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A design student made a battered old Skoda “disappear” by painting it to merge with the surrounding car park.

Sara Watson, who is studying drawing at the University of Central Lancashire (Uclan), took three weeks to transform the car’s appearance. She created the illusion in the car park outside her studio at Uclan’s Hanover Building in Preston.

The car is now being used for advertising by the local recycling firm that donated the vehicle.

‘Just amazing’

Ms Watson, a second year student, said: “I was experimenting with the whole concept of illusion but needed something a bit more physical to make a real impact.” She was given the Skoda Fabia from the breaker’s yard at local firm Recycling Lives.

Owner Steve Jackson described her work as “amazing”.

“When I first saw the photos I was convinced it was something which had been done on the computer,” said Mr Jackson.

“But when you look more closely you see the effort and attention to detail she has put into it. It is just amazing.”

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  1. Angel H. Wong says:

    She truly has the marks of a Liberal nutjob.

  2. GigG says:

    Photos are one think but I wonder what it looks like in person?

  3. GigG says:

    BTW… Real liberal nutjobs don’t have the work ethic to do something like that.

  4. McCullough says:

    #2. Check the linked video….

  5. AdmFubar says:

    wow this can also be used by the american car companies, they vanishng before our eyes..
    😛

  6. Coming Soon says:

    Hollywood will get hold of her to make one for a movie. She will make big bux, acquire worldwide fame, etc., while those who refer to great artists as “liberal nutjobs” will still be working at McDonald’s.

  7. Dave W says:

    #5–She should have used a Pontiac!

    But I tend to agree with Angel on this one. One should note that Liberal Nutjobs can and do actually devote considerable time, effort and skill to things. They just devote it to utterly useless, unproductive kinds of things. Heaven forefend anyone should devote the required time, effort and knowledge to fusion or curing cancer or doing something about Barney Frank. It’s always some freakish artwork or disgusting new foodstuff or saving some slimemold.

    Oh, and bye the way, if the only choices given are liberal or conservative, I put myself in the liberal camp.

  8. eaze says:

    Can you guys explain what you mean by liberal nut job?

    I’m convinced the terms, liberal and conservative are just words used to get around common sense.

  9. chuck says:

    #8 – it’s simple:
    A liberal nut job is anyone on the left who doesn’t agree with you.

    A conservative nut job is anyone on the right who doesn’t agree with you.

  10. Dugger says:

    I’ve seen this image elsewhere this week. All from the same perspective. It would help my BS filters accept the image as real if I could also see another picture off-axis. The effect would definitely disappear. The biggest challenge I imagine for an artist would be matching the color luminances. Wouldn’t it change as the sky clouds up or time of day changes?

  11. She should have put an SEP field over it. I can still see it.

  12. Mr Anderson says:

    #10 yup

  13. LibertyLover says:

    #7, One should note that Liberal Nutjobs can and do actually devote considerable time, effort and skill to things. They just devote it to utterly useless, unproductive kinds of things.

    So what? It’s her life. She can devote it to whatever she wants as long it doesn’t harm anyone. Would you prefer the State tell her what to devote her life to?

  14. hhopper says:

    Artists do art.

  15. She should have put an SEP field over it. I can still see it.

    http://tinyurl.com/d9ydnk

  16. WOW! Can she paint our president??

  17. L0C0 says:

    Let me take a wild guess here, Her parents are wealthy enough to send her to art school so she can spend 3 weeks on this.

  18. Hmeyers says:

    This reminds me of the time I painted a tunnel on a side of a rock when Wylie Coyote was chasing me.

  19. nauc says:

    why

    its not invisible and it only looks semi invisible from one spot

    useless?

  20. Angel H. Wong says:

    Why am I saying she’s a liberal nutjob? Because right wing women are either overachieving, heartless, childless bitches *coughdoleeza* or Bible thumping, child spitting machines. Hence they don’t have time for something like art.

  21. cc_tongue_in_check says:

    Hug your boyfriend, Angel…

  22. Jägermeister says:

    #18 – locomotivebreath1901 – Can she paint our president??

    Yes, she can.

    #22 – Angel

    LOL 😀

  23. noname says:

    # 1 Angel H. Wong

    Yes she has all the marks of a truly talented nutjob.

    I say more power to her.

    We need more, lots more, of her ilk.

  24. Angel H. Wong says:

    #23 Rimjob,

    I’d rather do something else to him and I think you and your buddy Larry Craig can tap-dance to its rhythm at an aiport’s restroom.

    #26 noname,

    I sure hope she doesn’t become another one of those young feminists who hate men but have no motive for it.

  25. noname says:

    # 27 Angel

    Me thinks, you read too, too much into her attire and appearance.

    Aside from that, she has demonstrated a talent that maybe 1 out of 1e6 might have. If anything else that needs to endorsed and encouraged.

    You also sound, awfully experienced at being an object of “no motive” female hatred, IMHO 🙂

  26. witq says:

    That’s not a Fabia, it’s a Felicia.


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