The most beautiful drawings on asphalt. How it's done, how it works, how it works

In this post I will talk about the principles of creating 3d drawings on asphalt and not only on it. The word asphalt means a horizontal plane on which we walk every day, it can be concrete and a wooden base, glass and even sand, yes, yes, now there is such 3d drawing on the sand. It just so happened that we began to call it "on the pavement", apparently because in childhood we said: "Drawing with chalk on asphalt", although they often drew them more on concrete, it is possible that the word concrete does not sound ... Abroad, in a literal translation, 3d street painting in English. 3d street painting.

So... Many of you who are reading this article are already familiar with this kind of street art from photographs that were found on the Internet, or maybe even one of you saw 3d drawings live, and maybe even tried to create it with his own hands, and for sure the majority wondered, but how street artists seek 3d effect?
I am sure that some of you have already exclaimed: "Chu, what's the secret here!? ... This is an elementary projection of an image onto a plane!" And they will be right. I would clarify that this is a projection + perspective, although of course the concept projections cannot be separated from perspectives are interacting concepts.
So where does work start? 3d pattern? And the work begins, like with all artists, with the definition of the plot and the development of a sketch, which depends on the size of the site on which it will be performed drawing. You ask how the plot depends on the size of the site? To do this, you need to understand that the drawing on the pavement is a projection onto a plane that is at an angle to us and has its own perspective contraction, and if you decide to depict an object that is larger than human growth, suppose an adult bear attacking a person, which will be the person being photographed, then such drawing we will stretch for many meters, this is provided that the height at the point of inspection, from which a person looks at the drawing, is equal to the average height of a person. Therefore, sometimes artists can use a combination of a plane under their feet and a wall, or even two walls, in which three and four planes (floor, ceiling and two walls) are involved - the corner part of the room.

1. In this image, you can see how the image dimensions change during projection onto a plane by the line of sight. And the sharper the angle of the line of sight to the asphalt plane, the more elongated the drawing will be.
Yes, they all knew it without you, let's move on! ...

2. After you have decided on the sketch, you need to transfer it to the plane in our case, asphalt. How to do it?
Some of you have already exclaimed, yes, with the help of a projector! Yes, I will answer, it is possible with the help of a projector, but there is one small condition,drawingyou need to complete within one light day, as this can happen, suppose onfestival, at which the process of using the projector becomes impossible - the projected image is simply not visible in bright light. So how!?...
To do this, I will introduce you a little bit into the course of the subject. perspective and how to construct geometric objects in space- architect's method. Why geometric? Because first we will need to build a grid in space. This method is more familiar artists and architects relevant educational institutions, although someone came across the basics in the subject of drawing.

From the point of view 3d drawing should look exactly like your sketch.

3. At the same time, on the pavement, the apple pattern will look like this (top view). You can see how the pattern is deformed on a plane, so on 3d drawing or whatever else they call it anamorphic Drawing, not to be confused with amorphous! :) you need to look only from one point.
The diagram shows the field of view in humans is approx. 120° .

4. The point of view for the viewer is indicated by such a sign (which I use) or any other sign that makes it clear to the person that you need to be and shoot right here and in that direction. So you need to look for such a sign for a high-quality photo.

5. A couple of photos to understand how the picture changes in size.
On this photo through the camera lens from the designated viewing point.

6. And here's how drawing transforming (rear view)
The drawn sewer manhole, which looks from the point of view (where the tripod stands) as a round lying pancake, the width of which is almost twice as long, actually has the shape of an oval elongated in length, which has opposite values ​​- the length is greater than the width.

7. An example of using two planes for 3d drawing

8. What does the deformation of such drawing and from another vantage point.


9. First you need to set the size of the rectangular area that will capture yourdrawing on asphalt and define perspective scale, namely length and width scale. To do this, on a piece of paper you need to outline the horizon and draw a line H , parallel to the horizon, this line is the edge of the picture plane in our drawing, which we will still reach, on the pavement this line is the edge of a rectangular grid, which will be divided into squares 50x50 cm in size. This size is set by the artist arbitrarily, depending on the complexity of the image, according to the principle the more details, the smaller the squares - for more exact definition the position of the lines in the drawing.
We all remember that the horizon passes at the level of a person's eyes, provided that the line of sight of a person looking at this figure is at the same height, that is, roughly speaking, if these figures are of the same height. And of course, if someone is higher or lower, our horizon line changes.


