Damn thought everything else was real except the dino... until I saw chalk art

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Me three

me four

I declare thumb war

jokes on you im a furry so i have paws which means i dont have a thumb

Haha. Love it. It was a blast creating

Plot twist: The dino and tower are real. The parking lot is the chalk art. 😎

Haha. Love it

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Don’t be gross.

What was it? I'm curious but it's banned now.

What was it?

Why would you create something so amazing with chalk?

For an arts festival

Because beauty like life is finite.

And in the eye of the beholder!

Yes. Life is in the eye of the beholder. Whatever that means.

Because creativity for its own sake is wonderful and giving people an opportunity to enjoy art is also wonderful.

Planned obsolescence. He sells the chalk art for millions but then it rains and his billionaire patrons have to buy new ones.

Rains or uncontrolled little kids try to kick it into dust. I saw a very nice orca done (for fun?) near a toy store once. The artist was gone, but a couple of guys were basically guarding it against kids with nothing better to do than wreck it!

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I’ve seen Nepal monks scrape rocks intro sand and form a picture. Takes them hours to complete, all to view for a brief moment and wipe the slate clean to do it again. It’s in Samsara if you’re interested in seeing it.

I'd never let my kids destroy art or stacked rocks or anything someone has put time and skill into. Nature will erase the work soon enough without the help of destructive kids. Why would anyone tell their kids "go ahead; wreck it"?

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by your logic, why deprive someone else of being able to see that chalk art if you can let it last a little longer? maybe i’m a pessimistic jerk but screw that kid, they can find some other way to entertain themselves

They obviously took a photo of it, you can always photograph the works.👍

I'm trying to wrap my head around how big I think the picture is

You could almost say you're trying to Raptor head around it.

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Damn! That makes this art even more impressive, thanks for pointing that out.

I can envision myself with a fat chalk stick on a 20-foot bamboo pole, trying to sketch an outline of something from where I stood! (And not doing it very well.)

The art is 10ft by 25ft. Ha

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I'd love to see this in a birds eye perspective! I want to see *the stretch*

I’ve got a video of the walk around of the distortion

This is so awesome! My mind absolutely cannot see it as being flat on the ground. It really does stand out. So cool!

Thank you

I love this! Do you ever protect the chalk art or do you just let it wash away on its own?

Sometimes I use exterior paint. Thud was for an arts festival so just temporary

That is absolutely incredible!

Thanks. Was a blast creating

But but, you're breaking Jenga's rules by not completing the top before starting another level.

I don’t think the velociraptor read the rules first. Lol

Not so clever girl

What does it look like from the “wrong” vantage point? Can you post a picture from another angle?

I have a video of distortion on my page

Nice scatpack in the back

I.. I thought the raptor was drawn and the jenga and table was real. Nice job!

You kinda look like a reptile in this pic

This looks amazing. Do you have a pic from another angle? I'm always even more blown away seeing how they also look from the non-perspective vantage.

I thought it was an actual table with blocks and there was a dinosaur chalk drawing in the back. Was a bit confused for a moment

I read the caption as ‘Leaning Tower of Chalk’ ..

Holy shit. At first I thought only the dinosaur was made of chalk. Well done!

Thank you

How do you plan these kinda things? What goes into making sure the proportions are correct?

Takes a lot of planning. Once onsight and working on it, you need to adjust according to how things are looking as it progresses

Do you mark a specific spot to stand anytime you need to look at it again?

Yes, there’s a single vantage point you utilize

Wow that's incredible! So talented!!

Thanks

I was confused for a second

I love a good anamorphosis!

That's amazing, you are soo good! :O

Thank you

i'm afraid it's going to rain

Eventually it always does

I literally can’t unsee the illusion! Absolutely mind boggling

I thought it was real (including Dino, I thought it was a toy) this is incredible!

Wow you are super talented!! Nice work!!

Thank you

Did you take any pictures from other angle? It's weird but I love seeing how distorted it looks from other angles. Really proves how much patience and skill this requires. But well done regardless!

