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Mehoni · 01-14-2004, 04:45 AM

My brain hurts now.

Found them here: http://www.livejournal.com/users/bou...age=1#comments

Flesh · 01-14-2004, 04:54 AM

that's awesome

ratbastid · 01-14-2004, 05:06 AM

That's SO cool! I love trompe l'oeil artwork.

high_way · 01-14-2004, 05:09 AM

i love that!!!!!!!! how the hell did they do that?

with some of them i had to double and triple take to make sure i new what it was.

wish we had side walk art here like that... all we got is shitty old graffitti (some of which is good but nothing like that... most of it is just tags and shit like that though)

~springrain · 01-14-2004, 05:50 AM

those are very cool... great thread!

... the first pic i had to do a double double take to let my eyes "figure it out"... really neat stuff.

Ladyhawke · 01-14-2004, 05:55 AM

talk about haveing wwaaaayyyyyy to much time on your hands.....but they do look awsome

jonb2serment · 01-14-2004, 05:56 AM

Very nice. Great work finding those.

spived2 · 01-14-2004, 06:18 AM

Wow that is really cool. That first one threw me for a loop too, until I started figuring it out. Neat stuff.

MSD · 01-14-2004, 09:34 AM

I think we used all of their bandwidth and got the site shut down... oops

jujueye · 01-14-2004, 10:58 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by MrSelfDestruct
I think we used all of their bandwidth and got the site shut down... oops

For some websites, it seems that bandwidth is like a good dinner: once it's gone, it's gone for good.

Mehoni · 01-14-2004, 11:32 AM

I saved the pics though, will put them somewhere else.

bermuDa · 01-14-2004, 11:46 AM

The artists name is Kurt Wenner and his work is simply stunning. here is his site, I'll link to some images here:

Seen from the right angle, the images seem to distort reality and the subjects appear to pop right out of the ground. Wenner is a master of perspective, no doubt.

gilada · 01-14-2004, 02:30 PM

Wow, those are amazing, the most awesome, bad-ass red x's I've ever seen.

Just kidding...

Yeah, those are great, to bad they only work from one angle.

sadistikdreams · 01-14-2004, 04:27 PM

Wow. Talk about perspective. It's terriblely hard to figure out.

Homey_V · 01-14-2004, 04:37 PM

Simply Fantastic...

thephuse · 01-14-2004, 04:40 PM

wow.. thass cool.. I remember the fake window with light coming out in the main lobby in NY's Grand Central.. too bad its gone now.. that was cool

JohnS72 · 01-14-2004, 05:35 PM

Am I the only moron who thought he was looking at a picture of a real pool? :-p

Esoteric · 01-14-2004, 05:47 PM

Wow that is amazing. Very cool.

moonstrucksoul · 01-14-2004, 06:25 PM

that is the best i have ever seen, i love three dimensional art.
makes me want to paint.

Destrox · 01-14-2004, 07:29 PM

THat is in the top ten list of best artist i've ever seen.

Hell, top 3.

PulpMind · 01-14-2004, 07:37 PM

my roomate says "that's kind of cool... that's really cool, actually"
I agree... though, I think he should of actually painted that stuff on the sidewalk... it looks like photochopped into photos, 'eh?

glytch · 01-14-2004, 07:43 PM

That's amazing, that's all I can think of to say about it.
On a side note...has anyone else ever seen these pieces from a different angle? I'll bet it looks quite a bit different.

nash · 01-14-2004, 07:51 PM

Makes me dizzy!

HamiC · 01-14-2004, 08:47 PM

Beautiful stuff. To think that someone's mind could "see" and then produce such things is pretty humbling. That takes quite a bit of talent.

feelgood · 01-14-2004, 09:36 PM

Excellent excellent work! I wonder why I never heard of the artist and his work until now...

Kudos to the artist!

spived2 · 01-14-2004, 10:11 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by PulpMind
my roomate says "that's kind of cool... that's really cool, actually"
I agree... though, I think he should of actually painted that stuff on the sidewalk... it looks like photochopped into photos, 'eh?

Why would people be trying to be part of the picture if there were no actual picture painted on the ground. The very first pic (which at the moment is rexxed) is a very good example.

nukeu666 · 01-15-2004, 05:09 AM

cool!
i didnt figure out till the 3rd pic

neddy65 · 01-15-2004, 06:04 AM

Holy Cow!!!
Gotta show some people this stuff cause it blew me away!

