‘The dew has fallen with a particularly sickening thud this morning.’
Marvin, the Paranoid Android, in Douglas Adams’ great book, ‘The hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy’.
Hello to all my readers. Hope you all have a lovely day.
It’s voting day today so don’t forget to vote.
Pretty sophisticated for a photo shop, but a shop none the less. I don’t know why anyone would go to all the trouble. It must have taken days to put this together. Very creative in any case.
i don’t get why everyone gets so worried about things that are photo shopped. i don’t think the artist was trying to hide the fact that it was shopped. obviously there is nowhere in this world that a ladder is going to be propping up a floating window; where there is a horizontal staircase or even people floating in the middle of a hallway. just take it for what it is.
I love how the room with the people who are “Floating” works. Very good illusions and works with mirrors. (yes, you can see that the “window” is actually a mirror that’s angled so it catches the real window to the side.) The first picture is actually a real place, they have a thin layer of water over glass, so it only looks like people are under water. Really amazing.
So far to all the people who claim all of this is shopped, It’d be better if you just say it for what it REALLY is; Smoke and mirrors.
For those who say “I’ve seen quiet a few shops in my day” SHUT UP we all have – anyone who has been on the internet, looked through a magazine, or seen billboards alongside the street, of course. WE ALL have seen photoshopped images.
And these ARE not photoshopped, that is the whole point. He is an artist, but not a photoshop artist. NOT to mention that photoshopped images are still and art, and those that do them are ARTISTS. and generally let people know that it’s photoshopped.
go say “shopped” to something that blatantly says “THESE ARE rEAL LIFE THIS IS TRUE!” when it obviously isn’t. all of the above is obviously art.
and also, those who say “I can see the pixels therefore it’s photoshopped” again. PLEASE shut up. also you are actually someone who has 1) worked with photoshop for a VERY long time or 2) are a professional, you really shouldn’t be saying those things.
As someone who works with photoshop, I can tell you 1) none of them are even pixelated, so stop saying something just to sound like you are “smart” because you are not
2)go to Erlich’s website, if you don’t believe this post.. jeesh
who. fucking. cares. about. your. opinion. about. it. being. photoshopped. IT DOESNT FUCKING MATTER, STOP FINDING WEBSITES AND BEING A BORED LOSER WHO HAS NOTHING BETTER TO DO THAN GO TO EVERY COMMENT ON EVERY PAGE AND SAY “ZOMG IT’S SHOPPED. I’M SO FUCKING BRILLIANT AND OBSERVANT!”
Just shut up. Nobody cares. It doesn’t matter.
Listen, all images in the digital domain are “shopped” by definition, that is, images are processed for display on a computer monitor or similar device or are processed for printing to some kind of output device. Secondly, it’s an extremely rare case where a composed image isn’t fixed up before output, either adjusted for color or some other combination or is cropped. And even if the images above were composited in the computer, so what? You’re never viewing reality, so how are you being fooled? You’re looking at what the artist intended to present.
I’m a professional retoucher. My specialty is skin and hair. I DO see the images straight from the shoot and they are not “pretty” but they’re as close to what’s possible when photographing reality. When the art director wants something a little different, adding hair, changing skin color, changing lighting, adding fabric, we do it and I guarantee that you would NOT see pixels. You might be able to imagine that because of the style of the image, something had been done to it, but there is no way you could point to a change and say, “SHOPPED,” because if you could, I’d be out of a job.
Hey, of course it’s shopped, this stuff doesn’t just happen naturally. I suggest that everyone who just comments “totally shopped” and the like take a minute to calm down and just enjoy the effects!
Actually everyone who says it’s photo shopped is wrong I’ve personally seen the last one with the ladder it’s in New Orleans, LA in the Lower 9th Ward right where Brad Pitt is rebuilding houses. You can even see the levee in the background.
SandyN is completely right. i’ve seen some of these before and they are completely real. who’s to say everything is as it appears?
complete smoke and mirrors, nothing more
Re: the several “shopped” comments. Whether these are Photoshopped, Gimped or real does not matter. Software imaging programs are simply another medium for creating art. These images are works of art, “shopped” or not.
You can see the pixels with all digital imaging btw. Unless you are in front of the real piece of art, in most circumstances, there is no way to tell from your computer screen which is a digital imaging device. Plus if these are digital photographs then shown to you on your computer screen as jpeg images they will show you digital artifacting. Which is what you are seeing.
