Trompe d'Oeil Examples

Caution: There are a lot of pictures on the Web that are presented as being trompe d'oeil, but are really Photoshop'ed. Common examples involve tractor trailer trucks (18-wheelers). One of the giveaways is that the creator gets "greedy" and re-uses the same underlying photo for multiple instances (they crop the different photos differently to try to disguise this reuse).

Indoor

Ceiling mural in a smokers' lounge

Sidewalks

If I had a sidewalk in front of my house, I would consider commissioning one of these.

Julian Beever's pavement drawings : Substantial collection of photos, including
- Well
- Seal hole
- Gaming
- Swimming pool
- Laptop
- Dead fly (a bit creepy)

Vehicles

Plumber's Truck : AIM is a one-man company in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia (Canada). (According to e-mail from someone who says he lives nearby and has seen it several times)

Sides of Building

Products: Style-Your-Garage.com: Photo Tarpaulins for garage doors (and similar)
Building with full height statues
Becomes opening to plaza
- Before
- Completed
Building goes classical
- Before
- During
- Completed
Opening to view of water falls
- Before
- Left side
- Middle
- Wide view
Basement hallway becomes brewery

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