Perspective-localized art

Notice those areas on this house that are circled. Follow the jump for a fun surprise below. Much more in this vein at the site of the artist, Felice Varini. (via Accidental Mysteries)

Illlu

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Yay, anamorphosis!
- Traska
  
  And I learned a new word today. :)
Grahamers2002

This stuff never gets old. (And I am not being sarcastic. I love it!)
- Traska
  
  I suppose that depends on your point of view.
iratbeclimbingforale

Silly String tagger strikes again…
Vadym Zakrevskyy

Here’s one in New Haven CT, The red lines are painted on the walls.
https://plus.google.com/u/0/108067424425104231333/posts/PEuwni8mRLk
- Petzl
  
  You’re only allowed to submit such a photo if you also accompany it with a photo taken outside the preferred viewpoint.
SumAnon

But it’s so ugly from every other angle….
- Bradley Robinson
  
  Agreed.
  - aperturehead
    
    Yes, but it’s extra wonderful from one exact angle!
    - Bradley Robinson
      
      Agreed.
- http://boingboing.net/ Jason Weisberger
  
  Buy DxO and it’ll help with that.
Bradley Robinson

I like, just not on my house.
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_DKQ6LPPTLNTI4S2C4WZQD5XZSE Brian

I’m still waiting for the fun surprise.
http://twitter.com/digitalArtform Joseph Francis

1. Project an object onto a background and you get what’s pictured above.

2. Project a background onto an object (especially digitally) and you get a camouflage effect like Reptile in Mortal Kombat (1995) or the Leap of Faith effect in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) where the object can only be perceived when viewed away from its original angle and position.

3. Project the image of something onto iteslf (a matching form) and you get the basis for a lot of VFX work, especially matte paintings that are painted in 2D and then given a 3D camera move. This was done a lot in the pre-digital theater days by doing things like projecting a head and face onto a head-and-face-shaped blank object.

http://www.digitalartform.com/archives/2004/11/camera_projecti_1.html
duncancreamer

Old-timey projection mapping.

Here’s a pretty good set from a parking garage: http://www.autoblog.com/photos/axel-peemoeller-carpark-signs/
Donald Petersen

I’ve always appreciated the sign at the corner of the Cal State Northridge campus. Viewed off-axis it just looks like some fat white worms rearing up for a convocation of some wormy sort. But when viewed from the two streets forming the intersection (that is, from two angles rather than just one), it clearly reads CSUN.
http://twitter.com/arthur_farr Arthur Farr

This reminds me of something my friend George Winks did, using a wall of mirrors and blocks of colour around the room, which forms a picture when viewed from the right position.

http://www.georgewinks.com/projects/singularity-take-face-break-face-remake-face/