Welcome to the MacNN Forums.

Josh Reid · Mar 16, 2006, 11:45 AM

"Chalk drawings from Julian Beever. Scroll down slowly and stop at each new frame. Julian Beever is an English artist who's famous for his art on the pavement of England, France, Germany, USA, Australia and Belgium. Beever gives to his drawings an amazing 3D illusion."

People are actually avoiding walking in the "hole".

Which is the real guy &which beer is real?

The image below has been taken from a wrong angle:

Josh Reid · Mar 16, 2006, 11:46 AM

Remember, both his feet in reality are flat on the pavement.

Politicians Meeting Their End

His drawing of a rescue was to be viewed using an inverting mirror.

Make Poverty History drawing from the side (40 ft. long)

Batman and Robin to the rescue:

Dakar · Mar 16, 2006, 11:50 AM

Saw this a few months ago. Awesome sh!t.

SirCastor · Mar 16, 2006, 12:38 PM

that is freakin' incredible. Awesome.

hyteckit · Mar 16, 2006, 12:41 PM

Saw it 2 years ago. Oldie but goodie.

tavilach · Mar 16, 2006, 12:46 PM

That's ridiculously awesome!

KeyLimePi · Mar 16, 2006, 01:50 PM

Great work but everytime I see these I can't help but think that, unless you're standing in exactly the right spot...looking at these from exactly the right angle, you really don't get what the image is at all. A lot of work for the 99.99% of the people viewing if from the wrong.

Dakar · Mar 16, 2006, 01:56 PM

Originally Posted by KeyLimePi

Great work but everytime I see these I can't help but think that, unless you're standing in exactly the right spot...looking at these from exactly the right angle, you really don't get what the image is at all. A lot of work for the 99.99% of the people viewing if from the wrong.

That's why they take pictures...

Rumor · Mar 16, 2006, 02:16 PM

It's nice to see art that is truly innovative.

Lateralus · Mar 16, 2006, 02:21 PM

Amazing.

mdc · Mar 16, 2006, 02:45 PM

I've seen some of them a while ago, but saw the batman one yesterday for the first time. It's awesome.

::maroma:: · Mar 16, 2006, 03:07 PM

Rolling Bones · Mar 16, 2006, 03:56 PM

All I see is a bunch of question marks. If he did those he's good!

olePigeon · Mar 16, 2006, 04:09 PM

Nothing's showing up.

demograph68 · Mar 16, 2006, 04:19 PM

use imageshack

SSharon · Mar 16, 2006, 05:26 PM

none of the images loaded for me but here is a link in case you want to see some examples.
http://www.rense.com/general67/street.htm

Ado · Mar 16, 2006, 06:28 PM

Ahh yes those are nice perspectives, BTW rense.com great site.

KeyLimePi · Mar 16, 2006, 06:32 PM

Originally Posted by Dakar

That's why they take pictures...

Then why not just do the pictures in Photoshop?

dlefebvre · Mar 17, 2006, 12:32 AM

Wow!

ShortcutToMoncton · Mar 17, 2006, 09:40 AM

I'm getting a lot of non-pictureness.

greg

fhoubi · Mar 17, 2006, 10:21 AM

Nice Beever!

wdlove · Mar 17, 2006, 10:23 AM

The links are broken.

I have seen this are before, it's awesome. So realistic looking.

Josh Reid · Mar 17, 2006, 12:57 PM

Originally Posted by wdlove

The links are broken.

Yeah, these are going around lots of boards now using hotlinks...must have gotten overloaded.

turtle777 · Mar 17, 2006, 01:36 PM

This one should work:

http://www.rense.com/general67/street.htm

-t

ShortcutToMoncton · Mar 17, 2006, 03:31 PM

You know, has anyone ever seen this?

Because, something about it makes me cry, "bullcrap."

Look, for example, at the last two pictures where it shows the girl in the pool. In the top one, the edge of the pool seems no more than halfway down the length of her leg, which is stretched out to create the sense of "real" proportions.

However, in the bottom picture, the outside edge of the pool is almost at her ankle! How does THAT work?? Proportions will only make so much difference...I fail to see how it would make the pool edge move from halfway down her leg to her ankle.

I don't know what picture he was referring to when the original poster said "they avoid walking in the hole," but there's one in the middle here where a guy seems to be skirting an area where bricks seem to be removed from the concourse. However, he's looking at it from the wrong angle – he shouldn't be able to properly see what the chalking depicts. I'd guess he's more just avoiding stepping on the drawing.

Anyways, I'd have to see more pics before I'm convinced.

greg

itistoday · Mar 17, 2006, 04:44 PM

Originally Posted by ShortcutToMoncton

You know, has anyone ever seen this?

Because, something about it makes me cry, "bullcrap."

