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I love making surrealistic photo portraits using props, practical effects, and illusions. Since I didn’t want to resort to photo editing to create my images, I knew that I would have to get physical and build my own photo backdrops.

Since I knew I wouldn’t be able to afford my own studio space until I had my feet on the ground, my parents lent me their garage space to use as my photography art studio. These creative photos were all taken in that small, crowded, too-hot-in-the-summer, too-cold-in-the-winter, Michigan garage!

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    Daria B
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Engage with your shadow. ♥

    Lou Wow
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This must be impossible to do in real life!

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    dream of delusion
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    oh, that’s pretty cool. it looks optical illusion-y

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    Parmeisan
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ohhh, this really got me for a bit. The chalk lines in the front (and on the sides) aren't chalk, but string or something like it - probably more solid. Maybe one of those 3d printer doodle pens? Anyway, nicely done!

    Miss Cris
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The bigger square, and corners, are drawn on a glass. The rest on the wall.

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    Laura Binns
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's all drawn on the wall with the exception of the short bit on his arm.

    All With Heart
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I could never draw perspective like this.

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    Sawdust
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Cool to see the 'wrong' angle view also.

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    Just a Purpler
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ok, this is very cool, but that smoke in the last pic is NO WAY the same as the first two pics XD

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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I didn't like the drawing I did in the last pic, so I used a fog machine instead :P

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    Henk Loorbach
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    this thing could have just been built as a sculpture rather than the division in fore- and background?

    Mimi La Souris
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    aaah, thank you, i was wandering how it's made :)

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    Stephen Lyford
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Calling Mr. Guffin... Mr. M.C. Guffin. #PulpFiction

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