The Illusion Images: April 2012

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Monday, April 30, 2012

Split in Two Optical Illusion

Some people may react to this anomalous motion optical illusion and if you think you might be one of these people it is important to read the caution at the top of this page prior to proceeding.This optical Illusion is the creation of Herman J. Verwaal...

Sunday, April 29, 2012

Illusory Motion Optical Illusion

Here is another excellent optical illusion. The base image is an anomalous motion optical illusion. It is very hard not to believe that the image itself is not movi...

Beyond the Photo Optical Illusion

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Saturday, April 28, 2012

Chromatic edges appear to move Illusion

Chromatic edges appear to move so amazingly it look like similar to the other Square Waving Illusion. This Illusions are moving so amazingly this all look like a Ma...

2-D Building Optical Illusion

Here is the Nix Professional Building that sits on the Riverwalk in San Antonio, Texas. It was completed in 1931 and was the first hospital in a skyscraper, and the only hospital with doctor's offices, hospital beds, and a parking garage all in one...

Friday, April 27, 2012

Frost Star Tree Optical Illusion

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Staircase-shape edges appear to move Illusion

The Edges are appears to moving so amazingly...

Dead Paper?

Here are a couple of fascinating creations by artist Peter Callesen the first creation is a closeup of the original piece. The only material used is Acid free paper, pencil, and glue.I love the skill and creativity of this artist. Is this skeleton...

Cycle Race Optical Illusion

Some people may react to this anomalous motion optical illusion and if you think you might be one of these people it is important to read the caution at the top of this page prior to proceeding.Earlier, I started a series by Miwa Miwa who very generously...

Thursday, April 26, 2012

Carnival Optical Illusion

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } I like this image for two reasons. One is obvious the giant hand holding the ferris...

Men or WOmen Toilet Illusion

This looks very confusing. These signs are in McGuire’s Irish Pub in Pensacola, Florida. If you were a bit tipsy & in a rush which one would you choo...

An Illusory Hop

An illusory "hop" appears to rotate and can you find out the Square in the Illusory ...

Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Extending Object Optical Illusion

Plasma Kaleidoscope

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } This is an excellent image massaged by Photoshop to it's present form.The artist...

Dot shaping illusion

Can you find out how many dots are there? This is similar to the Scintillating Grid Illusi...

Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Mallard In The Sky Illusion

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }Here is another interesting photo titled "Mallard In The Sky." How exactly is that...

Spot The Four Optical Illusions

Some people may react to this anomalous motion optical illusion and if you think you might be one of these people it is important to read the caution at the top of this page prior to proceeding.Below is an optical illusion by Miwa Miwa that actually...

Monday, April 23, 2012

Fountain & Escher Floor

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Sunshine City in Ikebukuro Tokyo Japan Fountain & Escher Floor(c) 2012 Hiroo...

Floating Ball Illusion

There is a simple trick about this optical illusion, but first take a look these two images below and see what they look like to you. Do those balls appear to be on the ground on the first and up on the second image? They sure do if you orientate by...

Herman grid Illusion

What do you see here? the infinite black dot moving every where in the Herman Grid Illusion. this is similar to the Scintillating Grid Illus...

Sunday, April 22, 2012

Another Kanizsa Optical Illusion

Like the original Kanizsa triangle introduced by Gaetano Kanizsa, an Italian psychologist. Here is another Kanizsa Girl. The basis of the Kanizsa illusion is that we perceive what is not there based on what is there. First we perceive a triangle on...

Fractal laptop

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Saturday, April 21, 2012

Eagles Optical Illusion

Some people may react to this anomalous motion optical illusion and if you think you might be one of these people it is important to read the caution at the top of this page prior to proceeding.This is the first time this illusion has been seen anywhere...

Watermelons Optical Illusion

Some people may react to this anomalous motion optical illusion and if you think you might be one of these people it is important to read the caution at the top of this page prior to proceeding.Tuesday I started a series by Miwa Miwa who very generously...

