How This Chalk Artist Creates Illusions on Pavement | Obsessed

How This Chalk Artist Creates Illusions on Pavement | Obsessed | WIRED

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Жыл бұрын

"Everything we think is real is, in some way, an illusion." Former NASA illustrator Kurt Wenner makes incredible, brain-busting chalk illusions. His works start with diligent planning, beginning with pencil and paper. Kurt even prototypes by using an iPhone's camera to mimic human sight. He then maps these prototypes onto large street canvases where his ephemeral art can be enjoyed by the public.
Director: Charlie Jordan
Director of Photography: Malcolm Cook
Editor: Joshua Pullar
Talent: Kurt Wenner
Line Producer: Joseph Buscemi
Associate Producer: Melissa Cho
Production Manager: Eric Martinez
Production Coordinator: Fernando Davila
Audio: Will Miller
Cam Op/Gaffer: Dominik Czaczyk
Production Assistant: Devin Beckwith
Post Production Supervisor: Alexa Deutsch
Post Production Coordinator: Ian Bryant
Supervising Editor: Doug Larsen
Assistant Editor: Diego Rentsch
Special Thanks: Additional festival footage by Alessio Cuomo and Sander de Nooij. Filmed at the Sarasota Chalk Festival, courtesy of Denise Kowal. Special audio thanks to Dylan Bergeson.
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@buggibii Жыл бұрын

People who can... MENTALLY figure this stuff out, let alone actually do it, boggle my mind to unfounded degrees 🤯

@lorenzoblum868 Жыл бұрын

This is what happens when you grow up in good company.

@xfg007 Жыл бұрын

He had a good father

@jopo7996 Жыл бұрын

I don't know how he does this, but I guess you could chalk it up to his perspective of things.

@abdullah-_-. Жыл бұрын

Hehehe nice

@butter65 Жыл бұрын

Hehehe nice

@thegoldenjuvi5977 Жыл бұрын

Hehehe nice

@timo4938 Жыл бұрын

Yes

@medlearn852 Жыл бұрын

Hehehe nice

@drivethru6155 Жыл бұрын

These could be great permanent installations too, this art is accessible that almost anyone can appreciate and enjoy. Usually I have no idea what people on about with most art but I can get how beautiful and interactive this is.

@stampscapes Жыл бұрын

Amazing. I remember the LA Times had a cover story on him in their magazine, I'm guessing, around 30 years ago. Didn't realize it was him until they showed those old photographs and that Dies Irae piece.

@leokimvideo Жыл бұрын

Completely amazing, I saw one that was so real it had people nearly tripping over the illusion

@juangrandefranco1297 Жыл бұрын

"What illusion does fundamentally it tells us or reminds us that everything we think is real is, is in some way an illusion" the 60s was a helluva drug.

@audioauracle-dsyswpwanl88 Жыл бұрын

😂 He worked for NASA, *buhdomtsss!!!*

@sngray11 Жыл бұрын

This man is a legend!

@michellelittle9184 Жыл бұрын

He’s absolutely amazing!

@nerd26373 Жыл бұрын

That looks immensely impressive. Thank you for your consistency. Happy Holidays.

@pippa3150 Жыл бұрын

This is without doubt one of the best channels on youtube, and this video adds to the collection quite well. Thank you Wired!!

@pippa3150 Жыл бұрын

Wondering if you all would ever cover cylindrical mirror art? Such a lost art and so amazing.

@sherriebrand1771 Жыл бұрын

@@pippa3150 Just your question here is unfortunately a lost art of sorts (on me) as I've never heard of "what you said."😉 But, thank you! Off now to Google "what the art form is that I questioned over on WIRED's YT channel. . . ."

@divyanshmathur6831 Жыл бұрын

This is mind boggling!

@Bachconcertos Жыл бұрын

Out of this world - so amazing - incredible.

@potatoface4698 Жыл бұрын

I've always been so captivated by this type of art

@MightyCaullie Ай бұрын

3D street art is so fascinating and beautiful to look at like imagine being a rich youtuber and comissioning one of these to be painted in your garden, and then filming a video with you in your garden with your camera at the perfect perspective whilst you you talk to the audience

@spectrum3460 Жыл бұрын

The amount of chalk this guy has rivals my maths teacher

@fran6b Жыл бұрын

Those kind of perspectives are called anamorphosis. Since they were a thing in the baroque era in Italy, I'm surprise the artist didn't mention that. But it don't take nothing form him. What an artist! He's amazing!

@solochristo65 Жыл бұрын

I LOVE Baroque music.

@pentachronic 10 ай бұрын

He’s giving the public such a wonderful experience and gift. Bonding, communication and appreciation all rolled into one! Bravo!!!

