Arla Takala - 3D Art

3D art, which is also known as 3D chalk art, is 2-dimensional artwork drawn on flat surfaces such as walls and pavements. It creates an optical illusion from a certain perspective. 3D street art is breathtaking since they look so real. There are many artists who create 3D art, such as Julian Beever, Edgar Muller, Kurt Wenner and Manfred Stader. 

Julian Beever is referred to as the ‘Pavement Picasso’. He has been drawing chalk paintings on pavement surfaces since mid-1990’s. He creates his paintings using a projection called anamorphosis which creaks a 3 dimensional illusion when viewed from the right angle. This photo is a drawing of a coke bottle. Out of the 4 above-mentioned artists, his drawings are the most playful since he draws paintings of random objects. 

This painting by Julian Beever is a river and a boat. Some of his drawings create a forced perspective view like this photo, which tricks the human mind. It seems as if the man and women are sitting on the boat going down the river, however they are actually sitting on the ground. I believe his artwork is good because creating drawings on pavements is tricky and his drawings are easily understood.

Edgar Mueller is a German 3d street artists regarded as ‘one of the world’s top 3D illusionist street painters’. The two drawings a chose by Muller both show a crack in the Earth’s crust. The first picture resembles a glacier in the Ice Age, it has cracked open and it seems as if it is very deep because the bottom is pitch black. A man is struggling to keep his balance and not fall into the Earth. Obviously this isn’t true, it is just an optical illusion.

The second drawing, again, shows a crack in the Earth’s crust however instead of darkness, there is a river rushing below. Mueller likes to play with positives and negatives (like the pictures above) and he enjoys watching people play with the photos, pretending to fall into the earth. I think his artworks are interesting and creative. His paintings are realistic which play tricks on our minds.

-       Kurt Wenner’s paintings are inspired by the Great Roman baroque ceilings and therefore are more historic. This is a painting of a giant lying down. I think his paintings are great since he combines reality with fantasy. 

 This painting by Kurt Wenner shows a golden well on the ground. There are people along the hollow pit. I think his drawings are good because they show emotion, for example in this drawing the people look like they are in pain. Unlike Beever and Mueller, his paintings are more professional since they use various artistic techniques, like the use of shadows.

Unlike the other artists whose drawings appear to go into the earth’s crust, Manfred Stader’s drawings go outward, as if they were on top of the earth. The first photo is a drawing of a coffee cup. It looks as if the model is sitting on the plate however she is sitting on the ground. In my opinion his artwork is good because it looks realistic.

This drawing is by Manfred Stader and it shows a section of a beach, with a towel, sun umbrella and sun chair. It is as if the women in sitting on the chair however, again, she is sitting on the ground. His drawings are good because it creates an optical illusion and he uses good colors.