• From 3-dimensional water phoenixes to underground Santa chambers in the middle of
the street, we count 20 seriously awesome street art ever created by massively talented
people 20 - Santa's Grotto
• This one was created by Julian Beever the veteran 3D street painter in December
last year - it depicts an underground cave with Santa and his elves hard at work building
presents • Today it lies in Camberley, United Kingdom
- and it only took him a total of 4 days to complete
19 - Ronzo • This one is part of a series of birds
randomly placed in London's Brick Lane as well as council estates by independent artist
Ronzo the "Vandal Extraordinaire" • They're meant to contrast the bland, mundane
environments around them - gansta birds wearing bling and filled with colour in a grey street
18 - Shopping Mall Waterfall • This one was created by German artist
Edgar Muller in Shanghai, 2009 • In total the blue waterfall extends in
a massive 300-square-meter diameter corded off by gates - and the reason it was made
was to promote Shanghai's 2010 World Expo happening one year afterwards
17 - Phoenix • This is also by Edgar Muller, a giant
flying water phoenix flying up from a rocky pool in Michigan, USA
• It was originally created for the City Art Gallery mid-2011 and drew crowds from
all around the world to pose for photographs and the like
16 - Fallen Soldiers • A publicly collaborative effort headed
by British artists Jamie Wardley and Andy Moss to honour International Peace Day
• They were joined by over 50 volunteers and 500 locals to rake and stencil in body
lines on the beaches of Normandy • They only lasted a few hours before the
tide rolled in and washed them away, but they managed 9,000 bodies
15 - Macao's One Impression • Created by artist Qi Xingua outside a
shopping center in Macao - it's a giant piece of optical illusion art spanning 120 meters
in length • The artworks details depict absolutely
all of the city's historical and architectural landmarks all squished together in one long
painting 14 - Lego Terracotta Army
• Before the Sarasota Chalk Festival in November 2011, a mysterious giant lego man
washed up on the beach • It was, in fact, publicity generated to
hype up this lego illustration created by Planet Street Painting inspired by the official
Terracotta warrior army from the first Emperor of China - and this Lego recreation ended
up winning best 3D piece of the festival 13 - 1000 Shadows
• These were painted in an abandoned psychiatric hospital in Parma, Italy
• They were done by Brazilian street artists Herbert Baglione famous for his work painting
empty abandoned rooms and deserted homes in São Paulo and Paris
• Can't imagine how creepy this would be if you stumbled in here not realising it was
done by an artist 12 - Screaming Blue Man
• The TSF crew a French street art duo tend to create optical illusion "logic-defying"
works of art, and this was made in one of the run-down areas of industrial France - you
can clearly see their logo near the bottom right
• It's reminiscent of Australia's Luna Park but way more intense and surreal
11 - Reebok Crossfit • This one comes from Joe Hill who, at the
time, broke the Guinness World Record for the longest anamorphic picture in the world
- unfortunately broken by Qi Xinghau not one month later
• The Crossfit was created at the London Docklands and took a week to create, coming
out at a whopping 106.5 meters in length 10 - Pixel Pour 2.0
• Kelly Goeller, a former animation producer for advertising, television, music video and
film decided to take to the streets of New York to try out some street pixel art
• This piece titled Pixel Pour 2.0 is on Mercer Street directly in the path of those
heading for work and thus has worked up a bit of fame
9 - Special Delivery • Created by Melanie Stimmell in Milton
Keynes, UK for the FringeMK Festival 2011 • Curiously she was the only U.S based participant
chosen simply to show off her outstanding style of Renaissance art, as well as her quirky
designs which you can see here 8 - Pavel Puhov
• Based in Moscow, the identity of this artist remains unknown and he tends to leave
art with a political stance, usually in full view of the public like at train stations
• Most of his work contains images of riot police, civilian protesters and a crazy reimagining
of a Nation Geographic Afghan girl photo 7 - Pac-man
• Leon Keer a Dutch artist designed this one - a homage to the old 1980s arcade game
• You can find it in the Netherlands and it's only viewable from a perspective, a 3D
one that takes the traditional 2D game area of pac-man adding a new dimension and detail
- definitely a must-see 6 - Wunderful Life
• This was made by Street Advertising Services - a hundred square meters of 3D art in London
including a floor piece depicting shadows • Curiously enough this was actually the
world's first photo-realistic 3D graffiti since the SAS managed to complete the entire
thing with aerosol paint instead of the traditional styles
5 - Mademoiselle Maurice • 2013, the ARTAQ Festival in Angers, France
- French artists Mademoiselle Maurice alongside hundreds of volunteers creates this long image
across a wall • At first glance you might think it's a
simple painting, but on closer inspection you'll see it's actually made up of 30,000
pieces of origami half-folded to make up two separate pieces of art as you can see here
• Maurice is renowned for her colourful, playful approach to street art
4 - Another Grand Canyon • Kurt Wenner known as the 3D chalk master
created a portal into a new Grand Canyon • It took him 150 hours of hard work to
complete and he decided to paint it from the perspective of the Canyon's southern rim
• Today, it's a well-known tourist photo opportunity - just like the real Grand Canyon
3 - Visit Britain • A Chinese illustration by British Artist
Joe Hill to promote the United Kingdom's landmarks • He's been known to tour the world creating
similar 3D images but this one is VERY elaborate painted on two walls and a huge patch of floor
2 - One • Chinese artist DALeast has a distinctive
technique of 3D street art which he displays all over the world
• His artwork depicts twisted metal animals interacting with our world, and in this example
you see two deer bound together by a cord of light, representing the bond between two
animals 1 - Interesni Kazki
• Our last example of street art comes from a Ukrainian duo AEC and Waone - the Interesni
Kazki duo, who usually create vibrant art including sci-fi, Mexican folk tales, classical
and religious art • They usually use acrylic paint with rollers,
but they also use spray cans