Real or 'shopped?

[tirediron]

Okay, the "artist" swears up and down it's real. If that's the case, it's DAMN well done. Thoughts?

Link (http://www.toxel.com/inspiration/2009/12/30/desaturated-santa-claus-costume/)

[kat]

Ha ha.. I have no idea on this one. One moment I think yah..it's real the next nope then back to real.

[Marko]

At first glance it looks pshopped..but the explanation is believable imo, so I'll give the artist the benefit of the doubt.

[AcadieLibre]

If it is true I have to give credit to the girl who made the costume then, looks cool, and no reason not to believe them. Like Marko says I would give the photographer the benefit of doubt.

[Iguanasan]

If you check out her neck in the photo in the upper left you can see where the paint was wearing off. I'd say real.

[AntZ]

It's certainly effective. It is hard to tell, but just on the side of real.

[Fortytwo]

There are several pictures in which you can see the paint wearing off. So I'm guessing this is real. I must say, very nicely done. Could have fooled me easily...

[JAS_Photo]

Or is that photoshopped? At any rate if it is real it would have been cool to see live.