www.boingboing.net/2009/05/04/art-student-creates.html
Sara Watson, who is studying drawing at the University of Central Lancashire (Uclan), took three weeks to transform the car's appearance. She created the illusion in the car park outside her studio at Uclan's Hanover Building in Preston. The car is now being used for advertising by the local recycling firm that donated the vehicle.
It's too bad she had to paint the sponsor's logo across the top of the windshield--I'd love to see the car disguised as well as possible. I give it about 8 months until we see a TV commercial that rips off this idea.
May 4, 2009 3:51 AM Thequickbrownfox, I think you missed the point of the writer; it takes quite a bit more effort to create this effect in reality, than it is using photoshop. I'm sure that to feel the real effect you need to be there and watch it vanish turning your head.
To me, the funny thing about the whole illusion is that it works so well in photographs but it would be difficult to get the effect perfect in real life because we have two eyes. So in a way, it's an illusion that depends upon photography to explain it. Nonetheless, until I see it for real, I'll just have to hold my tongue.
May 4, 2009 5:25 AM This is a very cool anamorphic distortion. How it was probably done: Pick the one spot you want to arrest the viewer from, where the illusion will be seen correctly. Take a digital photo of the scene (w/out the object) from this spot, trying to keep the camera at an average eye height and not using too wide of a lens. Aim a digital projector from the exact spot and angle the photo was taken from and cast the image over said object until the background lines up. This part is the hardest because you usually have to subtly tweak the image on the spot to correct for (wait for it) the projector's built-in correction of anamorphic distortion. Mark out the main structure of the projected image on the car and start mixing paint! The fact that we have two eyes won't hinder the illusion in the least if it is done correctly.
May 4, 2009 7:27 AM dude, didn't we see this on zack braff in the garden state new, nothing new, arts student should get praised for more creative stuff than this.
May 4, 2009 7:35 AM with even the most primitive synthetic chromatophores, you should be able to develop a usable system by using wrap around cameras and software that infers the viewing angle of who you wish to fool. I'll bet most of the required approaches are already available from animation and lighting programs.
May 4, 2009 9:14 AM In high school, we read 'Invisible Man' and had to write a paper on it. I made a joke to the girl next to me that I should write an invisible paper...
htm With more refinement, it looks like the meta-materials could successfully cloak visible objects, first limited to some color ranges, and eventually across the entire visible spectrum.
At the end when Indy is crossing the invisible bridge, the same effect is used. A full size print of my cubicle door with me in it working is the same thing.
May 4, 2009 1:37 PM Alot of people seem to mistaking the concept of camouflage with the physical (and creative) work of getting a fixed point view of a scene onto a non-related, non-uniform 3d object.. It's excellent work and isn't remotely the same as a poster of you working, hung on your office door, nor a shirt resembling the wallpaper behind you.
May 4, 2009 1:42 PM I've seen similar works done before but mostly on flat surfaces. Getting this illusion to work properly on a car that is made up of many irregular curved shapes is much harder, and the girl deserves a hand for her effort.
May 4, 2009 1:53 PM Don't forget you aren't working on a flat board, or a human body against a flat wall. You're dealing with 3 dimentions of the car as well as the environment. You have to match the curve of the car against the distance/angles of the environment. Try making a flat door look like its flat and against the wall 10 feet behind the car and match it up with the actual door peaking over the roof of the car, on a curved and tilted window.
May 4, 2009 1:59 PM The Indiana Jones "invisible bridge" never really existed. Sure, the idea may not be new, but I agree with the other contributors there was real talent involved here.
we all know we've seen it before or known someone else that did it. I think she did a wonderful job, and those who posted other versions to show that somethings been done before(get a life) everything we do today or seen has been done for centuries....
May 4, 2009 2:03 PM There are those who create art, and those content to just sit on their duffs and criticize it. The majority of the critics to this young ladies work, probably couldn't tell the difference between a pencil and a paint brush.
May 4, 2009 2:07 PM From: Akinyele Aluko, Maputo Mozambique This is fantastic and creative. She deserves the commendation of all especially in a world where the digital world has taken over everything from drums to guiters and horns.
May 4, 2009 2:13 PM TGG161's comment sounds like something you would find on FMLcom Indeed, whether the idea is not completely new or not shouldn't matter in relation to how much effort and time went into her piece, especially because hollywood would have used more technology to make it happen than she did. It's great to see that determination and ambition still get rewarded.
May 4, 2009 2:43 PM This is the same basic idea of camouflage used in the "Leap of Faith" test at the end of Indiana Jones and the last Crusade. Very clever, and certainly not a trivial amount of work to pull off.
The laws of Physics prevent things like this from happening. You cannot make a solid object become completely transparent, its just not how it works. If this were true and people could really do this, dont you think the traffic accident ratio would skyrocket? Criminals would be able to get away from robbing banks or killing someone because they have an "invisible" car. the last thing we need to do is think that we are actually capable of making a solid steel/metal erection invisible to the human eye.
May 4, 2009 2:44 PM Abe lugo I don't think any art is "new". This young lady used her imagination - even if she used pictures and other things to help her. The effect is fantastic but as has been said could only be seen like that from one direction.
May 4, 2009 2:49 PM The following is not meant be an insult, just a critique: I do not understand the reason for going through all the trouble in time and materials to execute something that only works with one particular angle.
May 4, 2009 2:52 PM Very nice from an artistic viewpoint! But as a practical matter, it took her three weeks to pretend to do what most inner-city gangs can do for real in about 30 seconds!
May 4, 2009 2:58 PM Now that's some very creative tallent. hmm i wonder if she used any photoshop like programs, pixel by pixel to get the shading just right.
May 4, 2009 3:12 PM Sheesh, anybody ever hear of a "site specific installation?" It's an art project, not a secret military cloaking device! Of all the versions of this gimmick I think my favorite may be Banksy's "Elephant in the Room," wherein he created an indoor scene with a live elephant painted to match the wallpaper.
May 4, 2009 3:37 PM This is a really really good art piece. Who ever disagrees, u just need to keep shut because u wouldnt be able to do just that. From the dimensions and colors to match make it extremely hard for a non artist to do. So to those who arent impressed try it, lets see how far u will get to a perfect example of that.
May 4, 2009 3:39 PM Of course, she did this paint to park illegally in handicap spots! I love what she did to the car, I wish they would find a way to make this effect cheaper, easier, and mandatory for people driving rust buckets.
Fame has its problems, always non-famers queing in without any talent as on this blog. WWI british cargo ships owed much of their ability to feed the UK from Argentina on vessels painted "razzle-dazzle." The Queen always likes these things are you on her schedule? Windsor Castle could stand an update, especially since the fire.
May 4, 2009 4:13 PM Whoever posted comment #113 (the guy talking about how thi...
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