Sara Watson, an English art student, turned a car "invisible" with a lovely trompe l'oeil paintjob:
Art student's car vanishing act (via Bioephemera)
Sara Watson, who is studying drawing at the University of Central Lancashire (Uclan), took three weeks to transform the car's appearance.She created the illusion in the car park outside her studio at Uclan's Hanover Building in Preston.
The car is now being used for advertising by the local recycling firm that donated the vehicle.
That's beautiful!
It reminds me of this.
It's too bad she had to paint the sponsor's logo across the top of the windshield--I'd love to see the car disguised as well as possible.
I give it about 8 months until we see a TV commercial that rips off this idea.
Awesomesauce. I have nothing else to say.
here's an image of the car as viewed from the wrong angle
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/5261764/Invisible-car.html?image=3
It's fairly common in computer animation, but it's always fun to see a real version.
Very, very cool. Terrific talent, and terrific imagination.
@#1 -- two things --
first -- if you look closely, she's painted the logo to look as if it's painted on the window just to the right of of the door.
second -- I hope beyond hope that whomever makes a TV commercial hires her to do the work -- she's earned the right to make a living with her talent.
nice
Very well done, though I've seen the trick done to more awsome effect with body paint.
I can't find the pictures I'm actually thinking of, but this will do by way of example: http://visualfunhouse.com/body_paint/invisible-man-body-paint.html
Some of us are easily amazed.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/lancashire/8030766.stm
Thequickbrownfox, I think you missed the point of the writer; it takes quite a bit more effort to create this effect in reality, than it is using photoshop. I'm sure that to feel the real effect you need to be there and watch it vanish turning your head.
I think BoingBoing posted this last week.
To me, the funny thing about the whole illusion is that it works so well in photographs but it would be difficult to get the effect perfect in real life because we have two eyes. So in a way, it's an illusion that depends upon photography to explain it.
Nonetheless, until I see it for real, I'll just have to hold my tongue. [Which I'm obviously not.]
What car?
This is a very cool anamorphic distortion.
How it was probably done:
Pick the one spot you want to arrest the viewer from, where the illusion will be seen correctly.
Take a digital photo of the scene (w/out the object) from this spot, trying to keep the camera at an average eye height and not using too wide of a lens.
Bring the object to be made invisible into the scene. Aim a digital projector from the exact spot and angle the photo was taken from and cast the image over said object until the background lines up. This part is the hardest because you usually have to subtly tweak the image on the spot to correct for (wait for it) the projector's built-in correction of anamorphic distortion.
Mark out the main structure of the projected image on the car and start mixing paint!
The fact that we have two eyes won't hinder the illusion in the least if it is done correctly.
Reminds me of http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/14/the-wireframe-car/
Liu Bolin would like a word with this girl...
http://www.galeriebertin.fr/en/programme/9-camouflage.html
Please tell me she did a video (for time-lapsed play back) of her doing this job.
[Invisible comment]
Here Boing Boing lives up to its promise; this is truly a Wonderful Thing.
dude, didn't we see this on zack braff in the garden state new, nothing new, arts student should get praised for more creative stuff than this.
This is the same idea http://www.screenhead.com/~screenhe/wp-content/uploads/2007/01/zach-braff-garden-state.JPG
this is great http://pbfcomics.com/?cid=PBF133-Love_Lizard.jpg
I went to art school, new genre is not an easy undertaking, you have to be really creative to have something new.
garden state 2004
http://www.screenhead.com/~screenhe/wp-content/uploads/2007/01/zach-braff-garden-state.JPG
with even the most primitive synthetic chromatophores, you should be able to develop a usable system by using wrap around cameras and software that infers the viewing angle of who you wish to fool. Workable camouflage doesn't have to be perfect. A OLED skin? How much computing power would be required? I'll bet most of the required approaches are already available from animation and lighting programs.
Sweet.
that must be so annoying to get the car back in the exact same spot after you'd moved it. And you'd have to rotate the tires too.
