Comments on: 3D Sidewalk Paintings

3D Sidewalk Paintings

kirkaracha — Wed, 19 Nov 2003 15:52:30 -0800

3D Sidewalk Paintings [via 37signals]

By: krazykity16

krazykity16 — Wed, 19 Nov 2003 16:23:38 -0800

Wow. Those are amazing.

By: amberglow

amberglow — Wed, 19 Nov 2003 16:30:13 -0800

totally wonderful! this one is dizzying. thanks!

By: jacquilynne

jacquilynne — Wed, 19 Nov 2003 16:35:59 -0800

Aye. I'm amazed, those are ... um ... amazing.

By: _sirmissalot_

_sirmissalot_ — Wed, 19 Nov 2003 16:47:16 -0800

i don't want to be the one to say it . . .

By: _sirmissalot_

_sirmissalot_ — Wed, 19 Nov 2003 16:53:59 -0800

sorry wrong thread

By: crayfish

crayfish — Wed, 19 Nov 2003 16:55:35 -0800

Similarly, check out Scottish artist Calum Colvin. His 2D paintings on 3D space are pretty mind boggling too (kind of a reverse of these sidewalk paintings). Notably: A Caucus Race, Venus Anadyomene, Narcissus

By: CrazyJub

CrazyJub — Wed, 19 Nov 2003 16:59:22 -0800

Dude, come to my town. That stuff rocks! However do it fast before Absolut sues you.

By: palegirl

palegirl — Wed, 19 Nov 2003 17:33:31 -0800

re: Calum Colvin it's a pretty simple trick, I messed around with that in high school. All you do is make a slide of the image, project it on the 3D surface, and then trace. Also it's pretty impossible to "get" online as the real fun is trying to line it up exactly and see the image perfectly and then move just slightly out of alignment.

By: WolfDaddy

WolfDaddy — Wed, 19 Nov 2003 17:48:33 -0800

The pictures from Santa Barbara are all from the annual I Madonnari festival. The festival's website has its own gallery if you'd like to see more cool chalk drawings (though not necessarily 3D ones).

By: thebabelfish

thebabelfish — Wed, 19 Nov 2003 18:52:10 -0800

CrazyJub, Wenner was hired by Absolut to do that. From his short biography: Wenner was asked to create a print ad for Absolut Vodka as part of its prestigious artist ad series. Wenner joined the ranks of well known artists such as Warhol and Haring who have participated in the series. The ad, known as Absolut Wenner, began appearing in magazines in September 1996. Absolut Vodka also filmed the creation of Wenner's art for a television commercial.

By: poopy

poopy — Wed, 19 Nov 2003 18:55:50 -0800

wow, i remember seeing this one waaaay back when. amazing stuff.

By: SPrintF

SPrintF — Wed, 19 Nov 2003 21:00:50 -0800

This is, of course, impossible.

By: arto

arto — Wed, 19 Nov 2003 21:01:58 -0800

Yeah, poopy, Wenner was featured in Juxtapoz magazine a year or so ago, with many of the same pieces, if not the same photos. Amazing stuff, and it's kind of a shame that, as sidewalk art, it's only temporary. Here's some more goodies on anamorphic perspective (the visual trick Wenner uses): Science and Art Closer Than You Think by Sydney Perkowitz of Emory University--an overview of anamorphic perspective and other optical tricks since the Renaissance, more on the math and geometry from Dr. Tomás García Salgado of the National Autonomous University of Mexico, and last but not least, the Community Bridge in Washington DC, a huge example of trompe-l'oeil art that's probably worthy of a front page post or two in its own right.

By: carter

carter — Wed, 19 Nov 2003 21:17:38 -0800

Thanks, kirkaracha and y'all. Great stuff.

By: lobakgo

lobakgo — Thu, 20 Nov 2003 09:42:36 -0800

Wow, wow, wow! These are amazing. Thanks kirkaracha.

By: debralee

debralee — Thu, 20 Nov 2003 10:30:26 -0800

I wonder how long these last upon completion? How sad that works of such beauty aren't permanent.

By: dejah420

dejah420 — Thu, 20 Nov 2003 14:10:42 -0800

Great links everyone! Wow...I wish I had just a tenth of that talent...man.