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Portuguese Street Artist Paints 3D Creature Graffiti And It’s Not For The Faint Of Heart (39 Pics)
Talk about graffiti artists today, and you'll find they have shed some of the street arts old stigmas. The once-rogue street art genre has been welcomed into the traditional art world, and when you look at the fantastic 3D street art of Sergio Odeith, it's easy to see why.
The Portuguese artist started creating realistic art in the '90s when it was first gaining prominence in the country. He started with simple sketches on street walls and train tracks but then advanced into large-scale 3D drawings. Odeith continued to evolve and adopted the obscure signature style, which he refers to as "sombre 3D." This technique combines angles, lines, and shadows to create an extraordinary 3D art effect. In 2005 he gained international recognition for his anamorphic art series and realistic drawings, which looked like something out of a science horror fiction flick, with giant spiders appearing to climb off the walls at helpless passers-by.
Not surprisingly, the Lisbon-based muralist has since been asked to design pieces across the pond in the U.S cities of Baton Rouge, L.A, Charleston and Lexington and has even received business contracts with major corporations like Coca-Cola, Samsung, and Shell.
Scroll down below to see some of Odeith's truly stunning realistic art!
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Tyler Cook 7 years ago
You know how to tell if it's an alligator or a crocodile? It all depends on when you will see them next (later or after a while)
Patricia Sandford 7 years ago
Had the pleasure or watching this 'emerge' at the brilliant #Upfest 2018, Bristol, UK
Karen Ballou 7 years ago
Can’t see enough of the snout to tell. Alligators have a wide flat snout. Croocodiles have a pointy roundish snout.
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Monika Soffronow 7 years ago
The only way my brain will accept that it is seeing painted walls is by going back and forth between the before and after pictures. Well done! Very well done. Does this work only from this precise angle?
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Susann Campbell 7 years ago
I saw toe stumping, falling and trying to grab something only to bang my head on someone trying to rescue me. Besides that this is very well done (of course ).
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LazyPanda 7 years ago
I would have a heart attack if I saw that...I’m so affraid of moths,don’t know why
Soozie Poozie 7 years ago
I’m the same - so scared of moths but can’t explain why.
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Susann Campbell 7 years ago
A number of these Terminators pretending to be Art is getting me a bit nervous.
Brenda Owens 7 years ago
This is the future of art Now. I am absolutely blown away by this wonderful artist. You have a new fan.
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Grumble O'Pug 7 years ago
Hey! Wait!! We just learned about this one here on BP! The spider killing wasp with the cool body architecture! Nice!!
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Lizard Queen 7 years ago
Yes! Latrodectus! Very shy creatures. They make excellent display animals, once they're acclimated.
Susann Campbell 7 years ago
What is with all the spiders and bugs? Are you trying to show the Terminator what to change into?
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Monika Soffronow 7 years ago
A lamp tiger. I don't know why, but I always name them Oscar, sympathetic little critters
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Jennifer Sacrison 7 years ago
Having had one they are the best pets to have!!! 🐧🐧
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Damien McDallydally 5 years ago
Imagine walking around that corner and seeing the spider for the first time..
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Marilyn Holt 7 years ago
It's amazing to be able to create this art. I've never been able to figure out how it's done.
Liesa Yopp 7 years ago
The trick is to elongate the picture. If you were to look at this from any other angle it would look stretched out. Its the same method they use for those awesome 3d chalk designs you see on the net. It's all about fooling the eye.
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Dianna Siever 7 years ago
It's so cool that he painted that chain just for the photo. Once he leaves it'll just be hanging like that... unless the man is painted as well.
Monika Soffronow 7 years ago
Is that ever a great place for a selfie stick. "Mom, I just got a new pet. I'm sure you'll like it, anyway, I'll probably leave it with you for the weekend."
Susann Campbell 7 years ago
It looks like he actually painted himself there, and if you look closer you can see his hand painted and he is elevated and with skinny legs.
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Monika Soffronow 7 years ago
I can't imagine that the artist could muster the patience for a normal grinding worker routine going to the same job at the same place at the same time year in and year out. Somehow I think he has no problem traveling the world painting.
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LOttawa 7 years ago (edited)
Based on the other images, fire will do it 😉
Load More Replies... Sara Kate MacFarland 7 years ago
If you're gonna be a fly on the wall....that's the kind of fly to be~
Susann Campbell 7 years ago
Oh look, there is a fly on the wall , just right there, can you see it?
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Karen Kelly 7 years ago
I would love to have 1 of those insects. It could be part of my backyard decorations. It would be cool on my fence.
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JustABobcat 7 years ago
The one on top of the cube makes me think of something from S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Call of Pripyat. Overall, pretty freaky but cool too.
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Sara Kate MacFarland 7 years ago
and you can't even see the ladder in the second photo....(tongue in cheek)
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Night Owl 7 years ago (edited)
Imagine being drunk or sleep deprived (or both if you will) and stumbling across one of them late at night.
LOttawa 7 years ago
Or sober, wide awake in the middle of the day...I think my reaction would b the same, I'd die...loll
Load More Replies... Person2638 7 years ago
This guy is amazing! Even though most of them were gross bugs, I loved looking at them!
Melody Lanzatella 7 years ago
I find it amazing that certain people not only have the ability to SEE this possibility, but also to create it! Their brains must work differently than the average person!
Genesis Harrison 7 years ago
So amazing.Its sad because I feel like this artist should be mentioned,ya know? Very talented,the Art is very realistic.Who agrees?
ZombieGirl5591 7 years ago
I think every building should have graffiti art on it! (as long as it is as amazing or almost as amazing as the ones in this post!) The downtown area in my city has a few commissioned murals that look nice. Sort of boring but way nicer than just the plain old buildings without murals. If it posted, the picture I added is the largest of the murals we have..you can see it from so far away. Its lovely. shreveport...e37a7d.jpg 
Monty Is Fiennes 7 years ago
There is tagging and there is graffiti....and then there is art. This is art...
Night Owl 7 years ago (edited)
Imagine being drunk or sleep deprived (or both if you will) and stumbling across one of them late at night.
LOttawa 7 years ago
Or sober, wide awake in the middle of the day...I think my reaction would b the same, I'd die...loll
Load More Replies... Person2638 7 years ago
This guy is amazing! Even though most of them were gross bugs, I loved looking at them!
Melody Lanzatella 7 years ago
I find it amazing that certain people not only have the ability to SEE this possibility, but also to create it! Their brains must work differently than the average person!
Genesis Harrison 7 years ago
So amazing.Its sad because I feel like this artist should be mentioned,ya know? Very talented,the Art is very realistic.Who agrees?
ZombieGirl5591 7 years ago
I think every building should have graffiti art on it! (as long as it is as amazing or almost as amazing as the ones in this post!) The downtown area in my city has a few commissioned murals that look nice. Sort of boring but way nicer than just the plain old buildings without murals. If it posted, the picture I added is the largest of the murals we have..you can see it from so far away. Its lovely. shreveport...e37a7d.jpg
Monty Is Fiennes 7 years ago
There is tagging and there is graffiti....and then there is art. This is art...
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