3D Pavement Drawings

[chutio]

By Julian Beever

[Moonchime]

How clever is that! It had me fooled. Brilliant. Thanks Chutio.

[Dee]

Thanks for starting a new topic to introduce this particular genre of street art, Chutio!

Here is the drawing above from a different angle, half finished:

[Dee]

Julian Beever is a British sidewalk artist who has been creating trompe-l'œil chalk drawings on pavement surfaces since the mid-1990s. He uses a projection technique called anamorphosis to create the illusion of three dimensions when viewed from the correct angle.

In order to appear really 3 dimensional however, they need to be viewed either through a camera (which he sets up on a tripod for people to look through) or on a mobile phone, ipad or other screen. They do not look 3D to the naked eye.

He preserves his work in photographs, often positioning a person within the image as if they were interacting with the scene.



His website:

http://www.julianbeever.net

[Dee]

More from Julian Beever:

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[NurseRatched]

So much fun! Turns me on my head-love it all.

[Moonchime]

Ditto. I can't imagine even beginning to draw some of these though - requires a certain type of mind I reckon.