Archinect - News2024-11-23T07:06:17-05:00https://archinect.com/news/article/150159341/portuguese-street-artist-combines-tagging-illustration-and-animation-to-create-building-scale-optical-illusions
Portuguese street artist combines tagging, illustration, and animation to create building-scale optical illusions Sean Joyner2019-09-16T19:30:00-04:00>2024-10-25T04:07:38-04:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/0b/0b687af2d8bbd1f717ea065a78c4f6f3.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>A Portuguese graffiti artist who goes by <em>Vile</em> has been painting since he was a teenager, a depth of experience that, when combined with his skills in animation and illustration, allows him to "create stunning optical illusions whereby his name appears as a window cut into the side of a wall," as <a href="https://mymodernmet.com/vile-graffiti-illusion-art/" target="_blank"><em>My Modern Met</em></a><em> </em>reports<em>.</em> </p>
<p>"The most challenging part of his creative process," <em>My Modern Met </em>explains, "is color matching, as the palette must be selected carefully in order to make the final product convincing."</p>
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<p>Below is an image of the wall before the painting:<br></p>
<figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/09/0905dc924c3b2720b465fe742f1fa938.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/09/0905dc924c3b2720b465fe742f1fa938.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Image courtesy of Vile</figcaption></figure><p>Check out <a href="https://www.instagram.com/vile_graffiti/" target="_blank">his instagram</a> for more of his work.</p>