Flower Figures: Artist digitally crafts sculptures of women from a single dried bloom

The dried flowers have been meticulously layered and multiplied over a framework of a female body so perfectly that it is impossible to tell whether the final pieces are indeed real. Using a mix of 3D scanning and tools such as Houdini, Maya and Redshift – Jean-Michel depicts the female form in various poses – from sitting and kneeling to dancing. A nice touch is the addition of single hydrangea petals that lie close to each figure, as though they have fallen from her frame.

The Parisian digital artist is co-founder of Creative Seeds, a training school dedicated to animation in France, as well as CG Supervisor at Mécanique Générale, a 3D print and animation film production company. A graduate of ESRA-Bretagne, Jean-Michel specialises in shading, lighting and rendering but he's also got bags of experience in everything from texturing and modelling to FX. Discover more at jmbihorel.myportfolio.com.

Via Behance