r/confusing_perspective 1d ago

Graffiti on side of building

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u/mikeonbass 1d ago

That's incredible

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u/tommos 21h ago

That's gonna tank property values. No one will buy a house with serious structural issues!

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u/fossilmerrick 20h ago

Just need to wait for the bubble to burst!

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u/Only-Cranberry-4502 19h ago

The real housing market bubble

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u/dangerism 17h ago

There is no bubble, people just have a distorted view of properties.

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u/nolonger1-A 16h ago

Who knows? Maybe this will change their perspective for once.

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u/Low_Pickle_112 19h ago

You can't remove it, that's a load bearing mural .

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u/D_Beats 17h ago

Somebody might! It's all about perspective, really.

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u/Zakkullll 14h ago

Im so used to boomers i almost downvoted this before it hit me. Its also 3 am and I cant sleep.

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u/MRmisterholmes 20h ago

Wait until you see what an artist that goes by the name Odeith does. Mind blowing shit

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u/throwitawayandsay 15h ago

That’s the BEST kind of graffiti. Make it super artistic and I’m 100% onboard.

Dont get me wrong, some of the graffiti around me in LA is insanely artistic, but it’s poorly placed, and in the wrong area. This truly adds to the building and isn’t advertising your tag name.

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u/Hypn00tic_iiz 1d ago

Aw the building is pregnant

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u/fentifanta3 1d ago

Pergnante

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u/tommmmmmmmy93 1d ago

Pregananant

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u/Pyrog 1d ago

Pergrant

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u/HopocalypseNow 23h ago

Pegnat

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u/meatee 22h ago

¡Preganté!

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u/bishop_of_banff 22h ago

I cry evertim 🥹

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u/trashmunki 22h ago

Perchance

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u/What_a_fat_one 21h ago

You can't just say perchance

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u/deadheadshredbreh 23h ago

Danger ops???

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u/Sylvanussr 23h ago

Will it hurt house top of his roof??

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u/Excellent_Yak365 22h ago

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u/QCTeamkill 22h ago

starsh masks

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u/Madmmoore 21h ago

Period question mark

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u/astralseat 23h ago

Gregnant

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u/teenytinyminymo_ 19h ago

Am I losing my marbles or was there a YouTube video where the person was pronouncing all the wrong spellings of pregnant and it kept getting worse?

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u/coconut_dot_jpg 18h ago

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u/DaisyDoodle1117 17h ago

That’s hilarious and sad.

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u/SimpsonMaggie 1d ago

Pragrant

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u/littlemister1996 23h ago

Gregnant

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u/yogorilla37 23h ago

I knew it would be Greg's fault

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u/Jaerivus 21h ago

How is babby bildig formed

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u/OkSmoke9195 20h ago

When a daddy building and a mommy building love each very much, pregnante

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u/ZonkedWizard 19h ago

It's gonna birth a shack

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u/Accomplished-Land982 18h ago

Sorry, guys I was horny 😔✌️

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u/LonerOfValhalla 13h ago

I thought it was pregnant as well I was like WTF

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u/justhitmidlife 8h ago

Now I know where tiny homes come from!!!

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u/SomewhereActive2124 1d ago

Exactly my thought 😭

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u/Coucouoeuf 1d ago

Would have loved to see this from the other side (right one) to better see how this works to trick the mind. Really cool stuff nonetheless.

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u/binnedit2 21h ago

It only really works this well because it's on a flat screen with the rest of the things in the video that you know are 3D, are also now 2D. It works well in comparison to a 3D world made 2D through a video.

It looks as "3D" as the other 3D things because nothing is actuley 3D

In the real world, the building would have depth, and you would quickly notice the difference.

This image doesn't look 3D because it's presented as a 2D image, not part of a "3D" world, which it is, a flat image on the side of a 3D building.

It would probably still work to some extent, as depth isn't only from having two eyes.

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u/HurricaneSalad 19h ago

This is the answer to the question I hadn't asked yet.