In high school, we read 'Invisible Man' and had to write a paper on it. I made a joke to the girl next to me that I should write an invisible paper... 10 blank pages with the last page that said: (This paper exists, you just refuse to see it.) I didn't have the guts to do it... she did, and got an A. Doh!
Or you can read about *real* near-optical invisibility here:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090501154143.htm
With more refinement, it looks like the meta-materials could successfully cloak visible objects, first limited to some color ranges, and eventually across the entire visible spectrum.
Enjoy.
Ahh another one, 1989. Indian Jones and the last crusade. At the end when Indy is crossing the invisible bridge, the same effect is used. It actually worked at a couple angles.
I only bring this up because, come on... art students doing is nothing new?
A full size print of my cubicle door with me in it working is the same thing. But not outstanding enough to make the news.
Cool!
awsome. great work!.
thequickbrownfox,
Why did you re-post the link that's in the entry?
Did anybody notice that it's a CRYSLER? ie the automobile manufacturer that just became invisible.
Alot of people seem to mistaking the concept of camouflage with the physical (and creative) work of getting a fixed point view of a scene onto a non-related, non-uniform 3d object.. by hand, with a paint brush.
Give the girl some credit. It's excellent work and isn't remotely the same as a poster of you working, hung on your office door, nor a shirt resembling the wallpaper behind you.
I've seen similar works done before but mostly on flat surfaces. Getting this illusion to work properly on a car that is made up of many irregular curved shapes is much harder, and the girl deserves a hand for her effort.
beautiful work
you go girl..............
wait... what car are yall talking about?
Very cool. Plus she's a hottie!
Awesome~
wow that would be fun to drive
WoooooooooooooooooooooooooooW, Beautiful master Piece
Pure Tom Foolery!
Don't forget you aren't working on a flat board, or a human body against a flat wall. You're dealing with 3 dimentions of the car as well as the environment. You have to match the curve of the car against the distance/angles of the environment. Try making a flat door look like its flat and against the wall 10 feet behind the car and match it up with the actual door peaking over the roof of the car, on a curved and tilted window. If you guys think this is so easy and nothing extraordinary...stop posting other peoples work and show us how easy it really is by doing it yourself :)
this actually an imperfect design....she did not account for the shade from the sun. would have been perfect if she had painted that part with lighter colors or lit it with a strong flashlight or something.
My $.02
WOW---very well done...
or better yet have something such as a measured and tailored piece of cartoon and hang it from the front bumper of the car after it had been painted to match the surroundings and consequently eliminating the shade problem since it would be behind this "drape"
love this
im good at drawing and stuff but not much on painting i give you props ^.^ keep going with what you are doing you could end up making millions :]
The Indiana Jones "invisible bridge" never really existed. It was just CG special effects. Sure, the idea may not be new, but I agree with the other contributors there was real talent involved here. She did a great job.
look. the point is that she did an outstanding job on this....we all know we've seen it before or known someone else that did it. But that doesnt mean shes not talented.
I think she did a wonderful job, and those who posted other versions to show that somethings been done before(get a life) everything we do today or seen has been done for centuries....
three words. wow!
I'd hit it.
I'll give this a few weeks or months & you will see car enthusiast roll around town with this same paint job & their 30 inch chrome rims
Nothing but COOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
hmm, too bad it still has a shadow...
There are those who create art, and those content to just sit on their duffs and criticize it. The majority of the critics to this young ladies work, probably couldn't tell the difference between a pencil and a paint brush.
im only commenting on this so i dont have to do my homework;)
I give it less than 8 months before there is a comercial
Oh my goodness! I'm in advanced art at school, but i could NEVER do that! how long did that take you?
I can't believe no one said "dude where's my car?"
From: Akinyele Aluko, Maputo Mozambique
This is fantastic and creative. She deserves the commendation of all especially in a world where the digital world has taken over everything from drums to guiters and horns.
It's amazing that you could paint a car outside in Preston for 3 weeks without it raining.
Wow apparently it's so amazing that they could only show one picture of it. Awesome.
what talent.i hope to see more of her work in the future.that girl is unbelivably talented.i would love to see the car in person.just to look at the MIND BLOWING paint job!!!!!!
