Another coup d’oeil triumph from Swedish make-up diva Sandra ‘psychosandra’ Holmbom.
You’ll recall her unnerving Eye Teeth makeover from your recent nightmares.
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A nifty little parallax and perspective demo by University of Hertfordshire Professor of the Public Understanding of Psychology, Dr Richard ‘Quirkology’ Wiseman.
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When illustrator Marlin Peterson was commissioned by the Washington State Artist Trust to create a mural in the city recently, he chose the roof of the Seattle Center Armory (which can be viewed from the nearby Space Needle) and got to work on two huge trompe l’oeil daddy long-legs.
More pix and an explanation of Peterson’s process here.
Wave-based optical illusions by Youtuber brusspup. He even wrote the tune.
With links to all the designs in YouTube comments, you can print the whole set onto transparencies and recreate the illusions yourself.
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Yes they are.
The effect: three terrain vehicles below appear different in size because of the surrounding environment. This is because of depth perception our brain automatically processes. Now take something to measure them, and you’ll realize they are exactly the same.
Back in 2007, this image was voted Optical Illusion of The Year by the Neural Corelate Society:
These images of the Leaning Tower are actually identical, but the tower on the right looks more lopsided because the human visual system treats the two images as one scene. Our brains have learned that two tall objects in our view will usually rise at the same angle but converge toward the top—think of standing at the base of neighboring skyscrapers. Because these towers are parallel, they do not converge, so the visual system thinks they must be rising at different angles.
Good, innit?
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It’s not animation, it’s not a gif. It’s a static jpeg.
All that twisting and undulating you’re seeing right now? Nothing more than tricks of your peripheral vision.
Furthermore, you’re not tripping, or – as Brent Rose of Gizmodo sez:
‘…if you’re actually on acid, you will either see nothing moving at all, or the effect will be so powerful that your mind will turn to tapioca.’
