text: A digital art student has used Photoshop to show what her body might look like if she could mold it like modelling clay on a whim. Kelsey Higley, who studies art media at the University of Oklahoma in Norman, created a fascinating self-portrait of her body, showing what it would look like if it were digitally trimmed or augmented into various shapes considered beautiful. The 22-year-old's work, which is part of a project and has been published on video-sharing site Vimeo, shows just how different her frame might look if she had, for example, an hour-glass figure, or larger boobs. Scroll down for video . Before the process: Oklahoma University student Kelsey Higley, pictured above in her natural form, made a video entitled 'Manipulation' which showed her body digitally altered according to beauty trends . At its most extreme, Kelsey's body has a tiny waist, large breasts and large eyes. The project, entitled 'Manipulation' used 126 different images resulting in a video that was published on Vimeo . She even digitally alters her face, making her eyes appear much bigger than they are. The artist set her camera on a timer to take a photograph every seven seconds and posed as if she 'wanted to look like someone else'. The resulting video, entitled 'Manipulated', plays in a non-stop loop for over a minute and sees her proportions morphing into different shapes, often cartoon, highlighting the constantly changing beauty ideals that women face. Bigger boobs, smaller waist: Art Media student Kelsey made her body pliable by using photoshop to show what she'd look like with different proportions . The student artist browsed through hundreds of images of what might be considered beautiful and even changed the proportions of her eyes, seen as normal, left, and much bigger, right . Kelsey, who graduates in May, says that after spending 'countless hours' browsing magazines for body trends, she combined '126 digitally manipulated photos that create the illusion that I am molding my body like modeling clay.' She told entertainment and lifestyle website Hello Giggles: 'Being a young woman, I have had many battles with this idea of beauty. 'I’ll go through stages where all I want in life is to be super fit with rock hard abs and big boobs, then after a while I’ll flip to the other side and tell myself that I should love and embrace the body I have. This time Kelsey experiments with a nipped-in waist and small breasts. The artist took a different image every seven seconds to capture the video . Fantasy proportions: With big eyes and large breasts in one shot (left)...Kelsey then slims down her frame to be much more slender (right) 'But as soon as I start scrolling through the Internet, my mind is flooded with images of this impossible, "ideal" beauty.' She goes on to explain that 'the video goes through several stages of “beauty” as I receive conflicting opinions on what true beauty is. As I go back and forth, I end on my natural body and the video starts over.' The aim of the project, which has garnered an art award, she adds, is to illustrate 'the effects media and public opinions have on the way we look at ourselves.' 'I have chosen to use myself in this short to show my own inner conflict with beauty as I battle with the desire to look like someone else and the acceptance of my natural beauty.' The artist described the project as 'therapeutic' and said that it helped her to realise that her flaws are what make her human. Her next project will look at women in the workplace and includes a scold's bridle, a 1500s device used to punish nagging women.
target: Kelsey Higley filmed her body in 126 different digitally altered poses .
  Student wanted to show how body would look if she modeled it 'like clay'
  'Manipulation' project challenges changing images of beauty .
  Vimeo video features nipped-in waist, large breasts and huge eyes .