Perspective Art
Published by marco on
'Ladder' in the SubwaySome artists in Bayview Subway Station, Toronto got together to create perspective art at a subway. The paintings are deliberatly distended in order to fool the eye into thinking that it is a three dimensional object. The picture of the ladder to the left is a pretty good example. I’m not sure how they make these—whether they really can draw the false persepective from their mind’s eye or whether they work from a sketch or design prepared beforehand. At any rate, these remind me of the amazing sidewalk chalk drawings that made the email rounds a few months ago. Some examples of those appear below.
Missing Blocks
Batman and Robin
Missing Blocks is a simple, but effective example of how easy it is to fool the eye, while Batman and Robin is an incredible feat that looks completely impossible until you know how it’s done. Photographing these is especially effective as there is no way to ruin the perspective by moving too close or too far.
The two pictures below show how the trick is done: the drawings are simple made incredibly stretched out to fake depth. A simple trick, to be sure, but also a highly entertaining one and you can’t knock the talent and effort that goes into making these things in places where they are sure to be erased within days.