Look, for example, at the last two pictures where it shows the girl in the pool. In the top one, the edge of the pool seems no more than halfway down the length of her leg, which is stretched out to create the sense of "real" proportions.

However, in the bottom picture, the outside edge of the pool is almost at her ankle! How does THAT work?? Proportions will only make so much difference...I fail to see how it would make the pool edge move from halfway down her leg to her ankle.

I don't know what picture he was referring to when the original poster said "they avoid walking in the hole," but there's one in the middle here where a guy seems to be skirting an area where bricks seem to be removed from the concourse. However, he's looking at it from the wrong angle – he shouldn't be able to properly see what the chalking depicts. I'd guess he's more just avoiding stepping on the drawing.

Anyways, I'd have to see more pics before I'm convinced.

greg

I have a few problems with this post, both philosophical and practical.

Philosophical:

In today's "internet culture" I notice a greater sense of "disbelief" than normal. I think this is partially the fault of technology, since it's true that almost 100% of the magazine covers you see for People, Cosmopolitan, etc. are all photoshopped. We see more and more "fakes" emerging (iPod Video, iPod Phone, iWalk, etc.) online, and so it seem that people have become conditioned to show instant skepticism as a first response to anything that seems remotely "unreal".

There's something wrong about that, because frequently I see many videos/pictures etc. online, of either natural phenomenon, or simply, as is the case here, somebody's hard work, and instead of the "proper response" of awe and admiration, I now see more and more disbelief. Instead of congratulating the person's hard work, people now question it. They demand "proof", as if it wasn't right in front of their noses already.

Practical:

The pool picture, as you observed, does have something funky about it, though it isn't the proportions. The problem with those two pictures is that they seem to have been taken in two different places, in other words, he did the same picture at least twice. This is easily seen if you compare the ground between the two pictures, there are obvious differences in patters, textures, objects, etc.

Bottom line:

This guy is real, and most definitely quite awesome. Thanks for sharing.

itistoday · Mar 17, 2006, 04:45 PM

Originally Posted by ShortcutToMoncton

You know, has anyone ever seen this?

Because, something about it makes me cry, "bullcrap."

Look, for example, at the last two pictures where it shows the girl in the pool. In the top one, the edge of the pool seems no more than halfway down the length of her leg, which is stretched out to create the sense of "real" proportions.

However, in the bottom picture, the outside edge of the pool is almost at her ankle! How does THAT work?? Proportions will only make so much difference...I fail to see how it would make the pool edge move from halfway down her leg to her ankle.

I don't know what picture he was referring to when the original poster said "they avoid walking in the hole," but there's one in the middle here where a guy seems to be skirting an area where bricks seem to be removed from the concourse. However, he's looking at it from the wrong angle – he shouldn't be able to properly see what the chalking depicts. I'd guess he's more just avoiding stepping on the drawing.

Anyways, I'd have to see more pics before I'm convinced.

greg

I have a few problems with this post, both philosophical and practical.

Philosophical:

In today's "internet culture" I notice a greater sense of "disbelief" than normal. I think this is partially the fault of technology, since it's true that almost 100% of the women on the magazine covers you see for People, Cosmopolitan, etc. are all photoshopped. We see more and more "fakes" emerging (iPod Video, iPod Phone, iWalk, etc.) online, and so it seem that people have become conditioned to show instant skepticism as a first response to anything that seems remotely "unreal".

There's something wrong about that, because frequently I see many videos/pictures etc. online, of either natural phenomenon, or simply, as is the case here, somebody's hard work, and instead of the "proper response" of awe and admiration, I now see more and more disbelief. Instead of congratulating the person's hard work, people now question it. They demand "proof", as if it wasn't right in front of their noses already.

Practical:

The pool picture, as you observed, does have something funky about it, though it isn't the proportions. The problem with those two pictures is that they seem to have been taken in two different places, in other words, he did the same picture at least twice. This is easily seen if you compare the ground between the two pictures, there are obvious differences in patters, textures, objects, etc.

Bottom line:

This guy is real, and most definitely quite awesome. Thanks for sharing.

MaxPower2k3 · Mar 17, 2006, 09:51 PM

Originally Posted by ShortcutToMoncton

You know, has anyone ever seen this?

Because, something about it makes me cry, "bullcrap."

Look, for example, at the last two pictures where it shows the girl in the pool. In the top one, the edge of the pool seems no more than halfway down the length of her leg, which is stretched out to create the sense of "real" proportions.

However, in the bottom picture, the outside edge of the pool is almost at her ankle! How does THAT work?? Proportions will only make so much difference...I fail to see how it would make the pool edge move from halfway down her leg to her ankle.

...

Anyways, I'd have to see more pics before I'm convinced.

greg

They're two different drawings. Look at the sidewalk around it, it's not the same place. I guess there's just some variations from scene to scene.