Author: Plamen Nikolaev Kondov
Faculty of Fine Arts
University "St. St. Cyril and Methodius"
Project manager:
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Svetoslav Kossev
We know that the perspective system is made exactly to achieve a realistic picture in a two-dimensional plane, but the image still remains two-dimensional and the difference is obvious. This system lacks the displacement of the left and right eye view, which makes the picture three-dimensional. At the center of this system is only the one eye point of view. Hence the conclusion that if we have an image constructed by the perspective system for each eye - left image for the left eye and right - for the right, and we can imagine them in such a way that the left eye can only see the "left image "and the right - just the" right image ", we will achieve a three-dimensional effect.
How can we capture each image in the eye? Here the mirrors come to help. The idea that the light can be directed is also used in the submarine's optical cables and eyepieces. Using properly placed mirrors, we can direct the light from each picture into the desired eye, thus achieving the desired 3D effect. There is another problem - how do we position the mirrors so that each eye can see the desired reflection? Here comes the idea that something like "mirror glasses" can be used, but the mirrors will not be aimed directly at the eyes but will be at a certain angle. There is another problem - if only one mirror is used for each eye, the image obtained from the eye will be mirrored, so we need two mirrors for each eye so that the picture can be reversed and returned to its original state. There is another question - how big are the mirrors and how far away are the eyes so the picture to be seen only from the eye? I decided this problem – the mirror standing in front of the eye is of a size approximate to the eyeball and at a distance not more than the tip of the nose. In this way, it is visible only by the eye it stands on. For the mirror glasses design, I have two options, one for images no larger than 35 / 50cm and the other for larger images. When drawing paintings with this new method it must be borne in mind that they should depict the same object of the same size and the only difference is that the point of view shifts to the left or to the right.
I have made lots of paintings in this way and the results are really fascinating. It is very interesting when you mix impossible perspective whit 3D effects, the result is really mind dazzling.
