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BUFFALO, N.Y. -- The life-sized drawing of the cadaver is titled "Table 8." About six feet long, it shows the human body in a state of partial dissection, with flaps of leathery skin peeled back to ...

And although educators can now draw on 3D imagery and other computer-based models, Van Houten prefers the real thing. “The best models we have are dissected human bodies,” she says.

The avatar-inspired artist is surrounded by hundreds of people whose bodies have been turned into canvases of kaleidoscopic colours. The incredible sights are all part of the Body Painting World ...