10. Thus, knowing the height of a person (let's take an average height of 170 cm), we can set the footage on the picture plane, i.e. on the line H.
Next, we carry out center line, which is at an angle of 90° to the edge of the picture plane, in this case to the line H.

11. For convenience, I break the meter segments in half and connect with a point P on the horizon , thus obtainingvanishing point Pand the scale of the length of the segments, which we have equal to 50 cm.


12. Now the main thing, we need to define width scale or can you say more depth scale piece 50cm long. Simply put, we need to determine how visually we will shrink the grid in perspective, laid on the asphalt. I recommend that you initially stock up on a larger paper format for the drawing.
Set the distance to the main viewing point (from which the public will take pictures3d drawing) i.e. to the edge of your drawing (or rather, to the edge of your future grid on asphalt) I set 2 meters, the artist arbitrarily sets the distance that he needs, but I don’t think that it makes sense to make it less than 1.5 meters.
On the center line of our drawing, from the edge of the picture plane, what is the line H , set aside a distance of 2 meters, as a result, getting a segment C N. This very point N for the further construction of the drawing does not play a role.


13. Next we need to get the remote point D1 on the horizon, from which the beam will cross the picture plane at an angle of 45 °, at the point c, this will help us determine the vertex of the square. To do this, we set the distance twice the height of the human figure, since the figure is the object from which we are measuring. Why 2 times from the picture plane? The reason is in the device of the human eye, the capture angle in width is greater than in height. For more or less normal, not distorted perception, we need to be at a distance from the object twice its height) Thus, we get a point Q(we won't need it on the site). From main vanishing point P set aside (you can use a compass) a segment equal to PQ on the horizon line, thus obtaining a point D1 And D2, most often it will go beyond a sheet of paper, so the segment PQ divided by 2 to get a point D½ and by four for the dot D¼. Passing a ray through points D1,C we get a straight line that intersects the plane of the picture at an angle of 45 ° in perspective.


14.Received point B1 segment BPis the vertex of the square, the segmentB,B1-side 50 cm long in perspective.


15. As I said above, the remote point D1 goes beyond a sheet of paper, for convenience, a cut D1,P divided into four parts and get a point D¼
Using remote point D¼keep in mind that in this case the rays intersect the side of the square B1,C1 at a different angle (this in prbl. 75° ) to the picture plane. And to find the point of intersection, the segment BC is divided into four equal parts like any other segment on the line of the picture plane, a straight line is drawn from the intersection point to the vanishing point P, from D¼ V WITH- intersection point and will determine the side B1,C1 how does a ray drawn from D1 V WITH.


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17. In such a cunning way at the intersection of rays from a distant point with rays of contractionsAP, BP, CP, DP, EPwe get a grid measuring 2 by 2 meters in perspective reduction with a size of square sections of 50x50 cm. Voila!

Continued here.

In this post I will talk about the principles of creating 3d drawings on asphalt and not only on it. The word asphalt means a horizontal plane on which we walk every day, it can be concrete and a wooden base, glass and even sand, yes, yes, now there is such a 3d drawing on the sand. It just so happened that we began to call it "on asphalt", apparently because in childhood we said: "Drawing with chalk on asphalt", although we often drew them more on concrete, it is possible that the word concrete does not sound ... Abroad literally translated - 3d street painting in English. 3d street painting. So... Many of you who are now reading this article are already familiar with this type of street art from photographs found on the Internet, or maybe even some of you saw 3d drawings live, or maybe even tried to create them yourself and for sure the majority wondered, but how do street artists achieve the 3d effect?
I am sure that some of you have already exclaimed: "Chu, what's the secret here!? ... This is an elementary projection of an image onto a plane!" And they will be right. I would clarify that this is projection + perspective, although of course the concept of projection cannot be separated from perspective, they are interacting concepts.
So where does the work on a 3d drawing begin? And the work begins, as with all artists, with the definition of the plot and the development of a sketch, which depends on the size of the site on which the drawing will be performed. You ask how the plot depends on the size of the site? To do this, you need to understand that the drawing on the pavement is a projection onto a plane that is at an angle to us and has its own perspective contraction, and if you decide to depict an object that is larger than human growth, suppose an adult bear attacking a person, which will be the person being photographed, then such a drawing will stretch for many meters, this is provided that the height at the point of inspection from which a person looks at the drawing is equal to the average height of a person. Therefore, sometimes artists can use a combination of a plane under their feet and a wall, or even two walls, in which three and four planes (floor, ceiling and two walls) are involved - the corner part of the room.
1. In this image, you can see how the image dimensions change during projection onto a plane by the line of sight. And the sharper the angle of the line of sight to the asphalt plane, the more elongated the drawing will be.
Yes, they all knew it without you, let's move on! ..
2. After you have decided on the sketch, you need to transfer it to the plane in our case, asphalt. How to do it?
Some of you have already exclaimed, yes, with the help of a projector! Yes, I will answer, it is possible with the help of a projector, but there is one small condition, you need to complete the drawing within one daylight hours, as it can happen, suppose at a festival, in which the process of using the projector becomes impossible - the projected image is simply not visible in bright light. So how!?...
To do this, I will slightly introduce you to the course of the subject of perspective and the method of constructing geometric objects in space - the architect's method. Why geometric? Because first we will need to build a grid in space. This method is more familiar to artists and architects of the relevant educational institutions, although someone has come across the basics in the subject of drawing.