@ice-val1539 Жыл бұрын

😍 Wow! Just amazing how he uses geometry with art! Beautiful! 👍🏼💪🏼🤎

@fireaza Жыл бұрын

This guy's art, as with all art, is often a matter of perspective.

@KimberlyGreen Жыл бұрын

Student: I don't wanna learn math. I'll never use it in real life. Teacher: Oh really?

@berrybestfarmer9614 Жыл бұрын

The photography to capture this for generations to come is pretty amazing too.

@markus8222 Жыл бұрын

Rain must be this guys nemesis

@fidelfajardo5566 Жыл бұрын

Awesome artist, doing the best amazing 3D illusions.

@Joshua-gm5ts Жыл бұрын

A master, and it is a pleasure to have worked with him.

@chefhomeboyardee8 Жыл бұрын

Perspective is more important than it gets credit for.🤯🤘🙏

@ufosrus Жыл бұрын

And it's a pain to learn.

@totodenis9078 Жыл бұрын

Hated focal point physics practicals in high school. First time I have found it interesting. Wish I had a physics teacher who was more profound in explaining things

@kcmsterpce Жыл бұрын

Julian Beever comes to mind with these. Mindblowing.

@junerobertson4389 Жыл бұрын

Anyone this talented should be making millions.........

@janetf23 Жыл бұрын

Ephemeral yet endlessly fascinating!👏

@BirdsTheWurd Жыл бұрын

Those are insane. He's cracked the code to life for sure

@markpieexplores Жыл бұрын

A true genius

@smith9808 Жыл бұрын

What the human brain is capable of achieving is utterly incredible.

@parkerstoops6058 Жыл бұрын

I’d love to see the history or development of this genre of art! Great video though

@antotheja251 Жыл бұрын

This is so fkn dope

@jonbutcher9805 Жыл бұрын

All for the craft. Otherwise how do you make a living with art that fades away as you working on it. Incredible.

@ao1778 Жыл бұрын

By photographing it.

@frankd.5695 Жыл бұрын

I love his art works.

@feralbluee Жыл бұрын

Wow! these paintings are absolutely, incredibly, utterly fantastic! he is an Artist. 🌹🌱

@andrewdavis6917 7 ай бұрын

Wonderful to see something like this

@Coastal_Ace Жыл бұрын

absolutely incredible

@waltermattei5994 Жыл бұрын

So interesting. When I took art class I didn't invasion mixing squaring off with foreshorting. With 2 point perspective. What an epiphany

@jeff__w Жыл бұрын

Had Kurt Wenner’s life taken a slightly different turn (or, perhaps, had he been born a few decades earlier), he might be renowned for making matte paintings for the movies.

@katyakaplan225 Жыл бұрын

me watching this, barely able to draw a stick figure 😳

@zach_harrison Жыл бұрын

ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE.

@greenmantis2158 Жыл бұрын

Can't imagine making a temporary masterpiece

@boris8787 Жыл бұрын

Imagine him drawing the whole village of Chillingbourne in 3D chalk.

@terryallen7356 Жыл бұрын

How complicated. It's amazing!

@Rock_K9 Жыл бұрын

My God, if I could have 1/1000th of the talent has, I’d be thrilled. Mind-blowing artist.

@ricanzombie5731 10 ай бұрын

Its amazing these type of artist r really special

@seekittycat Жыл бұрын

The rendering is so gorgeous and they're so huge 🤯🤯

@VinofLV Жыл бұрын

What?!?! Former NASA illustrator. What did he illustrate for NASA? Doubt it was the logo.

@scottwyckoff5483 Жыл бұрын

So creative so cool,your passion and focus is inspiring

@bradp767 Жыл бұрын

Well this style of artwork is not new it is usually done with geometric shapes and sometimes artwork as this guy has done however this dude's talent is almost unbelievable! The idea is not what impresses me the most it's his actual ability to make things so realistic looking! And be interesting to see what else he has created with different mediums

@charlescabana7849 Жыл бұрын

Bravo! A wonderful talent.

@TheScapegoat420 Жыл бұрын

Beautiful

@kerriemills1310 Жыл бұрын

Perspective and Technic 💜🎊👏 it’s fantastic! . Thank you so much for showing this older way of practicing and learning how to present, it’s art in its own right the tracing paper, paste board and diagrams to get the view points right, using the phone view, it all was excellent.

@phoenixjim0527 Жыл бұрын

Brilliant. Fantastic.

@franciscody9622 Жыл бұрын

Real rare talent.

@gbresaleking Жыл бұрын

Man this guy is chalk full of ideas

@christianherzog76 Жыл бұрын

Amazing 👏

@laurenf1966 Жыл бұрын

Amazing!