I totally agree with someone else’s comment on here, “why bother” noting the “shopped” possibility? No one really cares with works that are presented as art! Keep it to yourself and simply enjoy the imagination.
To those who react to the “shopped” comments, that’s the entire purpose of it. To say “this looks shopped or shooped or shippy dippy ooped” is just the troll putting out his bait, and when everyone reacts to it, he wins. Just stop commenting on it whenever you see it and they lose.
to the shopped comments, i’ve been to the first picture. it’s a room made to look like a standard swimming pool. the ceiling is glass, but it’s also a floor. very strange to walk on.
You idiot, of course it’s not real. I just know that somewhere there is a floating bit of brick with a window and a ladder and in my leisure time I float horizontally in hallways with my buddies, admiring said bits of brick. Oh yeah.
They’re good images, none the less, and I really do hope you make more.
First of all, it’s on the internet, so you’re going to see pixels whether it’s photoshopped or not -___-”
Secondly, yes, they are most likely photoshopped, but who cares? It’s the concept and creativity that matters.
First of all, it’s on the internet, so you’re going to see pixels whether it’s photoshopped or not -___-”
Secondly, yes, they are most likely photoshopped, but who cares? It’s the concept and creativity that matters.
As both a sculptor and digital artist, I would actually assume these are real. They are actually pretty simple optical illusions that are photographed in clever ways. The bricks for example are probably made from a light weight material that is held up by the ladder which extends reasonably far into the ground to offset the weight on top, but we simply perceive them as bricks hanging precariously in the sky. Nice work and well done.
why does someone always have to say that some picture is shopped! this obviously had something done to it so why not shut your dumb ass up and enjoy the art.
Oh i loved reading e article about the first picture! It was very creative. So SUCK IT ‘shopped’. I’ve stumbled on many of these before just never collected like this
The first one isn’t photo-shopped it’s a real location, it’s just a think piece of glass with about 2 or 3 inches of water or something, I saw this on the travel channel or something.
that’s so crazy go nuts it’s like as if the pixs were to have been done on the comuptar!!
however, to make them so seamless it rather impressive. great work!
Photoshop troll wins again…look how many of you commented on the photoshop comment that ‘shopped’ left. For the people that know troll comment is, I applaud you. However, at the same time I implore you to get off of the internet, and go do something productive, such as real learning, or reading a book. America is just getting dumber and lazier by the day, and it’s all because of the internet. The internet made you dumb.
Lol, it obviously hasn’t been said enough. All the people saying these images are shopped are kidding, and all the people reacting to their comments are just making themselves look like bigger morons.
Really cool pix
This is so creative!
This is so obviously photoshopped and not real and fake and i can see teh pixels.
Awesome!!!
Woah! thats sweet!
Wow! How did you do that!
Love it !
‘The dew has fallen with a particularly sickening thud this morning.’
Marvin, the Paranoid Android, in Douglas Adams’ great book, ‘The hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy’.
Hello to all my readers. Hope you all have a lovely day.
It’s voting day today so don’t forget to vote.
i like the first one the best
This is so cool! i love it!
this is so cool. these pictures are really creative!
Great picks
these aren’t photoshopped, ‘SHOPPED. You fool. You just haven’t traveled enough. For example, the last picture is from New Orleans.
the smoking room isn’t as good as the rest but great illusions
I love the way Erlich “hacks” reality. Very Duchampian.
…his name is Leandro Erlich.
…and I think it would be cool to give him a little credit by linking him -> http://www.leandroerlich.com.ar/
Whoever said these are photoshopped, they’re not. i’ve personally seen the first one in an art museum in new york.
This is amazing, how did you do it.
@’SHOPPED – The joke is so old and contrived and not remotely funny anymore. Why even waste your time making the comment?
This looks shopped. I can tell from some of the pixels and from having seen quite a few shops in my day.
No but really, this is pretty great!
To “Shopped”,
Of course its not real, you moron!
Cool pics! i like
the one with them standing sideways if u look closely under the chic u can see a bt of her reflection..
This stuff is sweet. Anthony Pittarelli likes.
sweet, love the brick wall/ladder pics
The pool has an underwater view as well. You can be either above or under the ‘surface’. Great ideas
@ Ronald and Sayne
Shopped is a web troll, he knows the photos are real, he just said that because he know it would annoy someone.