From the point of view of the 3d drawing should look exactly like your sketch.
3. At the same time, on the pavement, the apple pattern will look like this (top view). You can see how the drawing is deformed on the plane, so the 3d-drawing, or as it can also be called an anamorphic drawing, should not be confused with an amorphous one! :) you need to look at only one point.
The diagram shows the field of view in humans is approx. 120°. 4. The point of view for the viewer is indicated by such a sign (which I use) or any other sign that makes it clear to the person that you need to be and shoot right here and in that direction. So you need to look for such a sign for a high-quality photo.
5. A couple of photos to understand how the picture changes in size.
In this photo, a 3d drawing on the pavement, through the camera lens from the designated viewing point.
6. And here is how the picture is transformed (view from the back side)
The drawn sewer manhole, which looks from the point of view (where the tripod stands) as a round lying pancake, the width of which is almost twice as long, actually has the shape of an oval elongated in length, which has opposite values ​​- the length is greater than the width.
7. An example of using two planes for a 3d drawing

8. What does the deformation of such a picture look like from a different viewing point.

9. First you need to set the size of the rectangular area that will capture your drawing on the pavement and determine the perspective scale, namely the scale of length and width. To do this, you need to outline the horizon on a sheet of paper and draw a line H parallel to the horizon, this line is the edge of the picture plane in our drawing, which we will still reach, on asphalt this line is the edge of a rectangular grid, which will be divided into squares 50x50 cm in size. This size is set by the artist arbitrarily, depending on the complexity of the image, according to the principle the more details, the smaller the squares - for a more accurate determination of the position of the lines in the figure.
We all remember that the horizon passes at the level of a person's eyes, provided that the line of sight of a person looking at this figure is at the same height, that is, roughly speaking, if these figures are of the same height. And of course, if someone is higher or lower, our horizon line changes.
10. Thus, knowing the height of a person (let's take an average height of 170 cm), we can set the footage on the picture plane, i.e. on line H.
Next, we draw the center line, which is at an angle of 90 ° to the edge of the picture plane, in this case, to line H.
11. For convenience, I break the meter segments into floors and connect them to the point P on the horizon, thus obtaining the vanishing point P and the scale of the length of the segments, which we have equal to 50 cm.

12. Now the main thing, we need to determine the scale of the width, or you can also say the scale of the depth of a segment 50 cm long. Simply put, we need to determine how visually we will shrink the grid in perspective, laid on the asphalt. I recommend that you initially stock up on a larger paper format for the drawing.
We set the distance to the main point of view (from which the public will take pictures of the 3d drawing), i.e. to the edge of your drawing (or rather, to the edge of your future grid on the pavement) I set 2 meters, the artist arbitrarily sets the distance that he needs, but I don’t think that it makes sense to do less than 1.5 meters.
On the center line of our drawing, from the edge of the picture plane, which is the line H, set aside a distance of 2 meters, resulting in a segment CN. This point N itself does not play a role for the further construction of the drawing.
13. Next, we need to get the distance point D1 on the horizon, from which the beam will cross the picture plane at an angle of 45 °, at point C, this will help us determine the vertex of the square. To do this, we set the distance twice the height of the human figure, since the figure is the object from which we are measuring. Why 2 times from the picture plane? The reason is in the device of the human eye, the capture angle in width is greater than in height. For more or less normal, not distorted perception, we need to be at a distance from the object twice its height) Thus, we get the Q point (we don’t need it on the site). From the main vanishing point P, we set aside (you can use a compass) a segment equal to PQ on the horizon, thus getting the point D1 and D2, most often it will go beyond the sheet of paper, so the segment PQ is divided by 2 to get the point D½ and four for the point D¼. By drawing a ray through the points D1,C, we get a straight line that intersects the plane of the picture at an angle of 45 ° in perspective.

