International Chalk Festival in Sarasota, FL

LIPhotoman

On Halloween weekend Sarasota, FL hosted a Chalk Art Festival. I keot going back & back & back. It was fascinating to see the work of these artists unfold. I was especially struck by the Anthromorphic drawings, where they looked 2D in the street, but looking through a lens they were 3D. Just amazed at how they achieved that effect. Similar to a Trompe L'Oeil painting? These artists are masters of shadows & light.

Art Scott

That is awesome........

BradfordBenn

Nice shooting and nice art.

M38A1

Good lord, how do they pull that off?

Great shooting.... Question though. Did the images appear 3D through the viewfinder or only at post?

LIPhotoman

Not sure how they do it - lots of shadow effects. They look through a lens as they are drawing.
The image looked 3D in the viewfinder after it was shot. I don't understand how/why it didn't appear 3D in the viewfinder prior to shooting. Possibly it did, but it was hard to notice as shooting. It's a strange phenomenon.

There used to be a TV show about a Chalk artist - every week he did a different drawing. I liked that show, but the network that carried it went belly-up. This festival in Sarasota had the world's top chalk artists, plus almost 250 other artists, from the well-known to students.

Richard

Cool. I love this sort of thing. I think these drawings work by grossly distorting perspective. They have to be seen from the right distance and angle for the magic to work. Your second and third shots work better than the first because you included an external point of reference, which makes the illusion complete.