Good Night Sweet Sun Illusion

I love the amazing colors and superb composition of this photo. The silhouette suggests this is a young lady saying good night to the sun, but we can never really be sure can ...

Friday, April 20, 2012

Down or Up Optical Illusion

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } The photographer asks one simple question with this image, is it upside down or...

Geometric Dissection Puzzle Illusion

This page contains a geometric dissection puzzle that you can try at home. The shape shown below is a 12-sided polygon, known as a dodecagon. Print this page, then use scissors to cut out the dodecagon and also to cut it into pieces along the lines...

Thursday, April 19, 2012

Escher in the City

Here is a digitally manipulated photo created in the style of M.C. Escher, purposefully designed to make you question which way is up. How many different photos were used in creating this photo?Which Waycreated by sirchopsalot@ PSTKudos to Sirchopsalot...

Physics Challenged Optical Illusion

This was pointed out to me by an anonymous commenter. I contacted the photographer and he graciously permitted me to use this here. Check out Steve Chabot's other photos on flickr.It appears that the law of physics don't work the same on this spot...

Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Parallel Line Illusion

There are two principals at work in this optical illusion. One is that our mind tends to convert angles to right angles. In the process of doing that, the red lines become slightly bent.The second is that, the black lines give the illusion of looking...

Snakes Appers to Move Illusion

Is that Snakes appear to moving? while looking at first sign even i was under confusion when i observed the picture second time i tooked 2 step back from screen then i get to know what secret in it. Its like Snake moving forwardFrom Point of view is...

Impossible Alphabet Optical Illusion

Miwa was nice enough to allow me to show his work here. This illusion doesn't take much setup. Could you construct this alphabet out of wood?(c) miwa miwa 2005Used w/permiss...

Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Birds Optical Illusion

Some people may react to this anomalous motion optical illusion and if you think you might be one of these people it is important to read the caution at the top of this page prior to proceeding.The birds in this image appear to fly in a counter-clockwise...

Monday, April 16, 2012

Julian Beever Does it Again!

Absolutely Amazing! Remember the below drawing is just chalk on the pavement.Julian Beever has made pavement drawings for over ten years. This drawing is the best illusion of a recent batch posted on his site.Keep repeating to yourself, "There is no...

Blue Spiral Rotating Illusion

Stare at the center crosshairs and move your head in and out from the screen. Sometimes when you just look to the side or relax your eyes a bit, you'll notice the Blue Spiral is Rotati...

Sunday, April 15, 2012

Verbal Dual View Optical Illusions

Check out this optical illusion shirt. (Found on Neatorama)Designed by Rachel PlefgerI love dual view images. My sister sent me the following in email. Currently I am not aware of their origin. Update: I have positively identified the artist of the...

Saturday, April 14, 2012

She Looks at You Illusion

Keep staring. This is one scary optical illusion. Keep looking, it might take up to a minute, but it'll look like she's opened her ghoulish eyes and is staring right at your soul! Aaaaa...

Pyramid Power Optical Illusion

Answer this simple question. Is the circle:1. Half way up the pyramid?2. Above half way up the pyramid?3. Below half way up the pyramid?At this point many viewing this optical illusion pause. They know it wouldn't be an optical illusion if it wasn't...

Friday, April 13, 2012

Impossible Triangles Optical Illusion

I figure if I'm starting up posting again there is no better place to start then with a creation by Zsolt. He has been a faithful viewer of this blog and he was the first to comment on the fact that I was going to be starting up posting again. Thanks...

Thursday, April 12, 2012

Building Tower Illusion

In this Illusion the girl is actually building a tower but the boy is playing a trick with our eyes because the actual tower is behind the sea and what that boys is making as think that he was building that tower(It is not that everytime what we think...

Tim's Optical Illusion

Well my hiatus from this blog is over and regular posting will begin again.This optical illusion was pointed out to me by my 9 year old son. He found it in an I Spy book and noticed and illusionary aspect to it. Here is an image similar to the one...

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