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Escher in Color
Our friends over at Optical Spy have added a great new gallery featuring some of M.C. Escher‘s most famous artworks. But they have all been lovingly colored in. See more here Escher in Color
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Encerclement à dix illusion
This excellent illusion was made by Felice Varini. Many more examples of Varini’s work on his website.
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Donald ‘Rusty’ Rust
D.L. “Rusty” Rust was born in Erie, Pennsylvania in 1932. He began drawing and painting at a very early age and has never had the desire to be anything but a serious artist. His early work was directly influenced by … Continue reading
How to animate the impossible triangle
See the history of the impossible triangle here
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What Lies Beneath?
Click picture for larger view. Can you see what lies beneath in this autostereogram type picture? Via - Optical Spy.
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Cliff Face
So what exactly are we looking at in this Cliff Face Illusion. Is it one face or two faces and are they real or has someone been photoshopping? We would love to hear your thoughts. via Cliff Face – optical … Continue reading
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Cloaked Skyscraper
This is a picture of the 29 storey Pinnacle building at Symphony Place in Nashville, Tennessee. The building’s beautiful mirrored finish makes it almost invisible when photographed at the right angle on a sunny day.
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Eyeball in the sink illusion
The best optical illusions are often the ones we happen upon unintentionally, which is exactly what happened when redditor Liammm decided that water circling the drain of his sink would make for a nice photographic subject. “Out of boredom, I … Continue reading
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Which Building is in Front of the Other?
We have looked at this picture a number of times and are still not sure which building is in front of the other. Any idea?
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Zoetrope
A zoetrope is a device that produces the illusion of motion from a rapid succession of static pictures. The term zoetrope is from the Greek words ζωή (zoē), meaning “alive, active”, and τροπή (tropē), meaning “turn”, with “zoetrope” taken to … Continue reading
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Jigsaw Illusion
This jigsaw includes pieces of lots of different animals, but one stands out more than all the others. To see it you will need to stand well back from the monitor. We understand that the original artwork was produced by … Continue reading
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Adolescence
This painting, Adolescence, by Salvador Dali features the young Dalí with his beloved nurse, Lucia. Her head and back are also the nose and mouth that, combined with the eyes in the hills, complete the paranoiac-critical face. The face might … Continue reading
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Perspective Illusion
What is going on here? Click on the picture to find the answer.
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M.C. Escher’s Impossible Structures, Printed in 3D
M.C. Escher’s two-dimensional renderings of impossible feats of architecture are endlessly fascinating to look at, precisely because they could not exist as three-dimensional objects. Or could they? Gershon Elber, a computer science professor at the Israel Institute of Technology, has … Continue reading
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Deskarati Bike Illusion
Here’s an intriguing looking bike. The wheels seem to be going round but are they? Are the spokes really moving or is just an illusion. Deskarati made this bike with a little help from the moillusions reverse spokes illusion.
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Abraham Lincoln Illusion
In 1976, Salvador Dalí used Leon Harmon’s pixelated image of Abraham Lincoln as the basis of this excellent painting of ‘Gala Contemplating the Mediterranean Sea’ which if viewed from a distance looks like the American President. – Deskarati -
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