: Anamorphic Perspective in Illustrator or Photoshop? I'm trying to find a way to distort artwork to emulate those crazy chalk art pieces you see all the time, like this: I know how it's done:

@Reiling762

Here is a software-independent great step-by-step guide. It's done by Wooden Palette, and their site has all the details to make it happen (this is more of a summary to explain the basic principles behind anamorphic art.



STEP 1:

Create a simple grid (or use an existing one).
www.woodenpalette.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/grid_1.jpg
STEP 2:

Create a perspective plane. You can use a copy of your existing grid, and flatten it. The amount of flattening will depend on the position of the supposed person looking at the drawing.
www.woodenpalette.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/grid_2.jpg
STEP 3:

Place your art on top of the grids.
www.woodenpalette.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/grid_3.jpg
STEP 4:

Stretch both your art and the flattened grid back to full height.
www.woodenpalette.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/grid_4.jpg
STEP 5:

Stretch the art and former flattened grid to full width. Your second grid and your first one should overlap perfectly. Voila! Your anamorphic art is ready to be applied!
www.woodenpalette.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/grid_5.jpg

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@Merenda852

Using a perspective grid in Illustrator should work.


Rotate your art 90 degrees counterclockwise
Access perspective grid
Place your image on the left side of the perspective grid and adjust the position as needed
Copy the distorted image
Turn of the perspective grid
Paste the distorted art
Rotate the distorted art 90 degrees clockwise

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