This is Just too Cool - Side Walk Magic
After a week of attempting to correct misrepresentations by Steve Camp at his blog, here , here and here, concerning fellow Christians that sum up their salvation experience, by stating they came to a point in their life where “they accepted Jesus Christ as their personal Lord and Savior”, I need a break. However I intent to post here soon about my continuing search concerning the five points of Calvinisim.
In the meantime, I just think this is the coolest thing. Julian Beever is a street artist that draws art on the sidewalk. Yes, that coke bottle is really drawn on a flat one dimentionl surface. But it is drawn with such talent and with shading and other elements that gives it the incredible 3D appearance. I found this info at LittleGal’s site who goes one to explain it like this:
Julian Beever is an amazing artist who takes advantage of the way the brain perceives things visually to create some astounding artwork. He calls them
"Anamorphic illusions"........ drawn in a special distortion in order to create an impression of 3 dimensions when seen from one particular viewpoint, and he's been doing this type of artwork for about 10 years. The human brain works out our 3D peceptions of the world from the two dimensional light patterns that fall onto our retina at the back of the eye.We assume that textures will fade as they go farther away, parallel lines will converge in the distance somewhat, and that the closer an object is, the larger it seems to appear. Julian Beever's art takes advantage of a knowledge of these processes, so when photographed or viewed from a particular angle, the visual system's built-in processes are fooled, producing a false sense of depth.When viewed from an alternate angle, the illusion is brokem-down, and you can see how the illusion was created. You can find more examples of his art work here. Below I have pictures of a swimming pool that is first shown from the "correct point of view" then the same picture is shown from "wrong side" and you can see how your eye has been tricked. Plus some other of my favorites from Julian's site.
{{{Candleman}}}
In the meantime, I just think this is the coolest thing. Julian Beever is a street artist that draws art on the sidewalk. Yes, that coke bottle is really drawn on a flat one dimentionl surface. But it is drawn with such talent and with shading and other elements that gives it the incredible 3D appearance. I found this info at LittleGal’s site who goes one to explain it like this:Julian Beever is an amazing artist who takes advantage of the way the brain perceives things visually to create some astounding artwork. He calls them
"Anamorphic illusions"........ drawn in a special distortion in order to create an impression of 3 dimensions when seen from one particular viewpoint, and he's been doing this type of artwork for about 10 years. The human brain works out our 3D peceptions of the world from the two dimensional light patterns that fall onto our retina at the back of the eye.We assume that textures will fade as they go farther away, parallel lines will converge in the distance somewhat, and that the closer an object is, the larger it seems to appear. Julian Beever's art takes advantage of a knowledge of these processes, so when photographed or viewed from a particular angle, the visual system's built-in processes are fooled, producing a false sense of depth.When viewed from an alternate angle, the illusion is brokem-down, and you can see how the illusion was created. You can find more examples of his art work here. Below I have pictures of a swimming pool that is first shown from the "correct point of view" then the same picture is shown from "wrong side" and you can see how your eye has been tricked. Plus some other of my favorites from Julian's site.{{{Candleman}}}
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Friday, March 03, 2006
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