Cycler · 01-15-2004, 07:01 AM

Double, triple takes to get that in my head. I think I would actually have trouble walking across some of those, eyes lying to your brain.

TheBrit · 01-15-2004, 08:45 AM

Those are all really amazing. I see those in London once in a blue moon, would be excellent to see them more often.

Minx · 01-15-2004, 09:46 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Cycler
I think I would actually have trouble walking across some of those, eyes lying to your brain.

I was thinking the same thing myself!

What amazing pictures! A few of them had me doing a few double takes to make sure I was seeing right!

BentNotTwisted · 01-15-2004, 10:45 AM

Amazing. Am I the only one who noticed the anomoly in the second pic that BermuDa posted? People were posed so they stand exactly on the rocks at the top of the picture. One woman is actually straddling between two rocks with a very unnatural pose. I would loke to try walking across one just to see what kind of vertigo I feel.

onodrim · 01-15-2004, 11:00 AM

Wow, those are absoluelty incredible! Like other people here, it took me a minute to figure out just what I was looking at. Very cool, thanks for sharing!

nash · 01-15-2004, 11:17 AM

In the first picture, the beer bottle and mug on the left are real!

present_future · 01-15-2004, 11:59 AM

Those are awesome. I can't even imagine how long it would take to paint one of those.

soopadoopa · 01-15-2004, 03:59 PM

I don't know what to say. These images are just incredible. Kind of like pianists who never had music lessons or play by ear. It's a gift, not something that was learned or taught.

Vespertine · 01-15-2004, 06:05 PM

Those are awesome...

There's a guy at the local mall around here that does things like that on a smaller scale. Usually just hands them out for donations and such. Very cool.

Snakebyt · 01-15-2004, 06:13 PM

thats bad ass.. would love to have that talent

krwlz · 01-15-2004, 06:30 PM

Very cool, that first one had me not sure what was real and what was painted.

Nice find.

Waste · 01-15-2004, 06:34 PM

Damn...Nice freaking pics

The things they can do nowadays

01-14-2004, 04:45 AM	#1 (permalink)
Mehoni Insane Location: Within the Woods	Mindblowing images My brain hurts now. Found them here: http://www.livejournal.com/users/bou...age=1#comments __________________ There seem to be countless rituals and cultural beliefs designed to alleviate their fear of a simple biological truth - all organisms eventually perish. Last edited by Mehoni; 01-15-2004 at 01:37 AM..

01-14-2004, 05:09 AM	#4 (permalink)
high_way Addict Location: Australia	i love that!!!!!!!! how the hell did they do that? with some of them i had to double and triple take to make sure i new what it was. wish we had side walk art here like that... all we got is shitty old graffitti (some of which is good but nothing like that... most of it is just tags and shit like that though) __________________ A stranger is just a friend you havent met yet. Impostor of the imposturous

01-14-2004, 05:55 AM	#6 (permalink)
Ladyhawke Crazy Location: Dallas	talk about haveing wwaaaayyyyyy to much time on your hands.....but they do look awsome __________________ Whatever

01-14-2004, 06:18 AM	#8 (permalink)
spived2 Desert Rat Location: Arizona	Wow that is really cool. That first one threw me for a loop too, until I started figuring it out. Neat stuff. __________________ "This visage, no mere veneer of vanity, is it vestige of the vox populi, now vacant, vanished, as the once vital voice of the verisimilitude now venerates what they once vilified. However, this valorous visitation of a by-gone vexation, stands vivified, and has vowed to vanquish these venal and virulent vermin vanguarding vice and vouchsafing the violently vicious and voracious violation of volition. The only verdict is vengeance; a vendetta, held as a votive, not in vain, for the value and veracity of such shall one day vindicate the vigilant and the virtuous. Verily, this vichyssoise of verbiage veers most verbose vis-à-vis an introduction, and so it is my very good honor to meet you and you may call me V." - V

01-14-2004, 11:32 AM	#11 (permalink)
Mehoni Insane Location: Within the Woods	I saved the pics though, will put them somewhere else. __________________ There seem to be countless rituals and cultural beliefs designed to alleviate their fear of a simple biological truth - all organisms eventually perish.