Sweet. That's pretty cool. Pretty soon cars might be invisible if she can make that happen with that car.
What an awesome paint job by such a cute little art student! I love them both!
It technically is not invisible though,it is nicely camouflaged!
KOOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This is a refreshing change from the "very over done" computer generated special effects.
Awesome job girl, do what you LUV.
AWESOME I LOVE ART N WELL SHES GOOD AT IT!!
Nice work Houdini!
too cool...what tallent!
hey this is really awsome .. Can u do mine:P
TGG161's comment sounds like something you would find on FML.com
Indeed, whether the idea is not completely new or not shouldn't matter in relation to how much effort and time went into her piece, especially because hollywood would have used more technology to make it happen than she did. screw hollywood anyways. It's great to see that determination and ambition still get rewarded.
If I had half a mind...I'd have half more than I have right now.
Did you know that butterflies actually are colorless?
That is where she got the concept from.
Too cool or what?
sweet!!! .... I wonderdoes she ever drive?
any way I hope they use for a good ad no lame car
commercials
Unreal! I mean light played a huge part in this so how did she do it?
saleem
it is a great job and i appreciate the artist who had done it first time in trhe whole world
its funny how jealous some people get.. that is realy cool good for her!!
the grl that did this rx.just frkn rox.U RULE, SARA!!!
its amazing
BRAININAVAT: It's not Chrysler (too bad, LOL, that would be way funnier), it's Skoda. Model Felicia. Made in Czech Republic :]
ALL I HAVE TO SAY IS GIRL YOU ARE GOOD I CAN'T EVEN DRAW A STRAIGHT LINE OR A CIRCLE,LOL KEEP UP THE GOOS WORK!!!!!
Wow,
she is dedicated beyond words. I'd use the word talent, but talent alone is never enough. There's a lot of hard work and pre planning for this. Cleverness! What a great eye for matching colors too.
Chainsaw Chuck.
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That is wonderful! I have not seen anything like that, keep up the good work!
some tricky thing
when i saw this i can't beleive it. i just wanna to say keep it up and future is yours because this life is nothing if u don't have fire inside.
what would MAACO charge?
someone is going to run into that thing!
It will only "disappear" at one specific spot on the Parking lot and at one height at that spot. Did she paint a mark on that spot?
Absolutely incredible.... 2 thumbs way up (if i had more they'd be up too) its always amazing when people are willing to spend this much time on something... and not take the easy way out (3D Art which is what i do) but yeah amazing... she really has a talent
That is a work of art... keep up the great work. It is stunnung.
Whoever said it was a Chyrsler, its a Skoda Fabia.
wow its an awesome work of art!! well done
that us cool , it looks like a lot of works
Totally fantastic!
DUDE! where's my car??
wow, the people who knock her talent must be "to self asorbed, or jealous of her talent" she did an amazing job. and thats that. Yes other people do the same stuff. but hers is just great work. simple!
i can,t find my car as it is.
beast
Great Job and anyone that post negative comments are just jealous and wish they had your talent. Good Luck!!!!
cool!!!!!!
thats reallly koo.. it trips me out how amazing people are sometimes.
That is badass.
That is so cool that she could turn a car invisible. how many people do you know that could do that! That is awesome! she is so cool!!
Nice job.
Your very hot!
XD
Great camo painting job
Wow. Is that possible? That's amazing. Where will we be in year 3000?
Be nice, if you could have at least, posted the actual video, or link to it, so we could see what you are talking about.
Wait...is that Lindsay Lohan?
COOLEO xp
--chris
that car is not invisible, it is well camouflaged
What a bunch of haters...
This is the same basic idea of camouflage used in the "Leap of Faith" test at the end of Indiana Jones and the last Crusade. Very clever, and certainly not a trivial amount of work to pull off.
All that i see is a beautiful face
This is RIDICULOUS. The laws of Physics prevent things like this from happening. You cannot make a solid object become completely transparent, its just not how it works. I dont believe this hype in the slightest bit. If this were true and people could really do this, dont you think the traffic accident ratio would skyrocket? Criminals would be able to get away from robbing banks or killing someone because they have an "invisible" car. Haha! the last thing we need to do is think that we are actually capable of making a solid steel/metal erection invisible to the human eye.
