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Artist Creates Mind-Bending Photographs By Blending Drawings With Reality (30 New Pics)
When artist Pietro Cataudella wants to keep a memory of a place or a famous landmark he has visited, a simple selfie isn't enough for him. Instead, Pietro creates sort of a photo manipulation of the landmark. His ongoing project, CityLiveSketch -- a collection of these playful alternate reality images -- is like a bridge, linking Pietro's imagination and the real world.
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"When I created CityLiveSketch in 2014, I was doing clear and simple pencil sketches of landscapes and buildings," Cataudella told Bored Panda. "A year later, I decided to do something different. I began creating images in which the cartoon drawings are only part of the full piece, modifying and completing the actual photo. After doing so, I saw everything in a new light. Now, I often see an object very differently from how it appears in reality (for example, as part of a famous character from a cartoon)."
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Cataudella has trained his eyes this way totally on his own. "I have never studied illustration or any other art discipline. I learned everything I know - from photo editing to drawing - by myself with a lot of practice, patience, and passion driving my endeavors."
"My current pieces begin with an object, typically a building. After I find something that intrigues me, I try to think about a link between the object's shapes and something that I'm already familiar with. This step might take up to a few hours. After that, I start creating the augmented reality image, combining all of the pieces."
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Cheryl Wilcox 6 years ago
Really funny! How did you take this picture without a million people in it?
Sometimes the artist uses royalty-free images he finds online to start the process, but Cataudella loves to travel in search of inspiration. "I always prefer to use my own pictures. Thanks to CityLiveSketch, I visited a lot of places in Italy and Europe. I hope I can continue working on this project for years to come."
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earringnut 6 years ago
He was a sailor man. She said, see you later, man.
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TheNerdyOne 6 years ago
Hopper is still alive, at the end of the credits there is a scene as another base where there are two guards and one is about to opens a locked cell door until the other soldier tells him, “ no, not the American”
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Wyndmere 6 years ago
You can only wear it on top of the chandelier. Are you ok with heights? How is your balance?
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Simon Smith 6 years ago
You had plenty of Money,1924,you had a woman make a fool of you,Get out of here,give me some money too
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blub blubbedi 6 years ago (edited)
either the paintbrush goes in the wrong direction, or it's about to erase the path
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Liesa Yopp 6 years ago
Heroes have no age limit, my 50 yr old butt loves this :)
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Michele Ottone 6 years ago
On a second thought. The drawing was taken some 8-9 years ago, when the tower was not completed, yet, and the Eastern wall bore the number of floors being erected. The Majesty of the spear could only be imagined, back then.
Michele Ottone 6 years ago
Milan: Unicredit tower. Not to despise artist's work, but the original is far more impressive.
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Podunkus 6 years ago (edited)
Cinque Terre is even more beautiful at night! Night-5d2c...35-png.jpg 
Leslea Freeman 6 years ago
Look in the water!! There is a heart made of waves!! So beautiful!!
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Lil Bare 6 years ago
Ah! Its a giant's arm that sticks out! Now it makes sense why its tilted :)
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Brenda Swann 6 years ago
Salvador would be impressed. I am envious of such talent. These are all so creative and well executed.
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What do you think ?
Diver Driver 6 years ago
Unbelievable creativity and talent. Being able to envision the scenes and how to change them is uncanny.
tuzdayschild 6 years ago
They take pictures (that they have drawn) and insert them into photos using Photoshop. This doesn't work if you don't have a talent for drawing. I'm not sure what you don't get.
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Andre Ribeiro 6 years ago
It is photoshop not drawings... it looks so fake not even done well. fun to look at but please change the title and definitely the self-taught bit
tuzdayschild 6 years ago
You have to have a creative imagination even if you are using Photoshop.
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Diver Driver 6 years ago
Unbelievable creativity and talent. Being able to envision the scenes and how to change them is uncanny.
tuzdayschild 6 years ago
They take pictures (that they have drawn) and insert them into photos using Photoshop. This doesn't work if you don't have a talent for drawing. I'm not sure what you don't get.
Load More Replies... Andre Ribeiro 6 years ago
It is photoshop not drawings... it looks so fake not even done well. fun to look at but please change the title and definitely the self-taught bit
tuzdayschild 6 years ago
You have to have a creative imagination even if you are using Photoshop.
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