@colt10mmsecurity68 Жыл бұрын

Man, one must have the patience of a Gaboon Viper to produce these works of magnificent beauty! The Gaboon viper can stay motionless in one position for a week, waiting patiently for its prey. I wouldn’t have 5 minutes of patience trying to come up with an image in my mind.

@Bachconcertos Жыл бұрын

He is a genius.

@balatas07 Жыл бұрын

Incredible artistic talent with an amazing surreal illusion painting and I can not event draw a beautiful flower.

@justsayinfornow5274 7 ай бұрын

Awesome!!

@dianegerlach2454 Жыл бұрын

Fractals is fascinating

@PastorKCLiu Жыл бұрын

Amazing content and story!

@jfuentes9188 7 күн бұрын

When mathematics and art come together!

@clementsunny1170 Жыл бұрын

Legendary artist

@jorgeley Жыл бұрын

So good

@reginaldforthright805 Жыл бұрын

Surely something like this existed back in the renaissance? The method is actually the reverse of how you create the illusion of a flat painting within a painting (you design the painting normally, overlay a rectangular grid, and then match the squares of that grid to a grid in perspective.) Wenner starts with the grid in perspective, draws normally, and then matches the distorted perspective squares to simple geometric squares. It’s simpler than this video makes it out to be.

@rheffner3 Жыл бұрын

Cool beans. Unbelievable!

@ImchautzuCHAUTZU 6 ай бұрын

7:50 Bro used Maho-NASA for the bluebrint for his Geometrical Bending Lines. They asked "would you see the picture as it is?" and he said "Nah, I'd distort"

@tadiafoster4460 10 ай бұрын

Brilliant

@Frank-Y Жыл бұрын

So talented.

@dannylaw7367 Жыл бұрын

Incredible artist.

@christophedevos3760 Жыл бұрын

Incredible. Too bad it isn't permanent. Thanks for sharing.

@Canoneosmiami Жыл бұрын

Genius!

@beccaandcharliesworld5571 Жыл бұрын

Amazing

@deloradeabel8487 Жыл бұрын

Magical !

@trishtomlin9431 4 ай бұрын

Unbelievable! And unbelievably beautiful. It blows my mind how talented some people are. If things were left up to me, we would still be living in a cave and have square wheels. 😂. How truly amazing!

@gailjames6489 Жыл бұрын

Totally way cool.👏👏👏👏

@SevenDeMagnus Жыл бұрын

Amazing skill, thanks for teaching us. I wish it was permanent, maybe cover with thick gloss, many layers. God bless.

@tonylove6199 Жыл бұрын

..PHENOMENAL ARTIST..A TRUE MASTER CLASS OF ARTISTRY BY THIS MAN...ABSOLUTELY BREATH TAKING...WOW..🙏❤🙏

@m_lomby1972 Жыл бұрын

Genius.

@skullstickersco9866 Жыл бұрын

imagine it rains as hes almost finished but no one saw it yet :0

@ssengendonasser6293 Жыл бұрын

How is this possible. Wow 👌

@lil----lil Жыл бұрын

Hey A.I. Make me a super 3D sketch same like Kurt Wenner. AI: Ok. Done. Like it or not, it's already HERE.

@danielwilliamsiii7215 Жыл бұрын

Oh yeah I just take the square and square the square to make a smaller square then detail that square to make a BIGGER square 🤔, that's all 😀

@P.Kenney Жыл бұрын

That sounds like Kamala Harris

@aspekt7631 9 ай бұрын

Sick

@Talk-Hub Жыл бұрын

i once did a cube in this crazy perspective in the park when I was 13 didn't look like a perfect cube and the perspective was wonky at best, but I somehow nailed the illusion

@happytape307 Жыл бұрын

Hop scotch got quite a few upgrades since the 80s 🤯

@rjlong89 Жыл бұрын

Wild

@KeizerHedorah Жыл бұрын

es magico vato

@iamtheprogression Жыл бұрын

Guys a genius

@fastbreak0822 Жыл бұрын

Respect

@peacenow4456 Жыл бұрын

Wow!

@ninagvasalia Жыл бұрын

How cool ))

@lukmanpah55 Жыл бұрын

Wow that's amazing this video I like that's

@lostasadorespr Жыл бұрын

At 0:05 so the artist introduction is him showing the pyramid with the all-seing-eye? Guess he was just revealing he is a freemason.

@currykingwurst6393 Жыл бұрын

Nowadays he could probably draw his artworks, then distort them on a plane in a 3D program and copy the distorted artwork one by one to get the same results but doing all of that math in your head is just mindboggling to me.