THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS Artwork and Photography by Mona Caron In this brilliant street art painting by Mona Caron, we see a utility box painted to show us what this intersection could look like. Located at Church St. and Duboce Ave. in San Francisco, the artwork comes to life when you look…
Fredo (real name Wladimir Inostroza ) is an incredible artist and illustrator from Santiago, Chile. The Sifter previously featured Fredo’s 3D anamorphic drawings back in 2010 but below you will find an updated gallery of his more recent artworks. Fredo’s drawings are anamorphic because they have to be viewed at a specific angle to…
Ramon Bruin is a Dutch artist with an amazing talent for 3D anamorphic drawings that seem to leap off of the page. Using pencils, ink and even paint, Bruin brings his drawings to life by capturing them with a camera at the perfect angle to create the illusion of 3D. Aside from drawing, Ramon…
Starting from a photograph, Bernard Pras creates amazing pieces of art by adding ordinary objects like used toys, tools, pieces of rubber, or whatever else you can think of. From up-close his works look like nothing more than random stacks of stuff, but from a certain angle and distance, they reveal their true beauty.…
Jonty Hurwitz is an artist currently living in London, England. The self-described ‘artist scientist archetype’, Hurwitz took an engineering degree in Johannesburg, South Africa. In his series of anamorphic sculptures below, Hurwitz’s distorted artworks can be seen ‘clearly’ when placed in front of a cylindrical mirror. On his inspiration and process, Hurwitz tells Colossal:…
David Zinn has been creating original artwork in and around Ann Arbor, Michigan since 1987. He’s a self-taught artist with a B.A. in Creative Writing and English Language from the Residential College of the University of Michigan. In addition to his fabulous 3D chalk art, Zinn also has an impressive portfolio of posters, illustrations…
Ramon Bruin is a freelance artist from the Netherlands. After graduating from the Airbrush Academie in the Netherlands in 2010 he launched JKK Airbrush. Ramon also has a passion for other disciplines and materials including: acrylic, oil and water paints, charcoal and 3D anamorphic drawings (i.e., you have to view from a specific angle…
BIGGEST 3D SIDEWALK PAINTING EVER Photograph by Paul Hackett/Reuters Guiness World Records has proclaimed this the world’s largest 3D painting, located at the Canary Wharf in London. The piece was created by British artist Joe Hill of 3D Joe and Max as a promotion for Reebok Crossfit. The gigantic painting measures…
Art Direction and Photography by LEON KEER Planet Streetpaining is a collaboration of street artists based in the Netherlands. As Planet Streetpainting’s art director, Leon Keer is always fascinated about what history reveals. He tries to connects the historical events with current issues in this society. For the Sarasota Chalk Festival he has…