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Old 05-04-2009, 06:43 PM
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Art student's car vanishing act

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Art student's car vanishing act

A design student made a battered old Skoda "disappear" by painting it to merge with the surrounding car park.
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.
'Just amazing'
Ms Watson, a second year student, said: "I was experimenting with the whole concept of illusion but needed something a bit more physical to make a real impact."
She was given the Skoda Fabia from the breaker's yard at local firm Recycling Lives.
Owner Steve Jackson described her work as "amazing".
"When I first saw the photos I was convinced it was something which had been done on the computer," said Mr Jackson.
"But when you look more closely you see the effort and attention to detail she has put into it. It is just amazing."


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Watch it get towed, looks like a no parking zone...
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Originally Posted by 2000TaffetaTL
Watch it get towed, looks like a no parking zone...
How are they gonna tow it, it's invisible.
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This is stupid...just like WonderWoman's "invisible' jet....if you can see it, it's not invisible.....we can all clearly see the car.
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wait till someone runs into it and she get's sued for liability.
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wow guys, way to appreciate effort
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wait till someone runs into it and she get's sued for liability.
Unlikely, it isn't in the U.S. of A.
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how cool
Old 05-04-2009, 09:05 PM
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i can still see the car. bricks are all wrong. fail.

if you're going to do something completely pointless do it right. what a whore.
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its only invisible if you look at it from a very precise angle.
fail.
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holy shit wth is wrong with you guys? Of course she can't make it FULLY invisible. how the
hell can you get all technical about this with seeing the car, looking at it at the right angle, bricks all wrong? do you guys get technical when watching batman also? it's freakin art. get all technical on picasso why don't you.

any ways, im impress with the work.
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yeah and she's probably not whore right? we're just having fun. relax Francis.
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that's pretty dope.
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Not invisible but more like Transparent.
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That's pretty stupid since it would only look that way at that specific angle. If you're standing couple of feet to the left or right, it would look all messed up.
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she should have painted the car running over a handicap sign.....
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It's like the Predator car
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Wow, some of you are complete tools... It's art. Not literally a vanishing car...

lol

She did an excellent job. That's really hard to do. This is not any different than that other artists drawings he does on the city street/sidewalks with chalk. They too only look 3d from one perspective.
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Very cool.
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Originally Posted by SiGGy
Wow, some of you are complete tools... It's art. Not literally a vanishing car...

lol

She did an excellent job. That's really hard to do. This is not any different that that other artists drawings he does on the city floors with chalk. They too only look 3d from one perspective.
Ban them for their incompetence!
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Yea I agree. This is pretty neat.
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This is stupid...just like WonderWoman's "invisible' jet....if you can see it, it's not invisible.....we can all clearly see the car.

i can still see the car. bricks are all wrong. fail.

if you're going to do something completely pointless do it right. what a whore.

its only invisible if you look at it from a very precise angle.
fail.

That's pretty stupid since it would only look that way at that specific angle. If you're standing couple of feet to the left or right, it would look all messed up.

You are all lame as shit for actually posting on here and bitch about this. Idiots shouldn't have internet access. Thanks for the proof.
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Originally Posted by SiGGy
Wow, some of you are complete tools... It's art. Not literally a vanishing car...

lol

She did an excellent job. That's really hard to do. This is not any different than that other artists drawings he does on the city street/sidewalks with chalk. They too only look 3d from one perspective.


Originally Posted by mikeschicagoRL
You are all lame as shit for actually posting on here and bitch about this. Idiots shouldn't have internet access. Thanks for the proof.
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Originally Posted by SiGGy
Wow, some of you are complete tools... It's art. Not literally a vanishing car...

lol

She did an excellent job. That's really hard to do. This is not any different than that other artists drawings he does on the city street/sidewalks with chalk. They too only look 3d from one perspective.
You missed the sarc.
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if its sarcasm then you guys must really suck at it.

im glad some people agree with me that this is art, not some design for a new acura
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Originally Posted by Moog-Type-S
You missed the sarc.
Big

Originally Posted by mdkxtreme
if its sarcasm then I suck at interpreting it.
Fixed or fuxored, depending on which way you look at it.
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^^ well hey, my comment about you guys suck at being sarcastic was actually sarcasm. cause you know that's the same sarcasm you guys used to comment on the girls art. so you my friend, suck at interpreting sarcasm.

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Originally Posted by mdkxtreme
^^ well hey, my comment about you guys suck at being sarcastic was actually sarcasm. cause you know that's the same sarcasm you guys used to comment on the girls art. so you my friend, suck at interpreting sarcasm.
shut

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Originally Posted by mdkxtreme
^^ well hey, my comment about you guys suck at being sarcastic was actually sarcasm. cause you know that's the same sarcasm you guys used to comment on the girls art. so you my friend, suck at interpreting sarcasm.


Originally Posted by GIBSON6594
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Originally Posted by Moog-Type-S
You missed the sarc.
This is why god invented red text.
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Originally Posted by mdkxtreme
^^ well hey, my comment about you guys suck at being sarcastic was actually sarcasm. cause you know that's the same sarcasm you guys used to comment on the girls art. so you my friend, suck at interpreting sarcasm.
tool
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Originally Posted by Moog-Type-S
tool
:ibhesayshewasalsobeingsarcasticinthatposttoo:
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Originally Posted by SiGGy
Wow, some of you are complete tools... It's art. Not literally a vanishing car...

lol

She did an excellent job. That's really hard to do. This is not any different than that other artists drawings he does on the city street/sidewalks with chalk. They too only look 3d from one perspective.

this are serious forum. if not serious, don't post on forum. (insert random cute picture of someone's stupid cat looking serious)

I was kidding. As are others.
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She better not move the car, she'll never get it parked in exactly the right place again.


BTW - I once had a see through computer monitor:

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Originally Posted by mdkxtreme
^^ well hey, my comment about you guys suck at being sarcastic was actually sarcasm. cause you know that's the same sarcasm you guys used to comment on the girls art. so you my friend, suck at interpreting sarcasm.
Douchebag. <--- no sarcasm intended.

this are serious forum. if not serious, don't post on forum. (insert random cute picture of someone's stupid cat looking serious)

I was kidding. As are others.
<--- Sarcasm implied.
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Originally Posted by Bearcat94
She better not move the car, she'll never get it parked in exactly the right place again.


BTW - I once had a see through computer monitor:

I had a clear monitor once too, it was really expensive, but it was worth it in coolness factor.
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Originally Posted by Moog-Type-S
You missed the sarc.
Nope... I said "some of you"

feeling guilty?!?!?


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