Shadow Graffiti

I think this is one hell of an idea. Its clever, its aesthetically pleasing, its un-offensive and it washes off! I do not know who this particular artist is but I really like his work. As you can see he waits until night time to walk around his home town with a stick of chalk and draws around interesting shadows caused by street lamps.

However I would like to see what it looks like by the morning when the shadow has gone and all that is left is an outline. Maybe the effect would be lost, maybe it would have its on effect. It seems that the more detailed the source the better the effect.

Although we can not really see this one clearly or close up I think it is highly effective. Again I don't know if the effect would be lost by morning but as it is in the above it is one of my favourite pieces.

Again I think the higher the amount of detail the better the work. However this particular image has given me an idea in relation to the Forensic Portrait work we were set over the summer. I would like to use a backing light to make shadows from each of my items on to black paper, I would then draw a rough outline of each item and its shadow. When all of the items had been roughly traced with pencil I would apply a thin line of glow in the dark paint to each trace, once dry I would charge the paint and hang the picture in a dark space before taking pictures. This is something I would like to try in the near future. Well that is all from me for today, be back tomorrow :) -Images from Google