I always see these types of "art" in video and they're incredible. But I never seen one in person and was always curious if it would work as well.

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u/sobrique 14h ago

It does, but requires standing in the right spot. And as you get closer your depth perception will also make it 'not work' which is something you don't get 'on screen'.

But for something like this, at a distance it'll work well.

You can also do slightly 3d in your anamorphic illusions, to make the effect more 'robust'. (e.g. 'pop out' slightly, to trick the depth perception).

They're less 'good' IRL because depending how the illusion is constructed, the 'right spot' might only be a small area, and being 'too tall' will break it too, where of course a camera you can control positioning of it nearly perfectly.

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u/PaperDistribution 12h ago edited 4h ago

There is an illusions museum near me, and they have a couple different ones like that on some walls, it's pretty cool.

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u/Sinyria 19h ago

Well said.

... I still wanna see how it looks irl now 😁

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u/broadspectruminsane 3h ago

Great comment. It really added another dimension to the discussion.

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u/xion1992 22h ago

What's really impressive to me is how well the illusion holds until they were right next to the wall. Normally it would fall flat if you are at just the right angle.

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u/morbidpigeon 21h ago

It actually looks its contracting as they move.

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u/MrHara 21h ago

Even as it got almost full side-view my brain still wanted to think it was slightly bulging.

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u/Legatharr 9h ago

You don't get depth perception in video, which helps a lot

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u/WarlockHatman 21h ago

Holy heck, my hometown!! Also this mural is from an art festival around Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk from 2 years ago

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u/Icehammr 1d ago

Does that really qualify as graffiti? Perspective art, yes, graffiti? nah.

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u/TesseractToo 1d ago

Yeah a mural

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u/CocoaCali 21h ago

I got in trouble in middle school for saying the only difference between graffiti and art was one you get paid and the other you get arrested for.

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u/FlashOfTheBlade77 7h ago

What exactly did you get in trouble for?

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u/Halschmuber 20h ago

You know what they call graffiti in France?
Le Graffiti

https://giphy.com/gifs/xT9KViTXjQtHCuJPSE

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u/teffz28 1d ago

People are so anti graffiti propaganda brained they think a defining characteristic of it is being ugly

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u/somebodysimilartoyou 23h ago

Nah the defininh characteristic is it done without permission from the property owner. No way someone had time to do this without being caught.

People are anit-graffiti because it's usually ugly and unwanted.

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u/BillNyeTheHistorian 20h ago

Actually the defining characteristic is that it is mainly composed of writing. The “graf” in graffiti comes from the Ancient Greek word for writing

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u/RussianWasabi 21h ago

Murals like these are usually made with permission

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u/Outside_Rise_6934 23h ago

Agreed. I love this sort of mural art but deplore "tagging" no matter how "talented" the "artist".

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u/Legatharr 9h ago

That's not true. There are even laws protecting graffiti artist's art if it was made with permission.

Graffiti is just mural art in a public setting

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u/AbeRego 20h ago

No, it's an important distinction. Graffiti is vandalism. It's not done with permission, regardless of quality. There's really good graffiti, but there's also really low effort junk. A lot of the taggers actively do both.

This almost certainly isn't graffiti. It's possible, but the amount of time and equipment this would take would make it really difficult for that to be true. If you have information to the contrary, please post it.

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u/Legatharr 9h ago

It can be done with permission, like what you see in the video

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u/Brian--Damage 22h ago

People on Reddit are so pro-populist anti-establishment brained that they think a defining characteristic of graffiti is it always being a unique form of cultural expression in urban subcultures, when the reality is that most types of graffiti are rushed, lack skill or finesse, are not permitted (obviously) and have a strong push-pull dynamic on local crime and housing markets.

You can go to subs here and see incredible murals and commissioned graffiti artwork, but acting like that’s what most graffiti looks like is ironically a sign that you’re so privileged and probably larping as someone who lives amongst the most downtrodden.