He’s an artist, not a photographer. The swimming pool was in the MoMA.
Pretty sophisticated for a photo shop, but a shop none the less. I don’t know why anyone would go to all the trouble. It must have taken days to put this together. Very creative in any case.
Pretty sweet, and it isn’t shopped, this is a site with a little info about the artist and his work.
http://pondstonecommunications.wordpress.com/2010/05/04/simulated-swimming-pool-with-room-inside/
see more
http://www.design2arts.blogspot.com/
i don’t get why everyone gets so worried about things that are photo shopped. i don’t think the artist was trying to hide the fact that it was shopped. obviously there is nowhere in this world that a ladder is going to be propping up a floating window; where there is a horizontal staircase or even people floating in the middle of a hallway. just take it for what it is.
I love how the room with the people who are “Floating” works. Very good illusions and works with mirrors. (yes, you can see that the “window” is actually a mirror that’s angled so it catches the real window to the side.) The first picture is actually a real place, they have a thin layer of water over glass, so it only looks like people are under water. Really amazing.
So far to all the people who claim all of this is shopped, It’d be better if you just say it for what it REALLY is; Smoke and mirrors.
For those who say “I’ve seen quiet a few shops in my day” SHUT UP we all have – anyone who has been on the internet, looked through a magazine, or seen billboards alongside the street, of course. WE ALL have seen photoshopped images.
And these ARE not photoshopped, that is the whole point. He is an artist, but not a photoshop artist. NOT to mention that photoshopped images are still and art, and those that do them are ARTISTS. and generally let people know that it’s photoshopped.
go say “shopped” to something that blatantly says “THESE ARE rEAL LIFE THIS IS TRUE!” when it obviously isn’t. all of the above is obviously art.
and also, those who say “I can see the pixels therefore it’s photoshopped” again. PLEASE shut up. also you are actually someone who has 1) worked with photoshop for a VERY long time or 2) are a professional, you really shouldn’t be saying those things.
As someone who works with photoshop, I can tell you 1) none of them are even pixelated, so stop saying something just to sound like you are “smart” because you are not
2)go to Erlich’s website, if you don’t believe this post.. jeesh
who. fucking. cares. about. your. opinion. about. it. being. photoshopped. IT DOESNT FUCKING MATTER, STOP FINDING WEBSITES AND BEING A BORED LOSER WHO HAS NOTHING BETTER TO DO THAN GO TO EVERY COMMENT ON EVERY PAGE AND SAY “ZOMG IT’S SHOPPED. I’M SO FUCKING BRILLIANT AND OBSERVANT!”
Just shut up. Nobody cares. It doesn’t matter.
Listen, all images in the digital domain are “shopped” by definition, that is, images are processed for display on a computer monitor or similar device or are processed for printing to some kind of output device. Secondly, it’s an extremely rare case where a composed image isn’t fixed up before output, either adjusted for color or some other combination or is cropped. And even if the images above were composited in the computer, so what? You’re never viewing reality, so how are you being fooled? You’re looking at what the artist intended to present.
I’m a professional retoucher. My specialty is skin and hair. I DO see the images straight from the shoot and they are not “pretty” but they’re as close to what’s possible when photographing reality. When the art director wants something a little different, adding hair, changing skin color, changing lighting, adding fabric, we do it and I guarantee that you would NOT see pixels. You might be able to imagine that because of the style of the image, something had been done to it, but there is no way you could point to a change and say, “SHOPPED,” because if you could, I’d be out of a job.
totally shopped
Hey, of course it’s shopped, this stuff doesn’t just happen naturally. I suggest that everyone who just comments “totally shopped” and the like take a minute to calm down and just enjoy the effects!
I saw the last one in the Lower 9th Ward Katrina Memorial in New Orleans and have been wondering who did the installation! Very neat…talented artist!
Actually everyone who says it’s photo shopped is wrong I’ve personally seen the last one with the ladder it’s in New Orleans, LA in the Lower 9th Ward right where Brad Pitt is rebuilding houses. You can even see the levee in the background.
SandyN is completely right. i’ve seen some of these before and they are completely real. who’s to say everything is as it appears?
complete smoke and mirrors, nothing more
I love these images!
Re: the several “shopped” comments. Whether these are Photoshopped, Gimped or real does not matter. Software imaging programs are simply another medium for creating art. These images are works of art, “shopped” or not.
