Imagine if the fictionally warped world of M.C. Escher was taken off the flat easel that makes his illusions possible, and thust into the real 3D world? Now throw in some busy city sidewalks and a bucket of street chalk and you’ve got the work of a European artist named Julian Beever. Beever creates chalk drawings on flat city sidewalks that amazingly appear three-dimensional when viewed from just the right angle. From any other angle the drawings look totally distorted.
Above you see an amazing illusion of Beever acting as if he’s ready to dive into the drawing, which is really a totally flat section of sidewalk! On the right is another of his drawings where he is being rescued by Batman and Robin from a subterranean Gotham City. Below are two links with photos to many more of Beever’s 3D illusions. Enjoy.
Hey – we have some things in common……Both have a connection to the Sports Industry. AND – I’m in the process of re-locating back to Charlotte. Check out my blog.
http://enowak4222.blogspot.com/
Let me know what you think.
FYI – I lived in Long Beach on the Island – worked at WFAN – covered the Mets for several years!