Invisibility, the Old Fashioned Way

Posted by Queuebot in Arts & Crafts, Car & Vehicle on May 3, 2009 at 3:03 pm



While the magic of Photoshop has made it easier than ever to doctor photographs to portray the improbable or impossible, nothing quite matches doing a double take in real life.

British art student Sara Watson parked a donated Skoda Fabia car outside her art studio and painted it so that, from just the right angle, it looks invisible. Shadows on the ground and the slight contours of the car give it away, but other than that, it’s as if it were draped with Harry Potter’s cloak of invisibility or a cloaking device from Star Trek.

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21 comments to "Invisibility, the Old Fashioned Way"

  1. ted
    May 3rd, 2009 at 3:21 pm

    Seems unlikely, especially with the photoshopped picture accompanying it.
    No other pictures from other angles to demonstrate its authenticity?

  2. hwang buk-les
    May 3rd, 2009 at 3:56 pm

    ted, there's another shot of it here, if you need further proof that it's real/fake.

  3. Badjuk
    May 3rd, 2009 at 5:38 pm

    This is Skoda Felicja !!!

  4. Badjuk
    May 3rd, 2009 at 5:43 pm

    This is Skoda Felicia !!! This is not a German car, this is Czech car.

  5. Derek
    May 3rd, 2009 at 6:28 pm

    she's cute!

  6. stef
    May 3rd, 2009 at 6:43 pm

    i can confirm its real, shes on my course at uni!

    i've been addicted to neatorama for a year or two now - its totally bizarre to see something/someone i know pop up!

  7. Mouserz
    May 3rd, 2009 at 6:52 pm

    What I liked about that article, was that it referred to her, as a him.

  8. Geekazoid
    May 3rd, 2009 at 6:52 pm

    Actually this is the same principle I believe that the scientists working on the invisibility cloak are using. Their cloak uses some form of cameras to project the image of what is behind the subject onto the front of the subject, so it looks like you are seeing through it.

    Very neat.

  9. Ali S.
    May 3rd, 2009 at 9:12 pm

    Dude, where's my car?!

  10. renderanything
    May 3rd, 2009 at 9:21 pm

    All she needs is an overcast day with no shadows and she'll be golden.

  11. jrwjr00
    May 3rd, 2009 at 9:49 pm

    I have a hard enough time remembering where i parked. very cool!

  12. Ajan
    May 4th, 2009 at 1:16 am

    Ah! Wish they did the same to all useless cars..imagine a street full of invisible vehicles/.....
    ne1 up for dat idea???

  13. Larfin Jackarse
    May 4th, 2009 at 3:43 am

    Good way to avoid parking tickets.

  14. Evilbeagle
    May 4th, 2009 at 7:06 am

    This is extremely cool.

  15. Gail Pink
    May 4th, 2009 at 8:53 am

    Super cool! Does anybody else think she looks a little bit like Lyndsey Lohan?

  16. JOI
    May 4th, 2009 at 9:25 am

    Larfin: An invisible car would still be material, eg: tangible. You wouldn't avoid tickets. Instead you'd have other vehicles banging into you.

  17. Wesley
    May 4th, 2009 at 9:33 am

    JOI's sense of humor seems to be invisible.

  18. c0ldfish
    May 4th, 2009 at 11:46 am

    i think i'd hit that

    and i don't mean the car!

    oooooo

    she's really hot

  19. free internet games for kids
    May 5th, 2009 at 5:55 am

    Who needs photoshop when you've got RAW talent? This is absolutely wonderful stuff!

  20. ted
    May 5th, 2009 at 9:20 am

    Thanks, hwang. Although that picture could have been photoshopped just as easily.

    My point was not so much to question its authenticity as to question why they would cast doubt on it by accompanying it with an obviously photoshopped photo.

  21. Joseph Francis
    May 5th, 2009 at 10:44 pm

    Here's the converse (using computer camera projection mapping)

    http://www.digitalartform.com/assets_c/2009/04/cameraMapping-thumb-512 x389-288.jpg


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