Sorry!
Abe lugo
I don't think any art is "new". The way of using it and doing it is what makes it new.
This young lady used her imagination - even if she used pictures and other things to help her. The effect is fantastic but as has been said could only be seen like that from one direction.
That isn't the point. The point is she did it and it works!!
neato
PRETTY DARN COOL.
I hope Miss Watson got an 'A' in her illustration class!
Fellow Artist
Wow amazing...I wanna hire her to paint me naked invisble!
The following is not meant be an insult, just a critique:
I do not understand the reason for going through all the trouble in time and materials to execute something that only works with one particular angle.
Very nice from an artistic viewpoint! But as a practical matter, it took her three weeks to pretend to do what most inner-city gangs can do for real in about 30 seconds!
All-in-all, I prefer Sarah's method!
awesome! but if this is viewed from a different angle it will ruin everything. However, it's really awesome!
I wish she could paint my wife...
I think that anyone who knocks you for your valiant effort and creating such a work of art weather it be Camra Angles or not. It takes time and effort which you should be proud of.
that is cool sara
really amazing.
and in response to Angstrom
"#3 POSTED BY ANGSTROM, MAY 4, 2009 2:16 AM
here's an image of the car as viewed from the wrong angle
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/5261764/Invisible-car.html?image=3"
not only is that at the wrong angle but he used flash i can tell.
Now that's some very creative tallent. She did an excellent job pulling that off. Reminds me of the invisible car in James Bond. hmm i wonder if she used any photoshop like programs, pixel by pixel to get the shading just right.
i lov stelth
Nice.........wel done SARA. This can pave the way for further development in the same field in future.
swank job girl !
i wonder how invisible it'll be once you drive it 2 feet. also, is it just from that angle it looks invisible?
Creative and a flare for business. She might have an opportunity at best web choice. Nice work!
Absolutely great. Magnificent artwork by Sara Watson, and it must have taken quite a bit of time. This is the truly work from an artist's mind, heart and hands. It's even more amazing how this was accomplished after looking at the non-camouflaged view at:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/5261764/Invisible-car.html?image=3
Love it....!
Way to go Sara. I look to hear about you doing movie special effects.
that is awesome !!!
wow
It's wonderfully refreshing to see some one do something by hand instead of with a computer
I want to see a side view of it!
That is soo cool...I wish I was that artistic. Too bad it only blends in with that background.
AWESOMENESS!
Sheesh, anybody ever hear of a "site specific installation?" Of COURSE the illusion only works from one angle. It's an art project, not a secret military cloaking device!
Of all the versions of this gimmick I think my favorite may be Banksy's "Elephant in the Room," wherein he created an indoor scene with a live elephant painted to match the wallpaper.
AWESOME JOB! i wish this could happen with my body....... ha ha...
LOL :))
It amazes me that some critiqued the work as if they are some professorial sage. SMH
Just shut up and enjoy, or move on! It's good work and interesting! How original is not important! Some people are unbelievably dense!
DUDE(dudet) HOW DID YOU DO IT I MEAN WHAT INSPIRED YOU TO DO THAT???????(PS LUV IT :):):):):)
That art work is wonderful, I have been looking forward to such creative arts long ago.
Ambee
i already saw this on an illusion site. nice to know its on yahoo. i read in the illusion sight they donated the car or something
But Officer, that car came out of nowhere. I swear I never even saw it.
i love it and wish her all the best in her endeavor and her daily activities.
Keep the hard work done.
Ken. (from Ghana )
it looks So AweSoMe!!!I waNna kNow How SHe Did that.
Hey, isn't that what the predators drove around in the second movie with Gary Busey.
wow. that is amazazing. i know i couldnt do that
wow,you got tallent!!!hey that can be the next new car style!!!
If i was to hit the car while trying to park, whose fault would that be?
brilliant
NICE
i saw this on Mighty Optical Illusions
Doesnt matter who did what first. College kid did something cool. I hope she keeps up the good work!
