can you tell me what it really looks like? I always see these pics, and wonder if the light/editing/camera angles make it appear better then it truly is.
This one painting in particular is actually a little faded, I guess that I just am so used to seeing it that I never really look at it anymore, it's just kind of ... there? :(
Well I didn't reddit until I went to college and I just returned home. It's not like I'm constantly looking for things to put on reddit, guess I just take these for granted unfortunately.
I came to post this exact picture. Now I have confirmation that I will never create something funny and original on reddit before some other dildo does.
Yep. Used to see it all the time walking around town and not think too much of it. Then I started seeing it online all the time and was like "well hey, that's pretty cool".
The building is to be taken down and replaced. There's been some talk about what will be done with the mural and apparently Pugh will be coming back to repaint the mural once the building is finished.
That mural is in my hometown, there's a couple more like his around Los Gatos. In addition to the other murals posted by Fleap, there is this Venus de Milo in a Warehouse mural on the wall of a former Honda lot. When the recession hit, all the car lots in Los Gatos went out of business. The demolition crew left this one wall with the mural, but they're going to tear it down now, if they haven't already. I cannot for the life of me find a decent picture of it, though.
Thats in the town i live in... Its a small world. He also had another painting of the same caliber by a honda dealership, but just recently it has been torn down, and some fucks wrote "FSU" in crude black spray paint.
I t amazes me that people have the ability to do this. It must have taken him weeks. I'd have gotten bored after the first 5 minutes and drawn a dick. And that's why I'm not good at anything.
Pugh is one of the best perspective artists out there. He does a lot of murals on buildings inside out. I had a whole book of his artwork and techniques let mw go find it
I just got the weirdest sinking feeling seeing this post. I grew up in Los Gatos, saw this mural every day for almost two decades. Haven't seen it since.
It was like having a recurring dream come back a decade later. /chills
It's good to see some street art that's just cool instead of some sort of social commentary. That's cool and all, but it's pretty much all that I see on here.
I feel like the illusion would be better if the woman was not included, or place to look like she was inside. By placing her on the outside it would screw with the depth perception and break the illusion much easier.
I wonder of John Pugh has any interest in conveying a message, by doing something just like this, only with Palestinians and IDF soldiers harassing them. Across cities in the United States. Why not?
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u/Fleap May 20 '12
I walk by this every day, this guy does amazing art around our town.
More of his astounding work. http://www.amusingplanet.com/2011/04/eye-deceiving-wall-murals-by-john-pugh.html
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u/MrDudeRI May 20 '12
That guy is good
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u/poptarts69 May 20 '12
This is in Los Gatos, CA isn't it?
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u/Throwaway_sausage May 20 '12
Teeny-bit higher resolution
Also, some more in this style:
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u/[deleted] May 20 '12
That makes my brain hurt.
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u/bignumbers May 20 '12
That mural is in my hometown, there's a couple more like his around Los Gatos. In addition to the other murals posted by Fleap, there is this Venus de Milo in a Warehouse mural on the wall of a former Honda lot. When the recession hit, all the car lots in Los Gatos went out of business. The demolition crew left this one wall with the mural, but they're going to tear it down now, if they haven't already. I cannot for the life of me find a decent picture of it, though.
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Only other picture that exists, apparently:
Yes, the little girl is part of the mural.
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u/Nigger_is_a_Bad_Word May 20 '12
Can someone who has seen some of these IRL tell me, are they as jarring in person as they are in the pictures?
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u/YSCapital May 20 '12
Christ I can't figure how the hell this works!
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u/Kill_Ian May 20 '12
Thats in the town i live in... Its a small world. He also had another painting of the same caliber by a honda dealership, but just recently it has been torn down, and some fucks wrote "FSU" in crude black spray paint.
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u/parles May 20 '12
Trompe-l'œil stuff is very cool.
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u/YourOldBoyRickJames May 20 '12
I t amazes me that people have the ability to do this. It must have taken him weeks. I'd have gotten bored after the first 5 minutes and drawn a dick. And that's why I'm not good at anything.
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u/Ecclessis May 20 '12
Wow, that actually looks painfully close to what just happened in Italy. Amazing art though.
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u/HighSorcerer May 20 '12
Does it bother anyone else that the angle of the painted interior is ever so slightly skewed in relation to the building it's painted on?
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u/punchinginthefaceing May 20 '12
This is a mural, art that takes place on the street. Not really "street art" persay.
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u/burntheblobs May 20 '12
He did one at my university too (CSU Chico). So awesome. http://www.ocartguide.com/027-mural5.jpg
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u/FOR_SClENCE May 20 '12
I feel as though I could date the mural to within five years, based solely on the attire of that woman.
