What a beautiful parrot, no? Look at all those colors, those beautiful feathers, that elegant tail.

After you have admired this bird, look closer, closer--stare at the picture until you realize that this isn't a parrot at all: it's a woman meticulously made up to look like a bird.

The above photo is the work of artist and former body painting champion Johannes Stoetter who spent four weeks planning this shoot, five hours setting it up, four hours painting the model, and another hour trying to find the pose that most resembled that of a real parrot.

The result is beautiful and almost infuriating in its execution.