That is very cool, i like it alot
Sara!!
I love you
very well done!!
hi! this is raphil!
you know its nice to have that kind of art specially when it came from a girl like her! maybe she paint her smile to and send it to me!! hihihihi
think about it she went out in the parking lot and painted it.Its not made by using a camera nor was it made from some picture.Its a real car in a real parking lot being painted.Give the girl some credit she's good at what she does.Dam quit looking for the the tricks be happy for her.she has a great talent and she is willing to share it with everybody.
This is a really really good art piece. Who ever disagrees, u just need to keep shut because u wouldnt be able to do just that. From the dimensions and colors to match make it extremely hard for a non artist to do. So to those who arent impressed try it, lets see how far u will get to a perfect example of that.
That is soooooo cool!
PEOPLE STOP HATING!!!!!...GIVE PROPS WHERE THEY ARE DO AND THIS IS ONE OF THOSE TIMES...BABY GURL GOT TALENT SO I SAY KEEP DOING WHAT U DO AND FORGET THE BITTER ONES WHO MAD THEY DONT HAVE THE TALENT TO CREATE ANYTHING REMOTELY CLOSE... KUDOS x100 TO YOU...
Of course, she did this paint to park illegally in handicap spots! Just kidding... I love what she did to the car, I wish they would find a way to make this effect cheaper, easier, and mandatory for people driving rust buckets.
Nice!
sorry but it not invisible but transparent it the right description for that art
WOW!!!
Creativity works !!
Sara Watson's an absolute genius!! Love that art.
She Painted OVER the CAR!!!!!! That's why she is an artist.
WOW!!! I LOVE IT, CAUSE I LOVE ART *SIGH* GOT MY ART HIGH BUZZ FOR THE DAY. THANKS!!!!
I think its a great work of art. A lot of art is hard to understand, but this is simple. A young lady put a lot of work and imagination into this, and did a great job.
Congratulations for your hard work!
Unless your taking the wall with you , it serves to point ..Overall it is briliant and creative.
WOW! Can you make me invisible? =)
thats amazing keep it up and that WILL take you places!!! amazing
Isn't this a violation of The Treaty of Algeron with the Romulans?
You rock!
i can see it.
amazing. very very talented, i can't imagine being able to claim this work. you should be very proud, keep up the good work.
very neat! She's really talented.
COOL!!YOU CAN LET WONDER WOMAN BORROW IT WHEN SHE GETS TIRID OF FLYING HER INVISABLE JET!
it's hard to park a jet..
Haha cool lol! Awesome! =D
awsome
wowwwwwwwwwwwwwwww you did great love it i think its wicked
this is completely and totally AWESOME!! she truly is an artist
DANG, IT'S ALMOST AS INVISIBLE AS MY CAR!!! I WONDER IF SHE'LL PAINT IT BACK RED AND SELL ME IT FOR $200??!
Now that's what I call a real car-meleon
it's really cool and i hope that in the future, there would be an invention that would make the car totally invisible.
Peter Sellers Mmm! for originality
wow! thats sooo kool!!!!!
great job but not roadworthy. oopps did i just hit a car coz i cant see it. lol
That is so cool, oh my goodness! She is very talented; great job.
is that street legal
thats gotta be one of the coolest paintings ive ever seen
Pitchafit here!!
Hey brownfox-Didn't Mommy teach you if you can't say anything nice at 3am than don't say anything at all!! This girl is amazing!! By the way, what have you done for your country lately!!
You should see my invisible mansion, and my three invisible cars and my invisible yacht.
wow!!! this is great. its the work of a genius. its really really good, not seen anything like it.
She must be very good with colors. That is an AWESOME car, If you moved it you would probobly NEVER be able to get it back in it's place.
Dear Sara,
I think it is FANTASTIC! Great job!
Fame has its problems, always non-famers queing in without any talent as on this blog.
WWI british cargo ships owed much of their ability to feed the UK from Argentina on vessels painted "razzle-dazzle." (Not the same but similar eye dispute.)
