Realistic 3D Wall Painting

Trick of the eye: John inserts a passer-by into the mural painted in Santa Cruz, California, entitled Bay in a Bottle, who is watching the ocean scene.

Blurring the lines: A mural entitled Art Imitating Life Imitating Art Imitating Life, at the Cafe Trompe L'oeil, in San Jose, California.

Having a cow: Valentine's Day, a mural unveiled during the Global Mural Conference in Twentynine Palms, California.

At first glance, it looks as if some natural disaster has shaken away the walls of these buildings to reveal architecture hidden for thousands of years.

And at second and third glance, it looks like that too.

But these spectacular images are not the unexpected result of an earthquake.

Wonder wave: John Pugh's Mana Nalu mural in Honolulu. Fire crews rushed to save the children from the mighty wave - before realising it was an optical illusion!

Take a pew: This looks like a nice spot to rest your weary feet on a sidewalk in Sarasota County Health Center, Florida.

Treasure trove: An Egyptian style mural adorns a wall in Los Gatos, California. Pugh paints people into the mural to heighten the 3D effect.

This is the desired effect and John Pugh enjoys the community-bonding properties of his public works.

He works on a large scale in public and residential areas and his paintings can be seen all over the world from New Zealand to Hawaii - with many telling a story of the area where they are positioned.

Pugh is used to people's amazed reactions when they pass his murals.

He said: 'They say "wow did you see that. I thought that was real."

'Public art can link people together and stimulate a sense of pride within the community.

'These life-size illusions allow me to communicate with a very large audience.

'It seems almost universal that people take delight in being visually tricked.'

Pugh is currently working on a mural for a police station in California and also one for a recreation centre in Calgary, Canada.

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I Bought a Brick for $ 2000

It seems that the crisis and spoke about the large U.S. electronics chain stores, but not in the sense in what you think. No, the sale is not dropped to a critical level, they have a crisis of another kind. At various American sites began to appear reports that buyers came home, are more often found in boxes instead of electronics bricks and stones!

First reported on adolescents, who instead received a Nintendo DS for a birthday a couple of stones, wrapped in Chinese newspapers. After some altercation, one of the stores Wall-Mart did behaved correctly and returned the money (138 dollars), and as compensation gave the card to $ 20. But other victims are much less fortunate - he got on much more than the amount which he has returned, no one is going. The guy I bought in Texas Best Buy Macbook Pro, instead of the box he found an ordinary brick, wrapped in packaging tape. Manager at the store said it only: " Boxes compiles and sealed Apple, and not we, like them and please", and left. Poor management of email sent Best Buy, but so far to no avail; Apple also has refrained from commenting. MDA is probably a shame to pay 2164 dollars for a brick ...