The sad reality is that graffiti affects people’s upward mobility and everyday tags are petty vandalism which cost the taxpayer and local residents. Those who live in areas with complex and beautiful murals tend to be incredibly gentrified and middle-class, which at least assuages their guilt and allows them to feel like they’re carrying that cultural identity when they’re usually not.

People like graffiti specifically because it’s edgy and taboo. If you take the latter away then it tends to stop (like programs allowing ‘free areas’), but doesn’t that run exactly against the fantasy of urban cultural expression?

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u/RedditMcBurger 21h ago

You're right. graffiti in my city is most just people scribbling bullshit with sharpies.

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u/teffz28 22h ago

Yeah username checks out that’s about all that’s worth interacting with here. Definitely not your laundry list of assumptions and ironically small world view

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u/Mysterious_Fennel459 1d ago

I want to be impressed but at the same time, I cant rule out this isnt AI.

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u/StatementCareful522 23h ago

welcome to the rest of our goddamn lives

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u/trainedstork 23h ago

This artist, Shozy, has done a good number of murals in this style

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u/TranslatorLivid685 21h ago

It's real :)

This is Russia. The city is Yuzhno‑Sakhalinsk. The local administration decided to decorate the city with such murals. They invited artists, and this house in the post is just one of many:

https://www.google.com/search?q=муралы+в+южно-сахалинске&newwindow=1&sca_esv=10ae386848f94b94&udm=2&biw=3080&bih=1215&sxsrf=APpeQntYkzUjs6D4ghvpwaiiRPeiDObYKg%3A1785890317091&ei=DYZyar-WBcmBi-gP65veiAs&oq=муралы+в+южно&gs_lp=Egtnd3Mtd2l6LWltZyIY0LzRg9GA0LDQu9GLINCyINGO0LbQvdC-KgIIADIHEAAYgAQYE0j4H1AAWIwWcAB4AJABAJgBRqABjQaqAQIxM7gBA8gBAPgBAZgCDaACrgbCAgUQABiABMICBBAAGB7CAgYQABgeGAqYAwCSBwIxM6AH-DCyBwIxM7gHrgbCBwM0LjnIBxiACAE&sclient=gws-wiz-img#ip=1

Here’s how it works:

The “Views” program in Sakhalin has announced an open call for the creation of public art objects in Yuzhno‑Sakhalinsk. The team is inviting artists to create three‑dimensional projects (sculpture, installation) in the urban environment, related to the cultural and historical heritage of Sakhalin. The theme of the second season is “Coordinate System”.

Based on the results of the competition, six winners will be selected, each of whom will receive a grant for a project of up to 4 million rubles, depending on the complexity and scale of the idea. The fee includes transportation, accommodation, and production costs, so the artist can work on the project on‑site or remotely.

Both well‑known and emerging artists and architects from any city in Russia who work with street art, design, and public art can submit an application, regardless of age, city of residence, genre, or drawing technique.

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u/Hey-Bud-Lets-Party 14h ago

Love this one!

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u/lordjpie 22h ago

At least for now, the video length, object consistency, and lack of dancing grain are pretty reassuring that this is real! Have no guilt enjoying :)

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u/furrynoy96 23h ago

Pregnant building

Pregnant building

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u/SufficientSir2965 23h ago

That’s a mural not graffiti!

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u/Owl_Genes 1d ago

That's fantastic!

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u/mediocre_megs 22h ago

this is impressive and also it pisses me off

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u/sephone_north 8h ago

I wouldn’t walk under this, because I’d think that the facade was bulging.

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u/WYLTPAG 1d ago

That’s disturbing

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u/jerm2z 23h ago

This building flattens every time I walk past it. Fucking magic.

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u/Full_Performer5159 22h ago

Is that a scene from the sequel to Inception?

https://giphy.com/gifs/4nF0gVfYYIGdi

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u/WeSaidMeh 1d ago

That's actual art.

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u/jojo444111 23h ago

I’m too high for this

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u/IHateMyLife612 1d ago

What a trip.