You can see the pixels with all digital imaging btw. Unless you are in front of the real piece of art, in most circumstances, there is no way to tell from your computer screen which is a digital imaging device. Plus if these are digital photographs then shown to you on your computer screen as jpeg images they will show you digital artifacting. Which is what you are seeing.
I totally agree with someone else’s comment on here, “why bother” noting the “shopped” possibility? No one really cares with works that are presented as art! Keep it to yourself and simply enjoy the imagination.
To those who react to the “shopped” comments, that’s the entire purpose of it. To say “this looks shopped or shooped or shippy dippy ooped” is just the troll putting out his bait, and when everyone reacts to it, he wins. Just stop commenting on it whenever you see it and they lose.
to the shopped comments, i’ve been to the first picture. it’s a room made to look like a standard swimming pool. the ceiling is glass, but it’s also a floor. very strange to walk on.
You idiot, of course it’s not real. I just know that somewhere there is a floating bit of brick with a window and a ladder and in my leisure time I float horizontally in hallways with my buddies, admiring said bits of brick. Oh yeah.
They’re good images, none the less, and I really do hope you make more.
First of all, it’s on the internet, so you’re going to see pixels whether it’s photoshopped or not -___-”
Secondly, yes, they are most likely photoshopped, but who cares? It’s the concept and creativity that matters.
Really awesome pictures (:
the first photo is a piece of art that has been in the PS1 contemporary art museum in NYC. very cool sculpture.
Cool thing you Got …………..
[...] LEONARDOERLICH.COM [...]
wow “SHOPPED” you’re a dumbass
Great illusions! Its really increase creativity for everyone. I want to see more… Thanks
the ladder and window picture is very real. i saw it at a museum in new orleans
Oh artists and their art. You can see the outline of the glass floor in the floating room if you look at the “ceiling” and “right wall”
First of all, it’s on the internet, so you’re going to see pixels whether it’s photoshopped or not -___-”
Secondly, yes, they are most likely photoshopped, but who cares? It’s the concept and creativity that matters.
Really awesome pictures (:
stumbled upon
As both a sculptor and digital artist, I would actually assume these are real. They are actually pretty simple optical illusions that are photographed in clever ways. The bricks for example are probably made from a light weight material that is held up by the ladder which extends reasonably far into the ground to offset the weight on top, but we simply perceive them as bricks hanging precariously in the sky. Nice work and well done.
The guy who thinks these are photoshopped and that he ‘can see the pixels’ is obviously retarded and has never heard of an optical illusion.
I love having my expectations *&*^%ed with !!
Holy shit some of you people are so fucking stupid.
These are real photographs, of real works of art!
Not some abstract crap somebody through together on photo shop.
The internet has destroyed Culture.
why does someone always have to say that some picture is shopped! this obviously had something done to it so why not shut your dumb ass up and enjoy the art.
Oh i loved reading e article about the first picture! It was very creative. So SUCK IT ‘shopped’. I’ve stumbled on many of these before just never collected like this
The first one isn’t photo-shopped it’s a real location, it’s just a think piece of glass with about 2 or 3 inches of water or something, I saw this on the travel channel or something.
Shopped.
inception……
that’s so crazy go nuts it’s like as if the pixs were to have been done on the comuptar!!
however, to make them so seamless it rather impressive. great work!
[...] via: Colt-Rane This entry was posted in Art and tagged Illusions, Photoshop. Bookmark the permalink. ← [...]
Photoshop troll wins again…look how many of you commented on the photoshop comment that ‘shopped’ left. For the people that know troll comment is, I applaud you. However, at the same time I implore you to get off of the internet, and go do something productive, such as real learning, or reading a book. America is just getting dumber and lazier by the day, and it’s all because of the internet. The internet made you dumb.
The second picture is epic, Even a smoker wouldn’t dare stay inside that room
Lol, it obviously hasn’t been said enough. All the people saying these images are shopped are kidding, and all the people reacting to their comments are just making themselves look like bigger morons.
Sorry, but these images are obviously not shopped- I can tell from some of the pixels, and from seeing quite a few shops in my time.
Photoshop has given us some wonderful art. It is sad that some people have let it ruin old fashioned in-camera illusions for them.
I want to paint people hanging out at the bottom of my pool. That is so cool
We need to go deeper
Keep up the good work. Very Creative.