Lady Di once got admonistered by the UK news for ordering a Mercedes Coupe rather than a Jaguar Coupe. That car looks like neither. As a big fan of the old "Avengers"; it also does not look like a Cobra or a Bentley.
The Queen always likes these things are you on her schedule? Should be, why don't you ask? She likes plants and horses can you do them also?
Windsor Castle could stand an update, especially since the fire. Why not you!
Best regards,
RAG from America
IS THAT A HATCH BACK GRAND MARQUIS ....?? AMAZING IT IS ..LOL
She is talented and beautiful. She reminds me of Kate Hudson. What a fantastic idea and so wonderfully done!
she should be proud! this is great! well done sara!
She is great with colors. That must've taken forever. It is AWESOME! Once you do that you will NEVER be able to get it back.
wow. that is AWESOMEEE!
she kinda looks like lindsey lohan.... O.o
This is amazing...omg!!!
amazing ppl are so talented sometimes
Whoever posted comment #113 (the guy talking about how this is immpossible due to physics and all this other stuff) needs to read the article. It isn't actually defying the laws of physics. It's called using paint to "camouflage" the vehicle in that one spot, like the army does, and hunters have for centuries. The minute it moves it messes the whole thing up, so it isn't 'invicible' to any degree, just well disguised. Maybe you should have taken the time to actually read the article. No offense.
At any rate, it's an amazing piece of art. Though it has been done before, what hasn't? I can't think of anyone I know of talented enough to pull this off without a computer or digital imagery.
Wouldn't it just be easier to make the car invisible, rather than painting it to ~look~ invisible???
OMG!!! THATS SOOOO FREAKIN COOL!!!! WOW !!! DUDE IM THRILLED RITE NOW!!
Good Job Sara!! that is the most amazing thing ive ever seen!
very cool. to #18, that was in a movie where im sure they used the same fabric to make his shirt. this is just sheer coolness.
That is just crazy. Now that is a great artist!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You did an awesome job Sara. Don't pay attention to negative attention from anyone else. You worked hard and, got a well deserved reward.
Great job Sara! I totally agree with poster #39. It's a LOT harder than it looks.
Hope they have collision insurance for the car.
Extraordinary from you Sara Watson.
wow nice paint job. I heard of this in a korean true or false video. Talk Bout pas'in undetec'id!
http://users.skynet.be/J.Beever/dungeon.html
very well done job hun
Now that is a sweet thing
holy shit thats amazing
Could we hire this artist to paint the economic crisis in effect and make it disappear? That would be magic!
Nice Job Lindsey Lohan. =]
I wouldn't have the patience to do that..
Whats Klingon for "Engage the cloaking device!"
thats HUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGE
THANK YOUAA
your beautiful. could you marry me?
:O hottdamn!
that looks like it took 4eva just to paint it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ok this IS cool but Y the heck did she even do it?!?!?!?! i wonder...
~alice k~
Hey #113, this IS real, if you belive it or not. Just think and change the point of view in your mind - what happens? The background doesn't match at all, which means that you will see it's a car w/ an unusually paintjob. And on the other hand, the paint doesn't matter at all if you're driving at night.
Hey #12 MSTODDARD:
Your comments are about right. That's the way I did a paintjob a couple of years ago.
=) GREAT JOB (=
ONLY WHO HAS THE EXPERIENCE OR THE SENSE FOR ART CAN APPRECIATE THIS ARTWORK!!!
You know, for a girl to be that TALENTED is amazing!! She should be incredibly proud! And, not to mention, her car is being used to help spread advertisements of recycling! It is one thing to paint great and beautifully, but she did something more, she did real art.
It's pretty cool how she does it.
whoa!!!
this is so cool
i can see y they would want to use it in a recycling advertisment.
its like the car is just barely there
awesome job :)
A plus
wow! that is pretty awesome....i wish my moms car did that.....
Is very impressive, and very time consumer, don't listen discourage people, you go .....for a good future
wow that is super cool i would like to follow in her footsteps i want to have a cool thing like that lucky her!!!!
jeez ppl give credit where credit is deserved she did a wonderful job.