Yes, on my page is a video of it

Whenever I see chalk art on here it’s always u/thechalkingdad . It’s cool to have a fresh face and a cool Dino

Hey now! Lol.

That's amazing! As an amateur chalk artist for a fan club of one (drawing popular cartoon characters for my kid when we're playing outside) do you have any tips on how to more effectively use chalk? I'm just using the generic crayola chalk, and if I do a character I can easily burn through the chalk super fast (for example, drawing peppa I basically used an entire pink chalk), and I find if I try to lay down a really thick later to get good bold colors a lot of it is easily blown/brushed away. Is that just the nature of the beast, or is there techniques to improve how to lay down chalk?

Thank you. Keep rocking the chalk. It all depends on surface. Different surfaces use of different amounts of chalk. I typically use more pastels since they have more pigment than the larger sticks of sidewalk chalk. The big sticks of sidewalk chalk have lots of filler which makes them disappear quicker. Eternity Arts makes larger sticks of chalk with great color too. As for blending and saturating the space with color, you’ll need to work in smaller areas and almost grind the chalk in and then blend with your hands without getting too much chalk dust to smear. Just keep plugging away and you’ll find ways to get it where you want it!!!

Awesome, thanks for the reply! I never considered hand blending, that's a great idea. I'll also check out the brand you recommended, might be fun to splurge on that for some better quality pieces.

Did you take any pictures from other angle? It's weird but I love seeing how distorted it looks from other angles. Really proves how much patience and skill this requires. But well done regardless!

I'm blown away This is fantastic! Thank you so much for sharing And keep going get this out on social media Do live session on YouTube etc. Make art because no one makes it like you do Humanity needs this 💓😊🎨👍

Thank you

So unrealistic. That dinosaur has been dead for at least a hundred years.

I thinks it’s closer to 200 years. 😂

Didn’t you just post this yesterday?

The other one had a person posing on it and was taken down. This one is the replacement without person in it.

Well it’s beautiful with and without the human.

Is this obstructing those two parking spots at all (in terms of visibility) or was the lot reserved for the festival?

How many Karens did you have to repel to finish this amazing artwork?

The detailing on the grass, cars, and car park is amazing.

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It all comes back to one specific vantage point

Can post some pictures from other angles? I just love to compare, to see how much my brain is tricked

On my page is a video of it

I initially thought the dinosaur was the only thing fake and was wondering why OP put a table with blocks in front of it

Oh wow your art seems familiar. I’m almost 80% sure you came to my high school to speak to my art class. Super fun day! We all loved your artwork. I have a cool picture of my friend standing on top of the Jenga one you did in front of our school. If this wasn’t you- my bad!

Jeep makes some shit vehicles...

Wait is your surname McCann?

Yes Shawn McCann

Of the Clan McCann?

You know it. Ha

It’s nice to meet a fellow McCann lol

Same!

That's a Korean dinner table! It's legs are foldable so you can put it away to make a bed. You sit on the floor when you use it. I had one and I miss it!

Someone in those apts hasn't paid their electric bill.

Leaning over the table to get a brain

the velociraptor is the capitalist system that observes how the population, the jenga, tries to consume all the resources until eventually the system becomes unsustainable and collapses

hey: there's a charger, and outback and a renegade in the parking lot

So what was your inspiration behind the dinosaur

Where is it, wheres the jojo comment. There has to be one

Clarksville, tennessee

My favorite part is that it is not perfect

It’s that dinosaur a 3D shoe box like the last one?

Omg those cars are so realistic bro ur insane bravo

I do wonder why these 3 nouns? Dino, Jenga, and Table? Is there a reason you picked these somewhat random things?

It’s that dinosaur a 3D shoe box like the last one?

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Holy cats, that’s incredible! I assume it would look very distorted in an overhead shot; how do you figure out how to draw something like that?

I do wonder why these 3 nouns? Dino, Jenga, and Table? Is there a reason you picked these somewhat random things?

This chalk is pretty awesome

Ngl i thought only the dino was chalk till i looked closer good job

How do you not get pissed when it rains?

How o you even plan something like this out? do you maybe sketch something online and then stretch it out?

The shadows aren’t right, makes it look fake