Lean back: Valley of the Reclining Woman showing female shoulders and neck
With undulating hills, curving corners and angular peaks, you'd be forgiven for thinking this is a desert land far, far away.
In fact, if you look closer, you'll see that it's a landscape formed of something altogether more familiar - human bodies. Carl Warner has built lands unimaginable from musical instruments, wax jackets and gambling chips among other things.
But this time around he's tackling the human form.
The Liverpudlian was inspired in his childhood by artists such as Salvador Dali and Patrick Woodroofe, the record sleeve designs of Roger Dean and the work of Hipgnosis.
Carl Warner
Mountain man: Twin Peaks shows a man with his elbows raised above his head
Carl Warner
At rest: The Sleeper looks most like what it is, a man curled up in slumber
Carl Warner
Packed in: The Cave of Abdo-Men gives muscular six-packs a new view
And those unusual icons show how he got to the world of Otherscapes which he's famed for. Read more: Amazing 3D artwork moves as you look at it from different angles
Each image in the series uses only one person's body shot from different angles.
Carl Warner
Muscle up: Pectoral Dunes have a chest at their centre, with the skin undulating away
Carl Warner
Hand over: Fingers Cave offers a view of digits curled about a relaxing body
Carl Warner
Bend it: Elbow Point reveals the joint as a towering mountain
“Where there are multiple body parts involved the post production is more protracted,” Carl explains to the Independent, “but I love the composing of images in this way.”
“I know people would love these to be made with many different bodies, but doing this will mean having different skin tones which will lose the sense of continuity within the landscape. "
Carl Warner
Human touch: Desert of Backs is a rear view of many lying together
Carl Warner
Face off: Headless Horizon offers a view from between the shoulder blades
Carl Warner
Belly looks: Shoulder Hill Valley is angular, dropping down to a navel
He's also received plaudits over the years for Foodscapes, where he used mashed potato, broccoli and more supermarket items to sculpt the natural world.
Carl Warner
Lullaby time: The Desert of Sleeping Men reveals many heads bowed as if in sleep
Carl Warner
On a limb: Shin Knee Valley is a melee of different body parts all pulled together
Carl Warner
Exposed parts: Cut Throat Valley exposes the chest and under the neck
“I tend to draw a very conventional landscape using classic compositional techniques as I need to fool the viewer into thinking it is a real scene at first glance, it is the realisation that the scene is in fact made of food that brings a smile that brings a smile to the viewer, and for me that’s the best part,” he says on his website.
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