01-14-2004, 04:54 AM	#2 (permalink)
Flesh Psycho	that's awesome

01-14-2004, 05:06 AM	#3 (permalink)
ratbastid Darth Papa Location: Yonder	That's SO cool! I love trompe l'oeil artwork.

01-14-2004, 05:50 AM	#5 (permalink)
~springrain Banned Location: central USA	those are very cool... great thread! ... the first pic i had to do a double double take to let my eyes "figure it out"... really neat stuff.

01-14-2004, 05:56 AM	#7 (permalink)
jonb2serment Upright Location: NC	Very nice. Great work finding those.

01-14-2004, 09:34 AM	#9 (permalink)
MSD The sky calls to us ... Super Moderator Location: CT	I think we used all of their bandwidth and got the site shut down... oops

01-14-2004, 11:46 AM	#12 (permalink)
bermuDa don't ignore this--> Location: CA	The artists name is Kurt Wenner and his work is simply stunning. here is his site, I'll link to some images here: Seen from the right angle, the images seem to distort reality and the subjects appear to pop right out of the ground. Wenner is a master of perspective, no doubt. __________________ I am the very model of a moderator gentleman.

01-14-2004, 02:30 PM	#13 (permalink)
gilada Psycho Location: Dallas, Tx	Wow, those are amazing, the most awesome, bad-ass red x's I've ever seen. Just kidding... Yeah, those are great, to bad they only work from one angle. __________________ Hey, this isn't rocket surgery. See my futurephone pics at: http://gilada.textamerica.com See my DVD's at: http://www.dvdprofiler.com/mycollection.asp?alias=gilada

01-14-2004, 04:27 PM	#14 (permalink)
sadistikdreams lonely rolling star Location: Seattle.	Wow. Talk about perspective. It's terriblely hard to figure out. __________________ "Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials." -Lin Yutang hearts, by d.a.

01-14-2004, 04:37 PM	#15 (permalink)
Homey_V Psycho Location: Canada	Simply Fantastic...

01-14-2004, 04:40 PM	#16 (permalink)
thephuse Psycho Location: NY	wow.. thass cool.. I remember the fake window with light coming out in the main lobby in NY's Grand Central.. too bad its gone now.. that was cool __________________ b000yahed up your w000pah!! Joygasm~!!

01-14-2004, 05:47 PM	#18 (permalink)
Esoteric Tired Location: Florida	Wow that is amazing. Very cool. __________________ From a head full of pressure rests the senses that I clutch Made a date with Divinity, but she wouldn't let me fuck I got touched by a hazy shaded, God help me change Caught a rush on the floor from the life in my veins

01-15-2004, 06:04 AM	#28 (permalink)
neddy65 Loves green eggs and ham Location: I'm just sittin' here watching the world go round and round	Holy Cow!!! Gotta show some people this stuff cause it blew me away! __________________ If you're travelling at the speed of light, and you turn the headlights on, do they do anything? My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father, prepare to die! Drink Dickens' Hard Cider because nothing makes a girl smile like a Hard DIckens' Cider!

01-14-2004, 05:35 PM	#17 (permalink)
JohnS72 Crazy	Am I the only moron who thought he was looking at a picture of a real pool? :-p

01-14-2004, 06:25 PM	#19 (permalink)
moonstrucksoul hovering in the distance Location: the land of milk and honey	that is the best i have ever seen, i love three dimensional art. makes me want to paint. __________________ no signature required

01-14-2004, 07:29 PM	#20 (permalink)
Destrox Metal and Rock 4 Life Location: Phoenix	THat is in the top ten list of best artist i've ever seen. Hell, top 3. __________________ You bore me.... next.

01-14-2004, 07:37 PM	#21 (permalink)
PulpMind Addict Location: Portland	my roomate says "that's kind of cool... that's really cool, actually" I agree... though, I think he should of actually painted that stuff on the sidewalk... it looks like photochopped into photos, 'eh?

01-14-2004, 07:43 PM	#22 (permalink)
glytch I am not permanent. Location: Tennessee	That's amazing, that's all I can think of to say about it. On a side note...has anyone else ever seen these pieces from a different angle? I'll bet it looks quite a bit different. __________________ If you're flammable and have legs, you are never blocking a fire exit. - Mitch Hedberg

01-14-2004, 07:51 PM	#23 (permalink)
nash Psycho	Makes me dizzy!