14. The resulting point B1 of the segment BP is the vertex of the square, the segment B, B1 is a side 50 cm long in perspective.

15. As I said above, the remote point D1 goes beyond the sheet of paper, for convenience, the segment D1, P is divided into four parts and we get the point D¼
When using the distance point D¼, keep in mind that in this case the rays cross the side of the square B1,C1 at a different angle (approximately 75°) to the plane of the sky. And to find the intersection point, the segment BC is divided into four equal parts like any other segment on the line of the picture plane, from the intersection point a straight line is drawn to the vanishing point P, from D¼ to C - the intersection point and will determine the side B1, C1 as this and makes a ray drawn from D1 to C.

17. In such a cunning way, at the intersections of rays from a distant point with the rays of abbreviations AP, BP, CP, DP, EP, we get a grid of 2 by 2 meters in perspective reduction with a size of square sections of 50x50 cm. Voila!
Despite the fact that a 3d drawing is called a drawing, it can also be made with paint, where, logically, it would be more correct to call it 3d painting on asphalt, but it so happened that we began to call it a drawing, I remind you that it is most often called abroad 3d street painting - 3d street painting, although sometimes you can find the term 3d drawings as we do.

The height of the figure of a person in the picture and the height of the viewer at the viewing point is 170 cm, the distance to the viewing point is 2 meters.
As you can see in the photo below, by placing our sketch of an apple on the resulting mesh, the 3d drawing from the point of view on the site should look exactly the same as on the sketch, i.e. without distortions and deformations.
Now we need to draw a grid without distortion, this is our projection sketch, with which we will work on the site and transfer the image to the asphalt.
Our grid is built on the edge of the picture plane, which is our straight line H, the grid will be parallel to the picture plane and perpendicular to the plane of the base, i.e. "asphalt". The size of the grid squares is still the same - 50 cm, in the drawing, of course, you have it in the scale you have chosen.
Next, watch your hands... Let's number the squares for convenience. We draw a ray, I called it a "projection ray", from the viewing point N, to the point of any intersection of our drawing with the grid that lies in our perspective, I chose the edge of the apple leaf - it is on the line of our grid in perspective (the base of the square C2 ). Crossing our usual grid, which is parallel to us, the projection beam beats off a point, which is the edge of our apple leaf. In such a tricky way, we find all the intersection points on our grid. The points that fall on the center line are found by the method of proportional calculation.
To achieve a more accurate result of building details and lines of a 3d-drawing, the grid is set with a smaller cell step.
We connect all the points with a smooth line, as it was once in kindergarten ...
The 3d drawing in the projection sketch is ready!
As you can see from the result, the sketch turned out to be deformed. Now it remains to transfer it to the asphalt in kind, where you have already drawn the grid, sit and wait .. P.S. And do not forget that a 3d drawing is primarily a drawing that requires drawing skills, color and composition skills, otherwise the work may not turn out spectacular.
Thank you for attention!

Of course, any of you at least once in your life saw graffiti on the walls, in reality or in a photo - it doesn’t matter. However, there is such a type of drawings as 3D graffiti. The pictures are so real it's hard to believe your eyes!

With these drawings, the streets of Russian cities have turned into a real art gallery of street art.

Our Russian artists decided to surprise the citizens in earnest. These three-dimensional graffiti can hardly be distinguished from reality. Cars in the pit, huge cliffs on the road and much more in this collection.

Exhibition of works by municipal artists in Samara.

The work of an unknown Russian artist.

A group of admiring spectators are discussing the fine work of the master.

Artists from Belgorod keep up with their colleagues.

Citizens gathered to look at an incredibly realistic 3D drawing in Dzerzhinsk.

The drawing looks so realistic that the authorities of the visitor fence it off so that the audience does not accidentally spoil it.

Like a real one.

Great composition.

Unique work of Perm masters.

Painting "asphalt devouring Lada Kalina". Unknown author.

Just look at this three-dimensional drawing of frozen water and cars stuck in it.

Ryazan masters of street art.

Fascinating 3D drawing from Yaroslavl.

Does it really feel like it's all real?

