I apologize for those of you awaiting the next chapter of my epic, but I must insert a breather. I came across these floor murals and thought it was amusing.
What’s a floor mural? Before you google on it, a slight disclaimer: I actually made the term up, as the original spam was sent in Mandarin. Let me first describe how it’s created, and then I’ll show you some samples.
First, some guy vandalizes the pavement…
Then he takes a picture and comes up with a plan…
Then the execution…
And behold, the three-dimensional illusion!
Actually, I thought it was pretty good until I saw this coke bottle…
This next one’s okay…
For this next one, I like the powdery blend into the ice.
Wow, impressive reflection…
This one’s a little more cartoonish, but still decent…
The shadows in this one are amazing… It almost seems like there are two guys crawling on the floor.
This one looks more like a cutout…
Spidey looks distorted in this one…
The guys are distorted, but the well texturing is very well done…
Looks like people are walking around this one…
Nice depth on the dirt…
Box of markers…
And this one takes the cake for the details of the crowd and the sense of height…
As impressive as this was, the experimentation with 3D art goes as far back as Michaelangelo and Raphael, but you’ll have to read about that in one of my future blogs on Europe, of course.
WOW! that makes the chalk art here in Bellevue look like child’s play. are those all from the same artist? and how did you catch so many of them?
Whoa! Those are absolutely crazy! It’d be great to see those in person. Where were the pictures taken?
Sorry I didn’t make it clear. Someone forwarded these to me, and they’re not from the Europe trip. I’ll resume the Europe trip blogs soon, and they will usually be city-titled.
BOOOOO!!! Where are the rest of your Europe pictures??? what else am I going to read during my free time at work??
hello, I found your site to be really interesting and inspiring. I would actually like to have something like this done in my house.. how would this be possible? Is there something I could buy…maybe have the picture printed and put on floor tiles.. thanks for any info.