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Brazilian Sand Girl
Status: Real picture (fake girl)
Check out this picture. Is it a real girl lying in the sand? Or is it a sand sculpture? Hard to tell. The photographer, Jair Ribbeiro, says that it's a sand sculpture:I was walkin' in the Farol da Barra Beach (Bahia Brazil) last august '04 when i saw this sculpture in the sand.. It was really unbelieveble.. The guy that made this is a genius.. Leonardo!!!!
It actually looks faker in the thumbnail than it does in the larger version. (via Optical Illusions Etc.)
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Categories: Photos/Videos Posted by Alex on Wed Dec 07, 2005 |
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Oooh I'd have sex with it... lol
Posted by davetolomy on Wed Dec 07, 2005 at 04:15 AM
I'd say it wa a real girl just sprinkled with sand... anywho, you should have kept that thought to yourself dave, theres young and innicentish people around here 
Posted by thunder in England on Wed Dec 07, 2005 at 04:16 AM
It's a reasonably good sculpture. I'm sure it's not a woman under there. The legs are just a little... wrong.
Posted by Boo in The Land of the Haggii... on Wed Dec 07, 2005 at 05:05 AM
If you go to the artist's flickr page and hunt around he has a few other angles of the the same sculpture. Interesting photo site.
Thanks for stopping by Optical Illusions Etc...
Posted by Walt in Optical Illusions Etc... on Wed Dec 07, 2005 at 05:16 AM
Thanks for stopping by Optical Illusions Etc...
That is a very good sand sculpture, I think. Few women have such a lush tush compared to the torso; it looks more like a Playboy cartoon woman. Excellent job, though.
Posted by cvirtue on Wed Dec 07, 2005 at 06:38 AM
sorry, what I meant was I think the top half is a girl sprinkled with sand, and there is more sand on her bottom half to, ahem, accentuate her features.
Posted by thunder in England on Wed Dec 07, 2005 at 08:58 AM
but then, (sorry I've just looked at the other pics) there are four sculpture things next to each other. I change my vote to good artist
Posted by thunder in England on Wed Dec 07, 2005 at 09:01 AM
The hair is pretty much a giveaway, you can see the sand head underneath the wig.
Very nice sculpture though, I think the artist used J-Lo as the inspiration for the derriere.
Posted by Chris Carlisle on Wed Dec 07, 2005 at 09:40 AM
Very nice sculpture though, I think the artist used J-Lo as the inspiration for the derriere.
It is defintly a sculpture and not the best that I have seen. Having lived on the coast all of my life I have been to many sand sculpting contests its amazing what they can do.
Posted by tim on Wed Dec 07, 2005 at 10:10 AM
If its a sculpture the sand has to be brought in from elsewhere. Beach sand is not suited for sand sculptures, as the grains are too rounded. You need angular grains.
Looking at the legs I nevertheless would vote for "sculpture"
Posted by LaMa in Europe on Wed Dec 07, 2005 at 02:38 PM
Looking at the legs I nevertheless would vote for "sculpture"
Well, if they mixed in glue or some other stuff to be a matrix, then the shape of the sand grains wouldn't be as much of a problem. Or so I would imagine. Plus, it wouldn't fall apart as easily.
Posted by Accipiter on Wed Dec 07, 2005 at 07:17 PM
Hey! That's my ass!
Posted by Winona in USA on Thu Dec 08, 2005 at 03:58 AM
If its a sculpture the sand has to be brought in from elsewhere. Beach sand is not suited for sand sculptures, as the grains are too rounded. You need angular grains.
Actually, I have done plenty of sand sculptures with beach sand.
Never been any problem with it. You just have to make sure the level of moisture is correct.
Posted by Boo in The Land of the Haggii... on Thu Dec 08, 2005 at 04:54 AM
Actually, I have done plenty of sand sculptures with beach sand.
Never been any problem with it. You just have to make sure the level of moisture is correct.
Actually, I have done plenty of sand sculptures with beach sand.
Never been any problem with it. You just have to make sure the level of moisture is correct.
But it will fall apart then as soon as it has dried.
There's an annual sand sculpture festival here at Scheveningen beach. They especially bring in riversand.
Posted by LaMa in Europe on Thu Dec 08, 2005 at 06:13 AM
Never been any problem with it. You just have to make sure the level of moisture is correct.
But it will fall apart then as soon as it has dried.
There's an annual sand sculpture festival here at Scheveningen beach. They especially bring in riversand.
Not in my experience, it doesn't.
Of course, that's only over the course of about three days. I'm sure it falls apart after that.
However, beach art isn't supposed to be a long-term piece.
My point is: you can sculpt with beach sand. As I made quite clear.
Posted by Boo in The Land of the Haggii... on Thu Dec 08, 2005 at 09:00 AM
Of course, that's only over the course of about three days. I'm sure it falls apart after that.
However, beach art isn't supposed to be a long-term piece.
My point is: you can sculpt with beach sand. As I made quite clear.
This is a sculpture, albeit a beauty.
The feet and toes are a bit cartoonish to be genuine, though it could well be a real feamle that is sculpted around. The hair is well done though.
Posted by DFStuckey in Auckland New Zealand on Fri Dec 09, 2005 at 11:30 PM
The feet and toes are a bit cartoonish to be genuine, though it could well be a real feamle that is sculpted around. The hair is well done though.
I live in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. This sculpture was made in my city. Every day a poor guy makes this kind of art in the sand. He is an artist!!!
Posted by gliabreu in salvador, bahia, Brazil on Sun Dec 11, 2005 at 06:02 PM
gliabreu, it's a shame he also sounds like a starving artist. The guy is pretty damn good at this, and deserves more recognition....
Posted by DFStuckey in Auckland New Zealand on Sun Dec 11, 2005 at 10:29 PM
that is amazing..
wow thats pretty sad when people are saying that they want to have sex with a sand scupture...
Posted by chelsealou in texas on Mon Jan 02, 2006 at 04:14 PM
wow thats pretty sad when people are saying that they want to have sex with a sand scupture...
Get a life, Dave. 
Anyway, the sand sculpture is amazing.
Thumbs up to the sculptor!
Posted by Shah in Singapore on Tue Jan 24, 2006 at 01:45 PM
Anyway, the sand sculpture is amazing.
Thumbs up to the sculptor!
when i went to Jamaica it was amazing what all these people were doing in the sand, one person i was making a hippo on its tummy. and when i went to Vegas, this one dood and his friends made a speed boat. it was so cool. it was ingraved into the sand. we got some pictures with me n my cousins in it.
Posted by kels-erzZ in michigann on Mon Apr 10, 2006 at 02:58 PM
i love brazil
Posted by anmar in arbian on Wed Jul 05, 2006 at 10:13 AM
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