I give kudos to you Sara Watson. I agree with Nosehat, it's just a matter of a couple of months before someones tries to do what you did.
sara can you that on me please
I think it's pretty cool. Reminds me of Fozzy Bear and Kermit hiding the Studbaker in front of the billboard in the Muppet Movie.
LOL that was the best paint job and painting skills i have ever see :)
Youre very creative,wish you well to enduring and widening your dreams....
now if she could make all global warming made in USA visible by drawing tiny US flags on it
that is awesome, nice work! i dont know you but you must be very proud! i cant wait till there are some for sale!
this is very cool my sister has a picture on facebook that she made herself disappear. but good jod sara and keep the good work up. mississippi loves this type of stuff.
wow, taking the time and doing this...wow i just admire you. great job on your part!
dude thats SWEET! i totally want that car!
She did this fast and it looks nice. I thought it was like science when i saw this on the yahoo page.
YOU GO GIRL...
well it is indeed a great job.from my experience artists often give the illusion while scientists make it happen so very soon scientists would creat a really invisible car and not just an illusion but ireally think she did a great job by giving we scientist a vision or better called picture with which we can work to achieve the truly invisible car manufacture
IS TIS REAL!!! COZ IF IT IS !!!! THAN ITS SOOOOOO COOL!!!!
cool!
from PHX, AZ
The Lady is a UFO[0vni]actual version,Her Brine is sunshine and out of here.
WOW Great Job :]
WOW!!!This is really cool. Keep up the good work girl!
HOLY CRAP WOW! O_O
I was like; "Where's the invisible car? :D?? -looks- ..where is it? :D??..-see's- OH! THERE IT IS!"
XD
HEY!!SARAH!!!
That's really a work of Art. Don't pay any attention to HATERS!!! Their only jealous because they can't do something that is so inspiring and COOL!!! like you. Haters will always be around & I mean around. You did an excellent job. Wish you the best in the future. Keep it up.
I think this is really, nice. I'm a mother in Oakland, Ca, and it makes me feel good to hear about young adults taking time, effort and determination to do something positive. Of course, with photoshop this could have been done in no time by many of people and in less time, but this is really amazing. :-)
Unbelievable....
can you do that for human???
that's really good
It's amazing!!! You did a GREAT JOB!
Very talented, The only that kind of spoil the illusion is the lower left side of the door, from the windshield is a little off.
But overall AWESOME!!!
people, it's amazing. she's extremely talented. enough said.
that is so cooool!i wish i could really do that
she is totally gifted!!! :)
Wow! how do u do that? thats awsome!!
cool
That's where I parked it! Dang it! I guess I have to remove the cloaking device!
that`s some bushi
Awesome! A taste of true talent
SWEETNESS!!!
DUDE. THAT IS AWESOME! CRAZY!
The same thing...only much better was done in the movie starring Jack Black called "Be Kind, Rewind"...check out the part where they climb the fence. gr8.
oh my gosh. that is awesome!!!!! i see how she did it, though.....
SHE DID A GREAT JOB=LOTS OF THINKING & WORK WENT INTO THIS==COLL
2 THINGS 1:UR HOT 2:COOL!!!
You have some great talent there. Perhaps another direction such as getting involved in national or international contests?? Getting involved in contests will help a future portfolio. Although this is a neat project its not the first of its kind. Keep up the work, take the critiscism and use it to advance your talent.
*just because someone is a little critical of her work doesnt mean you people should attack them. They may have just as much talent or more.
Really nice work!!! It reminds me of the nano warfare invisiblity suit or something like this
http://www.thegreenhead.com/2004/05/japanese-scientist-invents-invisibility-cloak.php
The best part is... when i step inside, i will also become invisible.
fantastic!
So cool! She's very clever and skillful.
Can any of you people putting down this persons work actually accomplish something like that yourselves? Yeah...I didn't think so.
really awesome!
Oh my.
Maybe BoingBoing should limit the number of "anonymous" posts from the same IP Address? I still like the car and all, but this kind of thing sort of kills off discussion.
Its not invisible. I can SEE the car!
