Arts & Culture — January 27, 2012 9:17 am

Sidewalk Picasso

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Julian Beever, better known as The Sidewalk Picasso, is the producer of anamorphic drawings – optical illusions created with chalk. This English artist brings pavements to life across England, France, Germany, USA, Australia and Belgium.

Although the following pieces of artwork do look as though they have depth and dimension, they are completely flat.

How it works: the murals are actually drawn much larger and stretched out than they appear.  They are skewed in order to sustain corect proportions and can only be seen correctly – in 3D form - from a certain viewing point.

 

 

 

 

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