By Vurdlak on May 25, 2011, with 57 Comments
I can’t believe we missed this one – Qi Xinghua is a Chinese 3D Chalk artist (first in his country) whose painting entitled Lions Gate Gorge earned him an entry in the Guinness Book of Records for the largest 3D painting in the world! I’m not exactly sure how fresh this information is, as I could swear we’ve seen bigger. Still, with 23 meters in width, 32 meters in length and over 6 meters in height, we can’t ignore hard work Qi invested into this masterpiece. This 3D painting was presented at the Baiyan Wanda Plaza shopping-mall in Guangzhou (China), and it took Qi more than a month to finish the project. Oh, and one more interesting fact: apparently some people reported dizziness, during their “rope balancing”.
Qi Xinghua says he has calculated three different formulas that can be applied on all paintings of varying sizes. He also added (quoted below):
To put it in the simplest way, it’s reversed vision, which is also called inverse-perspective. From our normal vision, nearby objects are big and far away ones are small. I use the opposite method to make far away objects big and close objects small. In this way, a two-dimensional painting turns three-dimensional.
Don’t ask me why, but I have a feeling we’ll be seeing much more of this artist’s creations in the coming weeks! Even after seeing so many awesome pavement drawings, I can’t seem to perceive below pavement as a flat surface. How about you?
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Awesome 3 dimensional chalk drawing
Thst’s really impressive!
how did he do the stuff behind the arch?
i am pretty sure the arch is just a solid wall that he painted over to make it LOOK like an arch:)
Hey Liz the arch was actually drawn on the sidewalk which makes it even more amazing. The pillars with the lions head fountains is where the solid wall starts. From there everything else was drawn on the sidewalks.
As you can see from the close-up picture of the artist, he is standing upright. which in turn means that the drawing is not in fact on the sidewalk but on a billboard of some kind.
WOW–With a capital OW! Magnificent!
hi. woooooooooooow so cooooooooool! :-D not to be mean.
WOW!
I am speechless.
most amzing chalk drawing ive ever seen!
I try to understand it…
I try to see thats its just a painting..
But my mind just boggles at the idea
Next time need better lighting….. its a shame for all this great work to be ‘spoilt’ by the giveaway shadows
There is no better way this could be projected. Shadows will always be visible. The only thing he could do is paint a flat area on the location where the shadows will be but that wouldn’t look pretty good either.
I think that’s the best chalk drawing on this site. I’d love to see it in person.
Cool ♥ it Thanks
Hey, uh, this mobile version is weird. Just saying. This illusion is the best chalk drawing I’ve ever seen.
this is the best chalk drawing ive ever seen in all of the places ive been too.
i just love 3D chalk drawings! they are awesome!!!
WOW!! This is a masterpiece for sure!!
Amazing !!!!
I think, according to guinness site, the winner was a different painting
http://community.guinnessworldrecords.com/_Largest-anamorphic-painting/blog/2367609/7691.html
That’s amazing! Totally Awesome! Yes, do bring us more of this beauty!
Dude that is the coolest thing i have ever seen in my life!
I would love to see chalk drawing like this in person- is there any sort of list of locations where they have been created in the United States? Particularly somewhere near Chicago. But a list of them anywhere would be welcome.
or San Francisco!
Despite the obvious pastel colouring, I’m having great difficulty convincing myself this is actually just flat.
there is a wall in the back so the arch way could be drawn as well as the scenery
Did he use chalk or paint?
It looks like paint.
This would make it more permanent, and it wouldn’t wash off in the rain.
It’s great. It’s awesome! And big… Was the falling ice one bigger,or is this one bigger?
This is one of the best 3d chalk drawings I’ve ever seen, & maybe even the biggest. This one is really hard to tell that it’s just a flat chalk drawing,But so worth the mind game none the less.
kool as, this is mad art
inr!!!!!!! pss i luv ur name!!!:)
Coolest ever chalk drawing!!
Phenomenal!
Very cool painting (not chalk, based on the picture of the artist and a paintbrush). Also noted an error: The light source (sun) is to the right, based on all the shadows. Except the shadow of the water from the left lion’s mouth.
The feeling dizzy on the rope thing must be rubbish- I can see you getting vertigo from the view point- but from on the rope you wouldnt see the illusion at all- just lots of wierd stretched colours.
But its great anyway :)
I would be walking around. OMG Fantastic!
This would be fantastic comming off an elevator only going down. LOL
Can you imagine stepping off an elevator onto this. LOL
O_O
This is a masterpeice! I can’t help but gape in awe at the facination. It really is illusional.
You know, I’ve tried walking a rope before . . . at a hotel pool. My dad would sit on the end of the rope to keep it tight, and my siblings and I would try to cross. My record is four steps before falling in the water. So, perhaps I can walk this one without falling . . . ;)
i am sooo speechless
your paintings are awsome. o really can’t wait to see more of your art. How do you do that? Did it take a lot of praatice…. Keeping doing what you do
i.am.speechless. :)
dude i wanna stand on one of these 3D chalk drawings!
MIND FREAK!
best illusion ever, it make my mind freak.
did he really paint in a flat object?
Please reveal more about this image.
Mamabears says this is very cool it donen’t really look like a chalk drawing but the pictures looks so real you wouldnt think so I love it keep up the good work honey’s you cannot find any thing like this here in New Zealand choise
WONDERFUL REAL ART
thats a drawing?
WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW AND AN EXTRA WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Chalk Drawing Optical Illusions Are My Favorite Type!! Some Of Them Are “ABSOLUTELY AMAZING”!!!! Love ‘em :-)
This “Chalk Drawing” Should Belong To The “ABSOLUTELY AMAZING” Category Of Optical Illusions!!!!
It looks so real, how cool.
it is sooooooooooooooooooooo awesome and im jealous
I love it!!! It is so cool. I LOVE this. I am trying not to see it as 3D but 2D but I fail every time. This is impressive.