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“Are we to paint what’s on the face, what’s inside the face, or what’s behind it?” -Pablo Picasso
As an animal lover, like others here on scienceblogs, as well as a big fan of Halloween costumes, it’s probably unsurprising that a good, creative animal costume will crack me up.
Three more turtle dogs and a giant rat will complete the set!
Turn your sweet, harmless puppy into the fearsome guardian of Hades by adding two extra heads!
Sometimes, you just need to play to your strengths. In this case, it's ridiculous cuteness.
Dressing animals like other animals is practically its own artform by now, but recently a new twist has caught my attention, and I had to share it with you. For a song this weekend, I bring you Billy Bragg‘s
but even that might not prepare you for the craze that is… painting and dyeing animals to look like other animals! Without further ado, here are some of the greatest ones I’ve been able to find.
Although they're still more likely to *fetch* bamboo than to eat it.
If you want to turn your dog into a panda, why settle for getting a panda costume, when you can literally turn your dog into a panda?! You know you’ve done a great job when your animal is getting reactions like this.
"Are you serious? I can *really* pet this panda???"
And skunks might not be the most appealing of animals, but if you’re already a black dog with white marks, aren’t you just asking for it?
...and then they told me that *I* smelled bad. Can you believe some people?!?!
Sometimes, simply applying a razor to a cat allows you to transform the king of your living room into the king of beasts!
This one still knows not to look directly at the camera. They steal your soul, you know.
Known as a lioncut, this can often be enhanced by a bit of color addition to your cat.
Otherwise, you can wind up looking a little too much like Wilford Brimley.
And, of course, if you’re going to break out the paint, why not go all the way and turn your animal into a zebra?
Now you just need 50 others in the same costume, and she'll be invisible to lions (and lioncats)!
For those of you with horses, the zebra-painting is even better!
A beautiful paint job on a very sad horse.
Finally, if you’ve made it this far, you deserve the top 3 photos of painted animals that I’ve ever seen. Without further ado, here we go! Paint/dye your animal to turn them into…
Although, I don't think any amount of painting will give this dog the temperament of a tiger.
3.) a tiger!
"To denounce the evils of truth and love." "To extend our reach to the stars above."
2.) a Pikachu from Pokémon! And the number one picture of a painted/dyed animal on the internet…
All the ponies in this town are CRAZY!
1.) a Twilight Sparkle from My Little Pony!
A pretty amazing find, and it definitely makes me want to turn my dog into a baby deer… as soon as she stops running away from me. Hope you enjoyed it, and have a great rest-of-your-weekend!
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