Can YOU spot the Oscar trophy hidden in a crowd of C3POs? The latest teaser challenges the web to find the gold statuette

• Where's Wally-style puzzle shows Oscars statue hidden among C-3POs
• Perfect pastime to get you in the mood for Academy Awards on Sunday 
• Mindbender was created by illustrator Michael Rogalski

By DENI KIRKOVA FOR MAILONLINE

PUBLISHED: 15:41, 26 February 2016 | UPDATED: 20:29, 26 February 2016

The latest baffling brain teaser challenging the internet sees a gold trophy hidden in a mass of golden robots.

In a meeting of Oscar excitement and Star Wars hysteria, illustrator Michael Rogalski has created the puzzle in which the golden Oscar statuette nestles amongst a crowd of CP30, the diplomatic droid who returns in The Force Awakens with a new red arm.

Users find themselves struggling to find one bald, gilded figurine a mass of other bald, gilded figures - even if he is sporting his new red arm.

The Oscars statue is hidden among this cluster of Star Wars C-3POs - by illustrator Michael Rogalski

The image by Rogalski was posted on Imgur where users struggled to spot the hidden statue.

Some joked on the picture-sharing site that the gong is hanging out among Star Wars characters but not with Leonardo DiCaprio.

After not being able to find it, they commented: 'I can tell you it's not at Leo's house.'

One even said that the puzzle is 'straight out of Leo's nightmares'.

The acclaimed actor is gunning for his first ever Oscar this weekend for his turn as fur trapper Hugh Glass in The Revenant, who survives being mauled by a bear to haul himself through the frozen frontier to exact his revenge.

he Oscar statuette is incredibly hard to spot amidst the C3PO droids in the latest hit teaser

Rogalski, a graphic designer from Philadelphia, works as an editorial cartoonist, scenery designer, comic book artist, screen printer and children’s book author and illustrator. 

His addition to the latest internet trend follows a slew of teasers including a picture of a hidden panda that left thousands of people flummoxed.

Hungarian artist Gergely Dudás posted the Christmas puzzle on his Facebook page on 16 December, showing hundreds of hand-drawn snowmen with the single black and white bear hidden between them.

The original 'spot the panda' cartoon swept the world in December and some say it's still  the best one

He told his 13,000 Facebook followers: 'There's a panda amongst them! Can you find it?'

The Where's Wally-style cartoon was liked by 42,000 people and shared 100,000 times within days, with many struggling to find the panda at all.

The illustrator planted a few red herrings such as colourful scarves and hats, and the snowmen's facial features, made from coal, also make it difficult to spot the panda's black-rimmed eyes.

The panda is actually hidden on the eighth row from the top, fourth from the right.

More than 12,000 people have commented on the image in just six days, with hundreds sharing their frustration at not being able to find it.

Here's the panda, nestling in a sea of snowmen, some wearing hats and scarves and all with carrot noses

Next came a head-scratching puzzle in which a panda was hidden amongst rows and rows of Stormtroopers and TIE fighter pilots.

Another Star Wars-themed version, featuring characters from the latest installment of the hit franchise was one of the hardest. 

Created by an unknown artist it whetted appetites online and was seen over 475,000 times.

A panda is hidden amongst rows of Stormtroopers, Rebel Alliance fighters and TIE fighters

There amongst Imperial troops including Stormtroopers, Speeder Biker riders and Snowtroopers, is a single panda with the same black and white colouring as the other figures.

The images showed a few Stormtroopers and Rebel Alliance fighters while the one panda hides in the crowd.

Whether it is harder than the Oscar Vs C3PO puzzle remains to be seen 

There he is! Did you spot the panda wedged between a Rebel Alliance fighter and a Stormtrooper?

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If Famous Superheroes and Villains Appeared in 16th-Century Flemish Paintings

Batman looks a little... different.

By Elizabeth Griffin on November 19, 2014

Superheroes don't typically sit for portraits. Nor do villains or sci-fi stars. It's probably the whole gotta-save-or-destroy-the-world thing. But with his new series, Super Flemish, photographer Sacha Goldberger imagines how these famous characters would have looked had they indeed taken time to be painted, in this case, as 16th-century Flemish models.
Working with an enormous team of actors, hair and makeup artists, costume designers, and digital imaging specialists, Goldberger captured the series over a course of eight months. The resulting portraits cast each master of the universe as a Renaissance figure, outfitted in luxurious fabrics and Elizabethan ruffs.
The photos, explains Goldberger, intend to "illustrate the nobility and fragility of the super-powerful and reveal their humanity" and to highlight and celebrate the superheroes, who live "cloaked in anonymity."

Incredible art where nude models blend seamlessly into graphic backgrounds get 500 MILLION hits online

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

By MARTHA CLIFF

PUBLISHED: 12:24, 23 June 2014 | UPDATED: 09:30, 24 June 2014

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.

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

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.'

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

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

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

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

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.'

 

Artist Emma Hack paints naked bodies to look like wallpaper

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

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

Emma (left) says she used to feel quite uncomfortable painting nudes as she was self-conscious herself

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.'

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

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.' 

The exhibition will be on show Rebecca Hossack Art Gallery in London from June 25 until August 2. 