Very natural.

Some concept art.

Residents of Chelyabinsk photograph the work of local artists.

In Tyumen, the craftsmen created not just a drawing, but a real art installation.

Sochi. Roads connecting the once Olympic venues. In fact, the asphalt is perfectly smooth, the illusion of volume is created by the skillful work of artists.

Samara city center If you don’t know that this is a drawing, you might think that the earth really opened up right in front of the building of the provincial duma.

The artists tried to show what their city would look like if it were subjected to aerial bombardment.

It looks like the truck really goes underground, but it's skillful work with perspective.

Large-scale work of Omsk artists. From the outside, you might think that cars do not travel on the road, but on the water.

Drawings on the pavement, made in the technique of 3D photos, videos are simply amazing with their realism and the illusion of volume. Only real talented artist be able to do this kind of work. Indeed, for this it is necessary to master the technique of seeing perspective, to know all the conditions for constructing a composition and to be able to do a lot of other things, in order to get the most cool pictures 3D drawings on asphalt. I have always been amazed by these unusual, one might say magic pictures when absolutely three-dimensional plots suddenly appear on a flat surface, this cannot leave you indifferent. Moreover, these images are so realistic and similar to reality that a certain respect for the master who painted this miracle arises automatically.

The technique of creating a picture of 3D drawings on asphalt is very complex, not every person, even with certain abilities in the field visual arts will be able to perform such masterpieces. Here, at first glance, you can feel the hand of a talented master, a professional in his field and simply brilliant artist. 3D drawings on the pavement amaze any person with their realism, not without reason many people try to keep these pictures as a keepsake, and of course, to take pictures against the background of this miracle. You have to see such things with your own eyes, photography is certainly wonderful, but everything looks live with even greater interest and enthusiasm. True, we have few similar images in Russia, at least I have not seen such a miracle in any city in the country, but I hope someone will dare and create masterpieces in our homeland. So, let's admire these masterpieces of fine art together and see cool 3D drawings on the asphalt pictures, and at the end of the selection of photos you will find the coolest video - a cat against an inflatable cat.

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How 3D drawings are made part 2. Video

From the editor: In this article, the artist Alex Maksiov talk about the principles of creation 3D paintings on asphalt. From a new author Artifex great experience in this business: he created dozens of volumetric illusions around the world!

The word asphalt refers to the horizontal plane on which we walk every day. It can be concrete, a wooden base, glass and even sand - yes, yes, now there are 3D drawings in the sand! It just so happened that this type of drawing is usually called "on asphalt", and in the original, in English, it is written as 3D street painting.

So... Many of those who are now reading this article are already familiar with this type of street art from photographs found on the Internet. Maybe some of you have seen 3D drawings live, or maybe you tried to create them yourself.

Surely, most of you wondered, “But how do street artists achieve such an effect?”. I'm sure that some of you have already exclaimed: “What's the secret here!? This is an elementary projection of an image onto a plane! Exactly so, but I would also clarify that this is a projection + perspective. Although, of course, these are interacting concepts.

So where do you start working on a 3D drawing? As with all artists - from the definition of the plot and the development of a sketch, which depends on the size of the site. You ask: "How does the plot depend on the size of the site?". And I will answer you that the drawing on the pavement is a projection onto a plane that is at an angle to us and has its own perspective contraction.

If you decide to depict an object that is larger than human growth - suppose an adult bear attacking a person, then such a drawing will stretch for many meters. This is provided that the height from which a person looks at the drawing is equal to his average height. Therefore, sometimes artists can use a combination of a plane under their feet and a wall, or even two walls.

In this example, you can see how the image dimensions change during projection onto a plane by the line of sight. And the sharper this angle is, the more elongated we will get the picture.

After you have decided on the sketch, you need to transfer it to the plane. How to do it? Some of you have already exclaimed: "With the help of a projector!". Yes, but there is one small condition: the drawing must be completed within one daylight hours (for example, at a festival). Under this condition, the projector cannot be used because the projected image cannot be seen in bright light. What to do?

To begin with, we will need to build a grid in space. This method is familiar to artists and architects of the respective educational institutions, although some of you may have come across the basics in drawing lessons. The apple drawing will look like this.

You can see how it deforms on a plane, so you need to look at it from only one point. Usually, the point of view for the audience is marked with a special sign that makes it clear where exactly you need to be or shoot.

So, if you are going to photograph 3D drawings, look for such a sign!