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3D graffiti, whether it’s in chalk or paint, on walls or the street, represents a new way of combining the mastery of Renaissance art techniques with the gritty, ephemeral qualities of amazing street art. These 3D street artists gives graffiti a whole new meaning – one that departs from the conventional interpretation of graffiti as vandalism in the form of images and letters scrawled on public property. Artists like Kurt Wenner, Eduardo Relero and Tracy Lee Stum create street art that’s so incredible it is almost impossible to pass by without being sucked in to the worlds they create on asphalt and concrete surfaces.
Kurt Wenner
Kurt Wenner’s ability to transform Renaissance classicism into 3D street art is unparalleled and has made him the top anamorphic street painting artist of our time. Kurt aims to ‘reinvent classicism for a new age’, bringing his talent for realism to the streets, literally, having invented a pictorial geometry that corrects the specific distortion caused by viewing his street paintings at an oblique angle. A former NASA illustrator, Kurt has had his work featured in a lengthy list of articles, television features, ads, and documentaries.
Edgar Muller & Manfred Stader
Edgar Muller and Manfred Stader are a German team of street painters. Much of their work is in the 3D anamorphic style, but both of them often create traditional street paintings in a style that mimics the detail and realism of the Renaissance and Baroque periods. Their background in realism gives them an incredible advantage as anamorphic street painters, as evidenced in their ‘River Street’ work and the paintings above. Stader and Mueller have won many street painting competitions, and have taught street painting at universities.
Julian Beever
Julian Beever’s world-renowned sidewalk chalk drawings have been a viral hit all over the internet, and it’s easy to see why: he’s a master of the anamorphic technique, which he’s been perfecting since the mid 1990s. Each of Julian’s creations typically take a full day to complete, and by the next day they’re just a memory, washed away by rain or walked upon by pedestrians. The English artist has been given the nickname ‘The Pavement Picasso’, and he continues to work all over the world.
Tracy Lee Stum
Tracy Lee Stum is widely considered to be one of today’s finest street painters. She has traveled the world to be a featured artist in many festivals and events, and she currently holds the Guinness World Record for the largest street painting by an individual, which she completed in 2006. Tracy’s work contains many themes, from Biblical to exotic to the mundane.
Eduardo Relero
Eduardo Relero is a street artist working primarily in Spain. His fanciful illustrative style looks like storybook pages come to life, and indeed each of his anamorphic sidewalk chalk drawings seems to have a story behind it.
Rod Tryon
Rod Tryon has been adorning the streets of the world with his chalk drawings for more than 20 years, and was first inspired to try anamorphic designs in 1996. Of his paintings, Rod says “Entertaining the audience by creating an image that looks like it is coming up out of the street, or the impression of a hole opening up in the asphalt in front of you, is a special treat for the artist. Seeing crowds react to his 3-D pastel images, bring great joy to both the artist and onlookers.”
Greg Brown
The work of Greg Brown isn’t meant to be accessible. His huge murals seem to jump out at the viewer, but that doesn’t mean they’re easy to interpret, and that’s how he likes it. Greg’s murals vary dramatically in style and content from one to another, due to the intense collaborative process he takes on with each client. They range from Dali-esque surrealism to classic trompe l’oeil, with subjects including everything from construction equipment to miniature ships.
Eric Grohe
Eric Grohe was a professional graphic designer and illustrator for decades before beginning work on his renowned trompe l’oeil murals. Eric’s murals appear to jump off of the surfaces that he paints on, and they grace walls all over the United States and the World, from Seattle Washington to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Eric’s work reflects a patriotic all-American theme, and his depictions of scenes such as football games and picturesque towns have turned blank walls into works of art.
Daim
Daim is a German graffiti artist who first started spraying in 1989 and hasn’t stopped since. Daim has become one of the most sought-after graffiti artists in the world, and has even appeared in the Guinness Book of World Records for spraying the highest graffiti in the world. The only ‘traditional’ graffiti artist on our list, Daim creates 3D art on interior and exterior walls, canvas and vehicles and also works in animation and sculpture.
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75 Comments
June 29th, 2008 at 11:51 am
it just seems to be that daim is the only garffiti artist on your list.. The rest just seem to be artists.
June 29th, 2008 at 1:10 pm
That depends, really, on your definition of graffiti :)
June 29th, 2008 at 10:01 pm
These are pretty cool street paintings - some 3D paintings in there also.
