I received these in an email today, along with several others that can be found at Julian Beever Pavement Drawings (Official Site). Julian Beever is an English chalk and pavement artist who uses his medium in a unique way. All of his drawings are done in an anamorphic style which must be viewed from a certain perspective to reveal the 3-D nature of the piece.

If you watch the YouTube video that I’ve linked to below, you can catch a glimpse of Julian setting this one up. It looks like a mini-Julian is perched on top of the bottle, but he’s actually kneeling on the sidewalk about 40-50 feet away. For anyone who’s seen the Lord of the Rings Trilogy, similar methods were used to make the actors playing Hobbits look shorter than the other actors.

Both of his feet are flat upon the concrete.

Another view from the opposite side showing the way in which it was drawn.

More images can be found at the Julian Beever homepage.

You may also want to check out the Julian Beever YouTube vid, and similar artists Kurt Wenner and Eric Grohe.