01-14-2004, 08:47 PM	#24 (permalink)
HamiC Insane Location: USA	Beautiful stuff. To think that someone's mind could "see" and then produce such things is pretty humbling. That takes quite a bit of talent.

01-14-2004, 09:36 PM	#25 (permalink)
feelgood Free Mars! Location: I dunno, there's white people around me saying "eh" all the time	Excellent excellent work! I wonder why I never heard of the artist and his work until now... Kudos to the artist! __________________ Looking out the window, that's an act of war. Staring at my shoes, that's an act of war. Committing an act of war? Oh you better believe that's an act of war

01-15-2004, 05:09 AM	#27 (permalink)
nukeu666 Junkie Location: India	cool! i didnt figure out till the 3rd pic __________________ Why did the Comp. Engineer get X-mas and Halloween mixed up? Because Oct(31) == Dec(25)

01-15-2004, 07:01 AM	#29 (permalink)
Cycler Float on.... Alright Location: Where the wind comes sweeping down the plains, i.e. Oklahoma	Double, triple takes to get that in my head. I think I would actually have trouble walking across some of those, eyes lying to your brain. __________________ "I'm not even supposed to be here today." "I assure you we're open."

01-15-2004, 08:45 AM	#30 (permalink)
TheBrit Psycho	Those are all really amazing. I see those in London once in a blue moon, would be excellent to see them more often.

01-15-2004, 10:45 AM	#32 (permalink)
BentNotTwisted Optimistic Skeptic Location: Midway between a Beehive and Centennial	Amazing. Am I the only one who noticed the anomoly in the second pic that BermuDa posted? People were posed so they stand exactly on the rocks at the top of the picture. One woman is actually straddling between two rocks with a very unnatural pose. I would loke to try walking across one just to see what kind of vertigo I feel. __________________ IS THAT IT ???!!! Do you even know what 'it' is? When the last man dies for just words that he said... We Shall Be Free

01-15-2004, 11:00 AM	#33 (permalink)
onodrim Cosmically Curious Location: Chicago, IL	Wow, those are absoluelty incredible! Like other people here, it took me a minute to figure out just what I was looking at. Very cool, thanks for sharing! __________________ "The world is so exquisite with so much love and moral depth, that there is no reason to deceive ourselves with pretty stories for which there’s little good evidence. Far better it seems to me, in our vulnerability, is to look death in the eye and to be grateful every day for the brief but magnificent opportunity that life provides" -Carl Sagan

01-15-2004, 11:17 AM	#34 (permalink)
nash Psycho	In the first picture, the beer bottle and mug on the left are real!

01-15-2004, 11:59 AM	#35 (permalink)
present_future Take my hand Location: Everywhere, but nowhere	Those are awesome. I can't even imagine how long it would take to paint one of those. __________________ The only thing I'll ever ask of you... you gotta promise not to stop when I say when.

01-15-2004, 03:59 PM	#36 (permalink)
soopadoopa Crazy	I don't know what to say. These images are just incredible. Kind of like pianists who never had music lessons or play by ear. It's a gift, not something that was learned or taught. Last edited by soopadoopa; 01-16-2004 at 05:54 PM..

01-15-2004, 06:05 PM	#37 (permalink)
Vespertine Tilted Location: Coral Springs, Florida	Those are awesome... There's a guy at the local mall around here that does things like that on a smaller scale. Usually just hands them out for donations and such. Very cool.

01-15-2004, 06:13 PM	#38 (permalink)
Snakebyt Psycho Location: Lubbock Texas	thats bad ass.. would love to have that talent

01-15-2004, 06:30 PM	#39 (permalink)
krwlz Fledgling Dead Head Location: Clarkson U.	Very cool, that first one had me not sure what was real and what was painted. Nice find.

01-15-2004, 06:34 PM	#40 (permalink)
Waste Upright	Damn...Nice freaking pics The things they can do nowadays __________________ If God could do anything, could he make a rock he couldnt lift ? "If you are flamable and have legs you are never blocking a fire exit" -Mitch Hedberg