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Have any of you seen Julian Beever’s work?  He’s an artist who is probably best known for his optical illusion pavement drawings, like the ones below.


White Water Rafting by Julian Beever


Batman and Robin by Julian Beever


Meeting Madame Butterfly by Julian Beever


Worldcard by Julian Beever

I don’t know how he does it because it’s hard enough drawing something big on pavement.  But Beever not only draws these big works on pavement, he has to draw them warped so that they have that optical illusion effect.  For example, this is how one of his drawings, called Make Poverty History, looks head-on:

But this is how that same drawing looks from the side:

People never cease to amaze me.

You can see more of Julian Beever’s pavement drawings here.  He also has examples of his wall murals and fine art paintings on his site.

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Hammad

January 4, 2009

Wow. This dude has mad skills.


MarilyneL

January 4, 2009

Amazing! I just cannot understand how he does to draw from a certain angle, knowing it has to look a certain way at the right angle…


kristina

January 4, 2009

That’s so cool! i wish i could do that


Monique

January 4, 2009

thats is amazing hahaha


jessicaf

January 4, 2009

I’ve seen these before! DEFINITELY cool shite!! I love the rafting one. Amazing!


Chris

January 4, 2009

very kewl stuff there


natalie

January 4, 2009

that is so sick!! i love his work its so fascinating!!
<3natalie


taylor nikole

January 4, 2009

dude
i saw something like this at venice beach once
when the guy was drawing it :D
it was amazing to watch….
i mean i stood there forever…
maybe because I have this absolute love for art..
but then again, who wouldn’t want to watch?


Allie

January 4, 2009

I’ve seen these before as well!
We looked at all of his work in my AP art class my senior year! They are SOOO cool. Perspective is such a tricky thing! I don’t think I would be able to get it quite right.


Binks

January 4, 2009

ohh I’ve seen this chalk stuff before, but I’m always left amazed anyways, no matter how many times I look at it :P It’s really pretty awesome.


G

January 4, 2009

Niiiiiiiice.


Fi

January 7, 2009

Artists like Julian make me feel human. They inspire me to be more creative and be more intuned with my inner self. I feel I can climb a mountain when I see such great art.
I get such inspiration and motivation that the little things like trying someything new and mixing up my luch menu, just for a change……….


Fi

January 7, 2009

to taking bigger challangers like taking up cake decorating classes.


foretold

February 19, 2009

wow, that makes my head hurt. The last time pictures did that to me, I watched some pictures of M.C. Escher.


Shanta

June 22, 2009

awesome skills……..