Street art has many forms – it can be graffiti, installation, sculptures, flash mobs, and even sidewalk chalk art. Today, we’d like to present you with a beautiful collection of such chalk art pieces executed with a 3D technique.
Julian Beever is a British artist based in Belgium who has been creating this masterful 3D chalk art since the mid-1990s. As well as being a master of two-point perspective, his chalk artwork is also created thanks to a technique called anamorphosis (a.k.a. trompe l’oeil in the art world). When viewed from the intended angle and shot with a wide-angle lens, an optical illusion is created, giving the drawing a 3D effect.
After planning out his idea, Julian takes to the streets with his chalk pastels and looks for a place to make his mark, hoping that it doesn’t rain whilst he’s drawing. You can see from Julian’s work that he’s a big fan of hyperrealism and you feel like you could almost step into the artwork yourself. Those with a fear of heights better watch out for his seemingly sidewalk-splitting drawings!
Remember our post called 20 Incredible Eye Macros? Eyes are the second most complex organs besides our brains, but this time, our eyes have let us down. Nevertheless, it lets us enjoy this fascinating 3D street art from this incredible artist.
These drawings only work from one viewpoint, otherwise, the image appears strangely distorted.
Dinner is served!
Spiderman to the rescue above and below this London street.
(Image credits: Jonathan Dann)
A DHL boy delivering a parcel all the way from China — so that’s how they do it so fast!
Let’s be friends
This drawing was done in Tokyo for the TV show ‘Unbelievable’ and was a plea to Japan to appreciate the beauty of living whales.
This picture is part of a series used by White’s Electronics of Inverness in Treasure Hunting magazine.
The illusion of the Politicians Meeting Their End was drawn outside The Bank of England and was commissioned by Channel 4’s Midnight Special for the night of the 1997 General Election.
A Transformers robot leaves the New York subway.
This drawing in Paris was the subject of Episode 8 of the Gallery HD television series ‘Concrete Canvas’ shown in the USA.
This drawing in Mexico City was the subject of Episode 9 of the Gallery HD television series ‘Concrete Canvas’ shown in the USA.
This drawing of a rescue is to be viewed using an inverting mirror.
This picture appeared in The Daily Mail on 22nd December 2008.
(Image credits: slimdandy)
This drawing was also created for an episode of ‘Concrete Canvas’.
Drawn on Prince’s Street, Glasgow.
(Image credits: gorditojaramillo)
Be careful not to fall down here!
(Image credits: Roslan Tangah (aka Rasso))
(Image credits: Panchov)
Update: it was actually drawn by Kurt Wenner, Panda’s mistake.
Batman and Robin to the rescue!
The Invisible Man drawn in 3D outside The Tate Modern.
Ballantine’s: leaving an impression in Montevideo.
This one was published in The Daily Mail on Christmas Eve 2007.
This drawing for Yorkshire Water was never fully finished and did not get beyond this rough stage. It was stopped ironically, by Yorkshire water in the form of heavy Sheffield rain which did not permit its completion.