The title of this realistic wall mural located on Main Street in Los Gatos, California is Siete Punto Uno (or seven point one). The title is a reference to the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake that caused significant damage throughout the community of Los Gatos. The quake reached a surface-wave magnitude of 7.1 on the Richter […]
You have no doubt seen cars and buses with advertising painted on them before. But this advertisement for a local zoo on the side of a public transit bus goes above and beyond. It is really well done and almost looks like something out of a bad horror movie. Despite the fact that the anaconda […]
Despite being completely landlocked, Alberta is host to the largest naval museum in Canada. According to their website, “you’ll learn about the ships that Canadian sailors have plied the seas in for over 100 years, and the sailors themselves who have worked to protect our sovereignty, our freedoms and the longest coastline in the world.” […]
If you are tired of having a boring old garage door, consider breathing some life into it with a trompe l’oeil billboard. Style Your Garage, from Germany, has created a series of posters that can be applied directly to garage doors. When the doors are closed, it appears that they are open (and more often […]
Looks like these two picked the wrong elevator. They seem to be doing their best to avoid falling through the “hole” on the floor and tumbling down the elevator shaft. I wonder if someone who saw this optical illusion for the first time would just let the doors close and wait for the next elevator?
This mural is located on the east side of the Lani Nalu Plaza building in Honolulu, Hawaii. The entire scene is painted on a flat wall. The stairs, children, and wave are all part of the illusion of depth. To see more of John Pugh’s mural works, visit his website Art of John Pugh.
The walls quite literally come alive at the 2012 Magic Art special exhibition in Hangzhou, China. The exhibition features a series of 3D paintings created by South Korean artists. The deceptive painting below shows a giraffe leaning through an opening in the wall and reaching for a bottle (also painted on the wall).