That's amazing. How did she ever come up with that idea.
Wow this is really cool i've never seen anyone do anything like that before she is extremly observant good job!!!!
nosehat,
We got linked on Yahoo.
Next, she should do one with an areial view atop a field of flowers. She can do it from a scaffold & when photographed from a boom truck at noon when the sun is directly overhead, there will be no shadows cast from the car.
the artist herself is a beautiful work of art...
Woah,That is so cool
She deserves a Award for something realting to Invisible cars,ART
LOL
THAT IS REALLY COOL I HAVE A CAR ON MY WALL JUST LIKE IT, I COLLECT CARS THAT ARE PAINTED LIKE NOTHING... TAKE A LOOK!!... THATS CRAZY..
WOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOW
Me parece algo hasta cierto punto imposible, Ella tiene una determinacion impresionante ,porque para la mayoria de personas empezar un proyecto de esa categoria y magnitud haria retroceder un poco ,,,Muchas felicidades a la chica y quien la haya ayudado ,La verdad es un proyecto sensacional y me encanta la buena causa que beneficia.desde Mexico Felicidades!!!!
SIIICK!!
That's original..that's awesome...yeaaaaaay
Itz obvious that she smokes madd buddd
Ah, thanks for the explanation. I guess that can have a similar effect RE conversation.
Let's just try not to get linked directly to the YouTube user base. =D
talent like that is hard to put in words...im loss for words
This shouldn't be entitled as "Invisible Car" because,
1. It is only invisible at one angle.,
2. there is a shadow cast on it..
But still, it's a nice piece of art. She gave a lot of effort on it. Kudos!
Very kool! I like it!!!
why so many negative comments. get a life people.
Can she make the hat invisible?
AWESOME!
COOL!
I say vandalism! haha kidding! all these people saying its nothing new and keep showing pictures of invisible body painting, Guys guys this is a car we're talking about you can't compare bodies to cars so just shut up. it takes much more time concentration and effort to make it than to paint a small body.
look you twit, the car is OBVIOUSLY not supposed to be transparent, she painted it to LOOK invisible in the setting doof. its incredible
i think that this car is the most asome thing i've ever seen and i think that they should pay that lady to put that car in a comertial it is so cool.
Trompe-l'œil, is a painting style that originated during the Baroque period. It means "to trick the eye". If its an installation piece (meaning temporary) it usually only works from one angle. The car will only be there for a short period of time.
The angle from which the photo was taken is probably slightly of the angle the artist intended, so to make it more visable for people viewing the photo.
Just because it isn't original doesn't mean it wasn't time consuming and required a great deal of talent. My favorite Trompe-l'œil artist is Julian Beever, check him out
http://users.skynet.be/J.Beever/
wow i would love to have that car
shes goign go far and shes very talented i congraulate her
That is awesome!i wish i could do something like that! WOW! thats ALL i hav to say!
Just do it folks..Like this girl did! Awesome
The problem with this world is that a lot of people like to bring someone down...when they get famous. Crab-mentality.
Show your stuff and move on. I love you, girl!
how do you drive the car with the paint on the wind shield and windows?
anonymous @ 57 - lol :D
Very cool. Made me smile.
you tube "chalk drawings" and you will be more amazed than this...Julian Beever does drawings on the ground that will blow your mind.
"Art is either plagiarism or revolution."
-Paul Gauguin
beautiful art work...no need to insult or be anal about it. i never could make this work even from one angle. DONT HATE, APPRECIATE
Touche
Great, now make my car payment disappear!
great!
Dear MR> MRS> MS .#113 LHE LAWS OF PHYSICS TELL US THAT A BUMBLE BEE CAN'T FLY......GET OVER IT IT'S GREAT ART.
Antinous @ 287 - so yahoo boinged the boing?
AWESOME! WHAT TALENT! CAN I HIRE HER TO DO MY CAR?
This girl is AMAZING!!! I wonder if she could paint my house so my students can't find where I live! :)
Wow!!! Amazing job!! You're an awesome artist!!! :D
Now you need to do Wonder Womans plane and ur all good lady!!