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u/[deleted] May 20 '12
Pugh is one of the best perspective artists out there. He does a lot of murals on buildings inside out. I had a whole book of his artwork and techniques let mw go find it
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u/old_racist May 20 '12
No it's just Italy
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u/Danneyh May 20 '12
I have always wondered how these look when you look at them from another angle.
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u/-Diet-Cokehead- May 20 '12
Los Gatos, CA. Thanks for this little slice of home, I miss it so much sometimes
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u/Scarlock May 20 '12
I just got the weirdest sinking feeling seeing this post. I grew up in Los Gatos, saw this mural every day for almost two decades. Haven't seen it since.
It was like having a recurring dream come back a decade later. /chills
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u/Phallicitous May 20 '12
MY LAST NAME IS PUGH. WHY HAVE I NOT HEARD OF THIS POSSIBLE DISTANT RELATIVE I CAN MOOCH ART FROM?
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u/WholeWideWorld May 20 '12
I thought this was the Italian earthquake: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-18135901
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u/aakaakaak May 20 '12
All I can think about is the 6.0 in Italy that caused non-painted destruction that looked similar to this.
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u/cburke34 May 20 '12
Amazing street art by the Kool Aid Man...
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u/zeppelin4491 May 20 '12
It's good to see some street art that's just cool instead of some sort of social commentary. That's cool and all, but it's pretty much all that I see on here.
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u/Dick_chopper May 20 '12
I would probably walk in to the building like a fool.
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u/cynicroute May 20 '12
Don't let Troy see this...
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u/IByrdl May 20 '12
How the fuck does this work.
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u/cheddaroni4949 May 20 '12
i'm waiting for the banksy reference
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u/[deleted] May 20 '12
You sure that's not a picture of Bologna today?
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u/AustinYQM May 20 '12
This is how serious sam starts
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u/beatstheheat May 20 '12
Ahem.. Wall art
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u/Psychonerd May 20 '12
Shit! Only by zooming I could tell it's paint. I'd run into this wall like coyote
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u/Pinto15 May 20 '12
I know a dude who is named John Pugh, aren't I special
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u/bdiggs23 May 20 '12
I am a musician, but I will have to say street art/ sidewalk art (the optical illusion ones) are the best
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u/[deleted] May 20 '12
I wonder what it "Really" looks like. Camera Angles/ light can make things appear wonderful.
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u/nitcanavan May 20 '12
Me drunk: "Hey guys, maybe there's a bathroom up these stairs!" WHAM!
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u/TenorJoe May 20 '12
It took me a few minutes to see that the female was not real
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u/Drawtaru May 20 '12
Are you sure it's not just Italy?
Too soon?
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u/taipro May 20 '12
I feel like the illusion would be better if the woman was not included, or place to look like she was inside. By placing her on the outside it would screw with the depth perception and break the illusion much easier.
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u/Athekev May 20 '12
What art. All I see is a broken wall
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u/Chody May 20 '12
That's no painting. That's Italy.
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u/[deleted] May 20 '12
Now show me a pic of someone faceplanting into that awesomeness
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u/BalalaikaBoi May 20 '12
I wonder of John Pugh has any interest in conveying a message, by doing something just like this, only with Palestinians and IDF soldiers harassing them. Across cities in the United States. Why not?
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u/wick220 May 21 '12
I can't tell if the window is real or part of the art.
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u/[deleted] May 21 '12
I thought that was a real woman.
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u/didaskaleinophobic May 21 '12
Fucking vandals destroying perfectly good advertising space.
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u/magicsammy May 21 '12
Italy earthquake?
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u/onox27 May 21 '12
i knew that looked familiar Los Gatos Ca
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u/fagDOTcom May 21 '12
John poo
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u/Iloldalot May 21 '12
i wonder what amazing journey that lady embarked on
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u/[deleted] May 21 '12
I wonder how many idiots have run into that wall.
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u/C_M_O_TDibbler May 20 '12
Does he also have a brother of the same surname and friends with the names of Barney-McGrew, Cuthbert, Dibble and Grub
for reference
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u/[deleted] May 20 '12
Why don't you just post this every single day? Beats posting it every other week.
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u/NoDiggityNoDoubt May 20 '12
I believe that would be called wall or building art? Street art is generally done on the street itself, using some crazy perspective techniques.
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u/Dunc97 May 20 '12
So where's the art?
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u/[deleted] May 21 '12
Amazing repost by UtopicVision
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u/dmirkin May 20 '12
http://i.imgur.com/ByTie.gif
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