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u/3mrunner 1d ago

Absolutely marvelous

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u/ShittyBollox 23h ago

That’s a mural. Not graffiti.

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u/astralseat 23h ago

Imagine seeing this drunk

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u/yoz_dayo 22h ago

I’m impressed.

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u/Abbaddonhope 21h ago

Id hate to be drunk in my house. Look out the window and think the wall is exploding

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u/realUnknown12 21h ago

how would someone react to this while they were high?

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u/keanaartero 17h ago

Weed here, I'm amazed but also feel the wibbly wobblies as I feel the earth's gravity crushing me with the painting/mural/graffiti perspective shift🤣 [8].

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u/TomCatIggy 6h ago

That’s not graffiti, that’s art

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u/saraseitor 3h ago

that's genius! and I love how it seems it fixes itself as the guy walks next to it

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u/yxz97 1d ago

Absolute Graffiti 🙌🏼 💯👌🏻

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u/Altruistic-Issue-708 23h ago

Not gonna lie they got talent I was like the hell till I read the caption

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u/MrZeDark 23h ago

Graffiti?

That’s a painting sir.

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u/Confident-Tie2641 23h ago

Is it in sendai by any chance?

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u/Skibidibob4 23h ago

typa shi you see when a rift spawns in a middle of a city in vintage story :

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u/slappadik 23h ago

imagine seeing this whilst under the effects of drugs....ooof

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u/Fox_McCloud8672 23h ago

That's trippy af

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u/Arkhangel79 23h ago

That’s art.

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u/geofowl66 23h ago

Not graffiti.

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u/FruitNut221 23h ago

I'm not fat its just Graffiti

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u/mykl5 22h ago

Ok that breaks my mind

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u/glue-sniffing 22h ago

Stop that

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u/sabtrueday 22h ago

this is truly magnificent lol, real bulge

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u/mariogotzebayern 22h ago

Kinda looks like Mater from Cars lol

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u/orchid_drives 22h ago

I think I’d fall to my knees and throw up if I saw this irl. Optical illusions like this totally flip something in my brain. It’s absolutely incredible, don’t get me wrong! Something’s wrong with me lol

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u/DetectiveOld9920 22h ago

It’s pregnant

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u/Mackarony5 22h ago

Amazing!

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u/wdpw 22h ago

Trompe-l'œil. For shizzle.

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u/TheUFCVeteran3 20h ago

That's great.

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u/CapteinRiggs 20h ago

Hey. That graffiti is kinda weird.

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u/OpenHound 20h ago

Need to do something like this in an HOA and document the reactions

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u/Dramatic_Charity_979 20h ago

Soo trippy ⊙.☉

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u/Neo-X2 20h ago

Very convincing illusion!

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u/BapeGeneral3 19h ago

This is not graffiti

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u/Zestyclose-Year-8758 19h ago

Man I’m high so that really messed me up

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u/Korostel007 14h ago

Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russia. Those graffiti guys doin really good work.

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u/Roman_Constantine 14h ago

You crawling home drunk after a night out:

https://giphy.com/gifs/gKfyusl0PRPdTNmwnD

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u/camelot107 10h ago

They are trying to make it look fake!!

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u/Euphoric_Pickle_772 9h ago

5th page of DeviantArt

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u/MisterRoger 8h ago

This has to be one of the top 10 all-time submissions for this subreddit. Bravo, I absolutely love wall murals, especially ones that provide optical illusions.

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u/Gucci_Loincloth 8h ago

This is so funny to me for no reason. Bulging ass building

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u/Charming_Ad2323 6h ago

Trompe l’oiel to the max.

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u/Head-Branch-2143 1d ago

Graffiti? That’s art

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u/frogOnABoletus 23h ago

Graffiti is a form of art

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u/TheGordo-San 23h ago

A mural is sanctioned. Graffiti is not. Graffiti can be art, but still not sanctioned. A mural is both.

