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ALEXA MEADE. Sky Art by Thomas Lamadieu. “Sky Art“, is a stunning series by French illustrator Thomas Lamadieu.

He photographs narrow buildings and uses the odd sky shapes to create strange line drawings… Thomas Lamadieu «Skyart», est une étonnante série par l’illustrateur français Thomas Lamadieu. Il photographie des bâtiments étroits et utilise les formes du ciel impaires pour créer des dessins au traits étranges… Optical Illusion Paintings. “More than meets the eye,” seems like the right slogan for Oleg Shuplyak’s fine art.

Warning: This post may contain images with nudity. Viewer discretion is advised. Artwork © Oleg Shuplyak Link via Inspix. Landscape Light Sculptures. Artist Barry Underwood photographs wonderfully mysterious light installations that he installs on-site in forests, mountainsides, or near lakes and rivers.

Via his artist statement: By reading the landscape and altering the vista through lights and photographic effects, I transform everyday scenes into unique images. Light and color alter the perception of space, while defamiliarizing common objects. Space collapses, while the lights that I install appear as intrusions and interventions. This combination renders the forms in the landscape abstract. You can see much more in his portfolio. Amazing 3D Street Art Illusions by Edgar Mueller. Who isn’t awed by the amazing 3D street art paintings of Edgar Mueller, and other pavement artists?

They create illusions which use a public space, such as urban centers, town squares, streets and sidewalks. 3D pavement art is labelled as a type of performance art in that artists work in view of the general public and people passing by - and get to see their reactions. These people often participate with the art piece by standing near the edge as if trying to avoid falling in, and also pose for photos. The paintings are also temporary, and prone to changes in weather.

Also take a look at the incredible anamorphic street paintings of Inge Wagner and Gregor Wosik! Outstanding Anamorphic STREET ART! Permission granted for photo use by Edgar Mueller. How to Make 3D Street Art One thing you may be wondering is how are 3D street paintings made? Red 2 Cyan Poles: Complementary Colors. Triptychs of Strangers by Adde Adesokan - street photographer from hamburg, germany, triptychs of strangers, asia, travel, photography, istanbul, design, flickr, theblackstar.

Iconatomy by George Chamoun. 155 Years Before the First Animated Gif, Joseph Plateau Set Images in Motion with the Phenakistoscope. Shake: Hilarious High-Speed Photographs of Dogs Shaking by Carli Davidson. Mane / Dogue de Bordeaux / Courtesy Carli Davidson & Harper Collins Dax / Boxer / Courtesy Carli Davidson & Harper Collins Roz / Chinese Crested / Courtesy Carli Davidson & Harper Collins Vito / French Bulldog / Courtesy Carli Davidson & Harper Collins Katie / Springer Spaniel / Courtesy Carli Davidson & Harper Collins Published just today, Shake is a new book of photos from Portland-based photographer Carli Davidson who used a high speed camera to capture hilarious freeze-frame shots of various dogs mid-shake.

To accompany the book Davidson also teamed up with the folks over at Variable to make a slow motion montage of numerous dogs shaking and rolling their heads. 1.jpg (PNG Image, 975 × 3080 pixels) - Scaled (27. Pencil sketches that seem to stand up off the page [12 pictures] Most of these drawings by Ramon Bruin seem relatively simple, but at the same time, because of their shadows and some intriguingly placed real-life props in the photographs, the sketched images appear to be almost magically leaving the bounds of the paper they’re drawn on… (via My Modern Met)

Necessity brings him here, not pleasure. A Hilltop Solarium Made with Panels of Caramelized Sugar by William Lamson. William Lamson, Solarium, 2012.

Steel, glass, sugar, plants. 10′ 10″ x 8′ 11″ x 10′ 3 3⁄8 in. (330.2 x 271.8 x 313 cm). Courtesy the artist and Pierogi Gallery. © Storm King Art Center Designed and constructed by artist William Lamson, Solarium is a functional greenhouse with 162 windows made from carmelized sugar at the Storm King Art Center in Mountainville, New York. Via his artist statement: Like a mountain chapel or Thoreau’s one-room cabin, Solarium references a tradition of isolated outposts designed for reflection. Lamson spent weeks testing methods for building the windows and you can watch his process in the video above by Kate Barker-Froyland. Update: Solarium was deinstalled at the end of 2012 and is no longer on view.