Amazing sidewalk art

[Beer Baron]

This guy is incredible. How in the world does he pull off these perspective shots?

http://www.dodger.com/wenner/images/pic-dies-irae2.jpg

http://members.lycos.co.uk/bouncechrissy/sidewalk/cool1.jpg

http://members.lycos.co.uk/bouncechrissy/sidewalk/cool4.jpg


Links:
http://www.dodger.com/wenner/gallery.htm
http://www.livejournal.com/users/bouncechrissy/155638.html?



All that hard work only to be washed away by rain...or bum urine.

[AnarchyAo2]

Woah! Those are great! How does he keep people off the sidewalk long enough to paint it? doing artwork that amazing is hard enough on canvas, but on a sidewalk?! Much respect for this guy.

[nick reynolds]

hah my dad sent me some of these images this morning in an email. Amazing work, really hard to beleive they are real.

[Skank]

jebus..
the depth in those pictures is insane....wow

[tyboogie]

do you think he projects them onto the sidewalk after drawing them? whats the technique? i know its as old as dirt but....(the technique)

[ClocktowerArtworks]

i saw those a year or so ago in juxtapose magazine and was floored...could never remember the name of the artist thoguh...thanks fer postin these.

[bRyaN]

Visited his website, and i must say it is awesome...

some really amazing works...

[shadow]

Wow, I'd never have the patience for that, but holy lord thats gorgeous:D

[cotron]

I read an interview with this guy a few years ago... these things are friggin awesome... I might be wrong, but I think he said theyre done in chalk. So when it rains, goodbye to such fantastic artwork.

[Bretton]

the depth in these is definately phenomenal. i can imagine little kids thinking they are going to be cool and go and scuff his art with their shoe... and then they totally fall in..

yeah.. i think he does them with chalk.. he had chalk laying next to some of the art in the pictures... i wonder if he gets sad when it is washed away :[

[ClocktowerArtworks]

zen...what is born must perish...and be reborn

[PeggyChung]

ah amazing. simply trippy stuff O.O ah that would be cool if he did it for a room. the 4 walls, floor and ceiling. now that would be a ride!

[Happy Camper]

:D Not only does the dude have great perspective skills but great colors too.

[Happy Camper]

Originally posted by cotron
I read an interview with this guy a few years ago... these things are friggin awesome... I might be wrong, but I think he said theyre done in chalk. So when it rains, goodbye to such fantastic artwork.
Couldn't he just coat them with something to stop them from being destroyed? I know they're on public property but he must get paid to do some private ones. Seems like a waste otherwise :(.

[Deth Jester]

I wanna know how he lays it out...they are so complex.. and keeping the angles and lighting correct must be a bitch.. would be cool to see process pics of the peices...

*shrug*

-mike

[PeggyChung]

hmm im sure there is something to coat it if he wanted to, i wonder how long they usually last

[Scrubbin Bubbles]

it says they are paintings on the website. And as far as the method goes I'm sure its done just like a mural. Good to see some clasical stuff.

[Scrubbin Bubbles]

And there are some tricks being used to enhance the perspective illusion on the first painting.

[ClocktowerArtworks]

the camera set-up (lens and angle of shot) is definitely enhancing the perspective, but amazing shit nonetheless...

scrubbinbubbles...good to see you back bro, where ya been?

[AnarchyAo2]

If i was him, I'd draw giant pits in the road just to freak people out. hehe that would be great.

[cotron]

He says in his bio on the website that he doesn't use protective coats on it, because i would dull the color of the chalk/pastel stuff, and it doesn't protect it so well.

his interview is pretty interesting, if you haven't read it. touches on his technique and stuff.