Pavement art - 3D illusions - Julian Beever - Official website

Julian Beever's 3D Pavement Art

Anamorphic illusions are drawn in a special distortion in order to create an impression of 3 dimensions when seen from one particular viewpoint.

In order to appear really 3 dimensional however, they need to be viewed either through a camera (which Julian has set up on a tripod for people to look through) or on a mobile phone, tablet or other screen. They do not look 3D to the naked eye.

Here is an overview of most of Julian’s 3D street art.

3D chalk illusion of a pond with water lillies and a newt underwater, with a real little girl trying to fish it

3D pavement drawing of a snowman with a real little girl about to put a carrott on its face

3D street drawing of a homeless man sleeping on cardboard with the snow starting to fall

3D chalk art of Santa's underground workshop while above ground a real toddler puts a letter in a real letterbox , supposedly falling straight into the workshop

Street art 3D illusion of Santa's underground workshop

3D pavement drawing of an athlete holding the olympic torch

3D illusion of a giant slice of pizza lifted by a fork

3D drawing of people and the artist trying to climb out of a dungeon with skeletons lying on the floor

3D Pavement drawing of a lovely river going under a bridge with a heron and a kingfisher

Street drawing of a beach with a seagull catching a fish

3D pavement drawing of a pond with giant water lillies and a real little girl sitting on one to feed the fish

3D chalk illusion of a giant portable computer drawn on the pavement

3d street drawing of the word World for Worldcard

3D chalk illusion of a dead giant fly drawn on the pavement with the artist using a fly-spray

3D pavement trompe l'oeil of a giant lobster about to eat a real baby

Drawing of the giant lobster seen from the wrong angle

Pavement drawing of the artist Julian Beever starting to dig a hole in the street with his metal detector next to him

Sidewalk drawing of the artist Julian Beever testing with his metal detector the inside of a hole getting bigger

3D chalk illusion of the artist Julian Beever digging with a big heap of earth around him

Street 3D chalk illusion of the artist Julian Beever finding a hoard with a metal detector

Chalk drawing of a whale coming to the surface and expelling a pronounced blow

Pavement 3D drawing of a woman relaxing in a pool with the real artist about to take a dip

3D pavement drawing of the swimming pool, seen from another angle, so distorted

3D pavement drawing of a pond and ripples with a real little girl trying to fish with a net

The artist Julian Beever draing while his daughter is giving him a hug

3D ckalk illusion of an archeological site with an underground mosaïc being discovered

3D illusion of the artist drawing the Mona Lisa

Street drawing of a beach scene with a dog running after a ball

The real drawing of the earth, seen from the side and stretched to create the illusion

3D illusion of the Eiffel Tower made out of sand, leaving a hole next to it where the sand and stones were supposedly taken from.

3D chalk trompel'oeil of a giant crab in water being caught by the artist

Street drawing of a pond with leaves floating

3D drawing of a scooba diver underwater and a real girl above water

3D sidewalk drawing of an inflattable boat and a river with 2 real people navigating the rapids

The artist Julian Beever about to dive in his 3D drawing of a water scene

Chalk pavement drawing of a giant hole creating the illusion of an explosion.

3D chalk illusion of a stack of paving slabstaken out of the ground, leaving a big hole with sand under it.

3D sidewalk chalk drawing of a giant spider about to reach two real girls posing on a drawn cube

3D Chalk drawing of a giant snake crawling on a public bench with a real woman looking at it in a surprise

Distorted view of the giant snail. Some of it was drawn on the bench and on a pillar to make the illusion work

3D chalk sidewalk art of a giant strangalia with a real policeman about to give a fine

Drawing of nothing with the artist Julian Beever posing and a crowd of people watching

3D drawing of Time Square seen from a skyscraper with a real little girl on top looking down

Drawing of the giant grasshopper seen in reality super stretched to create the illusion

3D drawing of a whaleshark and a dingy with real people on it

3D street art of a drawn underground archeological site with the artist Julian Beever posing trying to steal an artefact

3D sidewalk illusion of a giant Slate bottle and a glass, with the artist posing on the top and looking tiny

3D sidewalk drawing of underground pipes bringing water to a fountain with the artist about to drink form it

3D street drawing of underground pipes providing water to a fountain above ground

3D pavement drawing of a table with cheese, fruit, wine and flowers

Still life 3D drawing seen distorted on the street with the real objects next to it.

3D painting of a few butterflies on grass

The real artist on his knees drawing in front of himself drawn in 3D in exactly the same position

Upside down chalk drawing of rescuers going down a hole

Calk trompe l'oeil of a hosepipe pouring water into a gutter, with the artist Julian Beever holding it

3D street drawing of a big wheel and people falling off it

Painting of a giant molerat coming out of the wall

Distorted view of the molerat painting with the artist Julian Beever posing next to it

3D chalk drawing of Spiderman coming to the rescue of the real artist posing on top of a very high chimney (also drawn)

3D drawing of a lake and a little boat with two real little girls looking down

Pavement art of a hole in the ground with a view to railway work being done underneath

3D illusion of a toddler crawling in the street

View of the pavement drawing sideways where the distorsion is very perceptible

Sidewalk art showing a watermill bringing water to a water fountain

3D trompe-l'oeil of the Mona Lisa covered with protective plastic sheet (also drawn)

Pavement drawing of the fossil of an ichtyosaur excavated at Rutland Water, also called the Rutland Sea Dragon.