June 30th, 2008 at 3:01 am
The first one with the white building is awesome!
June 30th, 2008 at 6:24 am
Daim is your only graffiti artist, the rest defenitly does not fall under that definition, and if your gonna talk about 3d graffiti, you should definitly include delta, he invented it
June 30th, 2008 at 6:41 am
the only “Graffiti artist” on there is daim
the rest are “Chalk drawing on pavement artists”
You should rename your article so that it better reflects the actual content of this article.
For exammple,
“Top 10 3D Artists in the World”
Otherwise you are just lying to me.
None of this is graffiti, as the root essence of the word is essentially “street art”
you are misconstruing the very definition of graffiti, and graffiti as a culture, so please stop. Real graffiti artists all around the world should be turning in their graves.
Do some research before trying to use trendy keywords to get some notice!!
June 30th, 2008 at 7:25 am
Like others have said only Graffiti artist on there is Daim. What about Banksy he is probably the most renown any street artist and he didn’t even get a mention? True the chalk artists are amazing but not even close to the definition of graffiti.
June 30th, 2008 at 7:48 am
Amazing works, somthing are incredible!!
June 30th, 2008 at 8:04 am
Yawn…
June 30th, 2008 at 8:15 am
Agree with the graffiti comments completely. You really missed the mark with this heading. Daim’s work and a 3D chalk drawing of a friggen blackberry do not belong in the same blog post for any reason.
June 30th, 2008 at 9:06 am
++++++++++++++++++++
AMAZING
++++++++++++++++++++
June 30th, 2008 at 10:37 am
beyond AMAZING!!! WOWSA
June 30th, 2008 at 11:16 am
Art is Art…3d, graffiti…whatever…these artists should be credited for exposing art to the public at large, most of who live in a city with art museums and galleries but for some reason or another they fail to enter through the doors.
I appreciate ALL of these artists who have worked at their craft to the point of appreciation and recognition for their creations.
June 30th, 2008 at 11:18 am
itis wonderful, the artist ¡ DRAW VERY WELL¡¡¡AMAZING
June 30th, 2008 at 11:40 am
Its amazing works I d ever been watching in the world of painting.Bravo
June 30th, 2008 at 11:47 am
I’m always curious about one question:
What would it be look like if we take photos of these drawings from the other side??
June 30th, 2008 at 1:56 pm
Banksy, pls.
June 30th, 2008 at 3:52 pm
Well, the title of the page is “Amazing 3-d art from the best “street artists” ”
It dosent state they are the best from graffiti artists so you guys posting dumb shit should learn to read before you start trolling like idiots.
June 30th, 2008 at 5:00 pm
those people arent graffiti artist maaaaN :P
they are great artist, BUT ive noticed some publicity on some of the artworks, like smart or sony or blackberry cell…
and u know we are 100% against publicity maN, fuckin urban SPAM!
keep it underground!
June 30th, 2008 at 5:26 pm
BTW, if you look up the definition of Graffiti anywhere it will tell you that it is in markings, slogans, or drawings, written, spray-painted, or sketched on a sidewalk or wall of a building . So I could walk outside with a crayon and draw a smilie face on the sidewalk and call it graffiti. You should stop complaining and appreciate the art.
June 30th, 2008 at 6:53 pm
yeah ur right but for me, if its on a publicity its not art! its just a marketing tool….
it just says: buy buy buy buy buy buy,, but some people dont even have money for food…anyways
its complicated man,
they are all great artists, but thts my point of view, from where im at….
like those artworks, they look great depending on where u standing.. :P
June 30th, 2008 at 7:00 pm
Those are amazing works of 3 D painting arts
June 30th, 2008 at 10:34 pm
Would love to see some of these in person…
July 1st, 2008 at 7:07 am
WOW, what a great job…
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Greetings from México.
July 1st, 2008 at 11:53 am
Interesting. Some rather impressive drawings, though putting them all together in one long post kind of lessens their individual impact, making them… dare I say it?… a tad boring.
And to the ubiquitous web pedants, go outside and breathe some air.
July 1st, 2008 at 12:05 pm
Awesome collection! thanks!
I am a retired graffiti writer who was in NYC in the 80’s. for people to actually argue about what is graffiti and what isn’t is silly. the title is 3D street artists which covers EVERYONE in the collection. also, advertising is art if it is creative and done by someone who is being an artist. some of the best art in history came out of advertising. even those old paintings in churches advertise for rich people and the church.
writeonmyman.blogspot.com
July 2nd, 2008 at 3:54 pm
These folks are beyond Hip! Rocks are hard and water is wet, much of this art is the best yet! Congrats to all.