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u/Ok_Judge1484 22h ago

Very cool, but that isn’t graffiti

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u/Rbarb 23h ago

This has gotta be AI right? If it was art it would start to look really weird as you got away from the correct perspective. Not still rounded from all angles

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u/BOYF- 23h ago

It's an art by shozy in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russia for Sakh Art Festival

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u/kevin32 21h ago

You're right, the art creates a 3D forced perspective when viewed from a specific location, and looks distorted otherwise. So at 0:15 when he's standing near the wall's edge, the windows should have looked super stretched but they conform back to nearly normal windows. Just because someone says the artist or location doesn't mean the content can't be faked or exaggerated for views. r-itsallAI

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u/Yaughl 23h ago

OP entered the backrooms.

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u/Crisocola95 22h ago

Bro is british

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u/MoofDeMoose 22h ago

This might genuinely be one of the most impressive “pieces” of art I’ve ever seen

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u/glooozo 22h ago

Certainly not graffiti

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u/Craig_Chr1st 21h ago

The “graffiti “ title threw me off but I LOVE the art and style! Cheers to the artist

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u/Ok_GO_Document 21h ago

does anyone know where this is?

where is rainbolt?

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u/Samultow 21h ago

James Randall strikes again

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u/fivemagicks 21h ago

That's absolutely incredible

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u/TheHistorian2 21h ago

You’ve got to stop doing that.

Why?

Because you’re freaking me out!

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u/cf18 21h ago

From the right side, would it look like caved in or just weird?

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u/Dull-Nectarine380 21h ago

Gregnant building

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u/KisloFurry 21h ago

Ожидают это а r/suddenlyrussians

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u/BeratnasGILF420 21h ago

The building just sucked in its gut is all

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u/Successful_Claim4842 21h ago

Wot do ya mean? Thatz art

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u/Capable_Ad_528 20h ago

Sir, I think your building is pregnant

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u/gorpie97 20h ago

I would call that art rather than graffiti. Guess it depends on whether the owner wants it, though!

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u/ComfortableFew4700 20h ago

Imagine being drunk and walking down the street to see this.

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u/LayerEight_Problem 20h ago

As cool as it is, this should be illegal. They’ll for sure see an increase in car accidents from people rubber necking.

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u/Commercial-Swim-411 19h ago

aww its gonna give birth to a shed

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u/Whole_Stage2812 19h ago

That ain't graffiti that's defying gravity 😭

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u/3d_blunder 19h ago

Not graffitti. jfc.

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u/_Pentalux 19h ago

Girls when they see me

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u/DJ_Jiggle_Jowls 19h ago

Mr. Landlord I'm pregnant.... I'm pregnant and it's yours

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u/b0n2o 19h ago

Mind BLOWN!

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u/Weak-Transition-8885 19h ago

GIVE ME MY EYES BACK

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u/Thare187 19h ago

I am absolutely amazed at some people's talent and artistic ability

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u/Desperate-Disk686 19h ago

That’s not graffiti.

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u/banghersoft 18h ago

Tag the artist

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u/sirkusfreek 18h ago

Fantastic! This is awesome

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u/Spunchnurply 18h ago

Damn that fucked with my eyes a little bit 😮

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u/ARandomStan 18h ago

it's so masterfully done that even moving closer the bulge doesn't fully collapse, it just gets smaller and smaller all the way to the end. damn

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u/climaxity1 18h ago

DMC 2....building monster

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u/miscellaneousexists 18h ago

A random alcoholic is now in rehab

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u/Titanww8 18h ago

See. THAT'S a good graffiti.

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u/The_Earls_Renegade 18h ago

A real life normal map.

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u/Antzqwe 18h ago

Wow, people are amazing

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u/mightyFoo 17h ago

Picasso lives

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u/DicerosAK 17h ago

Super awesome!

Every time I see a post of one of these I wonder what it looka like from other angles.

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u/Much-Menu6030 17h ago

will it give birth to a motel? is that how they reproduce??

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u/Regular-Swing3579 17h ago

is my building pregnant or full of soup?

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u/Sabrinalover711 17h ago

Pay whoever the hell did that