Concrete Illusions
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
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.








Hammad
January 4, 2009Wow. This dude has mad skills.