a Feather feature live birds that are held by the naked models, who wear nothing more than a glove to protect their hands.

Emma says that having live animals in the piece can add complications so she doesn't involve them until completion.

'If there is a bird in the work, they arrive towards the end of the process and are positioned. I then photograph the results.'

Although Emma seems completely at ease with the nudes that she works with she admits that she wasn't always so comfortable with the naked body.

'In the beginning I found the nude models daunting as I have always been quite shy about my own body.

'I think this is why I was trusted by my first models as I always make sure they are comfortable with what I am doing.' 

Despite each piece taking between eight and 15 hours to complete Emma is not yet jaded by the process and says that working with animals makes her job entirely unpredictable.

'You never know what to expect working with birds and animals. The owl is very cute, but also very naughty and it is hard getting him to look at me.

'We tend to throw things on the ground or play phone sounds to make noise to get his attention.

'It's very hard for the model to hold a straight face while this is happening and quite often they get the giggles.'