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

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New Banksy traced to Bristol docks

New Banksy traced to Bristol docks

The Girl without an Earring can be found near the ss Great Britain Credit: Banksy

A little local knowledge in our newsroom has located the new Banksy near the Cottage pub on Hanover Place in Bristol docks.

Artist's mesmerizing paintings camouflage nude models against graphic backgrounds

Not your average wallflowers: Artist's mesmerizing paintings camouflage nude models against graphic backgrounds

By MARGOT PEPPERS

PUBLISHED: 18:41, 25 February 2014 | UPDATED: 20:16, 25 February 2014

A quick glance at Emma Hack's artwork and you'd think you were looking at wallpaper. But upon closer inspection, the outline of a painted human body can be seen in the forefront.

The Australian artist, who did the artwork for Gotye's Somebody That I Used To Know music video, has made a name for herself turning nude live models into colorful masterpieces, creating optical illusion photographs in a painstaking process that can take up to 19 hours.

In one mesmerizing piece called Alhambra - Granada, which was inspired by a fortress in Spain, a woman's camouflaged body is barely discernible against the colorful mosaic-like pattern.

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Optical illusion: A quick glimpse at Emma Hack's artwork and you'd think you were looking at wallpaper. But upon closer inspection, the outline of a human body painted in camouflage can be seen

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Body of work: The Australian artist, who did the artwork for Gotye's Somebody That I Used To Know music video, has made a name for herself turning nude live models into colorful masterpieces

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More than a wallflower: She creates optical illusions in a painstaking process that can take up to 19 hours

Even the model's hair is painted to blend in with her background, and the contours of her figure are only just visible, bearing the same straight lines and diamonds as the canvas behind her.

In another work called Wallpaper Black Cockatoos, a model transforms into a monochrome floral design, her hardly discernible arm outstretched and painted to look like it is holding a black bird.

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And in Building Facade Porto, a model is disguised as a colorful tiled surface, with patches of grey painted onto her body mimicking the effect of crumbling ceramic. 

Ms Hack currently has an exhibition of her work, called Undercover, on show at New York's Rebecca Hosack Gallery, which is open until March 12.

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Blending in: Ms Hack currently has an exhibition of her work, called Undercover, on show at New York's Rebecca Hosack Gallery, which is open until March 12

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Cultural influence: A blue and white painting called China consists of a design one might see on a porcelain China plate, featuring dragons criss-crossing over the live model's body

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Animal instinct: Evolution Crocodile sees a woman standing against a beige and brown wall painted to look like reptile skin. She clutches a matching baby crocodile in her arms

At the exhibition, the artist showcased a live painted model in a performance piece last Wednesday, demonstrating her unique methods.

One of the issues with such a precise and time-consuming technique, says Ms Hack, is making sure her live models are comfortable during the process.

'My biggest challenge, and it always is, is making somebody comfortable when it is such a painful process for them,' she told Beauty Launch Pad. 

In some of her paintings, it's not just the live model who is camouflaged into the background.

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Mosaic model: In one mesmerizing piece called Alhambra - Granada, which was inspired by a fortress in Spain, a woman's body is barely discernible amid the colorful mosaic-like pattern

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Mirror image: The optical illusion becomes even more disorienting when two live models are painted to look like their lower bodies are made of peacock feathers

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Unique talent: Ms Hack was first inspired to create these works when she painted children's faces as a teenager and studied make-up artistry after

Evolution Crocodile sees a woman standing against a beige and brown wall painted to look like reptile skin. She clutches a matching baby crocodile in her arms.

Many of Ms Hack's body paint works are inspired by different cultures.

A blue and white painting called China, for instance, consists of a design one might see on a porcelain China plate, featuring dragons criss-crossing over the live model's body.

And in Fans, the nude woman's body is camouflaged in Chinese-style paper fans, painted in elaborate red, turquoise and black designs.

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Pretty details: In Fans, a nude woman's body is camouflaged in Chinese-style paper fans, painted in elaborate red, turquoise and black designs

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True calling: While the Gotye music video - which has had more than 200million views - has no doubt helped launch her into the spotlight, Ms Hack says she mostly wants to stick to fine arts

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Living canvases: '[The video] differs greatly from the art I create, which is what I want to do, creating in a calm environment with my regular models,' she explained

Ms Hack was first inspired to create these unique works when she painted children's faces as a teenager and studied make-up artistry after.

'My teacher, Bill Peacock, noticed my gift and suggested I carry the face art down the body,' she said.

While the Gotye music video - which has had more than 200million views - has no doubt helped launch her into the spotlight, Ms Hack says she mostly wants to stick to fine arts.

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Artistic process: Painting Gotye singer Wally De Backer (left) and Kimbra (right) for the video took 23 hours

'[The video] differs greatly from the art I create, which is what I want to do, creating in a calm environment with my regular models,' she told Artinfo Australia.

'The Gotye project is similar to a commercial gig, where I'm working for the good of the client and their needs - but it is a lot more demanding emotionally on me.'

Read more:

• Emma Hack Artist
• Rebecca Hossack Gallery
• Somebody That You Should Know: Skin Illustrator Emma Hack

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