July 3rd, 2008 at 7:42 am
Now that is impressive. And shit!
July 3rd, 2008 at 9:09 am
These works are fantastic, his creators are really an artists. I love it!
July 4th, 2008 at 11:07 am
Anamorphic! Art!!! Way to go!!!! SPECIAL THANKS to Tracy & Rod & Julian BEAVER!!!!! Ive heard it said “artists” are like magicians…Taking a flat surface 2 dimensional making it appear 3-D…. Keep it coming ” ALL YOU ARTIST : YOUNG & OLD Alike “ART IS A NECESSITY.”"…..We need you….
July 5th, 2008 at 3:28 pm
To those criticizing the use of the word graffiti, here is the definition:
Graffiti (singular: graffito; the plural is used as a mass noun) is the name for images or lettering scratched, scrawled, painted or marked in any manner on property. Graffiti is sometimes regarded as a form of art and other times regarded as unsightly damage or unwanted vandalism.
Clearly the works shown here fit this definition.
July 5th, 2008 at 5:14 pm
It IS what it IS, and nothing is changed by calling it whatever you want. Way too much pigeon holing and categorizing going on in the world. Just in enjoy. Why stir up controversy?
July 9th, 2008 at 11:21 am
Very nice, very graffiti… to me.
For those who like Banksy and don’t know Blek le rat (a french guy who inspired Banksy) : http://bleklerat.free.fr/
July 11th, 2008 at 5:19 am
Alway’s been a fan of Kurt Wenner’s amazing work and Eric Grohe and Daim are equally fantastic.
Just like to say in reply to Postmortum’s remark about Delta inventing the 3d style, that it is a common misconception and the real kudos should go to another writer called Merda from Melbourne Australia who was painting in that style much earlier and much better than Delta. Not that it really matters anyway I mean there probably would have been some obscure New York writer doing the style well before anyone. Never the less it was great to see them put together like that….
July 18th, 2008 at 6:58 pm
¡¡¡ESPECTACULAR!!!
July 21st, 2008 at 1:12 am
U R SCATTERING VOLGARITY WORLDWIDE.U SHOULD THINK ABOUT IT AND UR STRUGGLE IS FRUITLESS.
August 7th, 2008 at 6:45 am
I am adding links from our local paper about a 19year old girl who seemed to be heading in the right direction but now seems to be spiraling downward.
She and a friend got caught “tagging” or spraying grafiti in my home town.
I definitely believe punishment is in order…but…local comments and her own rebuttal at the end of the articles are way out of control. Yes, at 19 she should be more responsible but the way people are treating her I fear may keep her in a downward spiral. I would love to see someone reach out and show her how she can use her talents to be a productive member in our community. I was trying to think of a creative way to turn her around and it occurred to me if someone could teach her how to create a 3D grafiti website where visitors/members can actually come in and create their own Grafiti world online to be on display for all to see instead of having to create a messy outdoor eyesore, it would give her a new focus in life to spend her energy on as well as teaching her skills like web design and graphics which could definitely be used as tools for success in her future endeavors. It will aslo help her express and expand on her creativity and need to be seen and/or heard.
I am hoping someone will read the articles, contact her and take her under your wing . To me, she just sounds like she’s in need of some creative guidance.
http://www.napavalleyregister......020360.txt
http://naparegister.com/articl.....705332.txt
If you cannot help - if you have any ideas or referrals - I am all ears.
I have no web design skills of my own or I would do it.
Thanks - Wyn, a concerned citizen in Napa
September 21st, 2008 at 4:58 am
seems to be this page is just trying to get ranked high on google search engine because “3d graffiti” is high density keyword…
for some REAL 3d graffiti , go to puregraffiti.com
September 22nd, 2008 at 5:55 am
dude, these pictures rock!!!! They look rally 3-D
October 1st, 2008 at 7:13 am
My friend does not think any of these drawings were actually done by people she thinks they are all computerized. what do i tell or show her?
October 3rd, 2008 at 5:58 am
I like all those. Keep it comin you artists, you. There needs to be more of theses….in like every city in my little place called tia. Yes I live in a place called Tia…. It’s all in my mind really. I’m psycopathic that way. Anyways…. Love the stuff….. and your……mom…..
=D!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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