Flying Ship Illusion

(6 votes)

This photo was taken two days ago, on my vacation. As you see, the ship appears to be flying above see level. Offcourse it’s just another optical illusion. You can jump inside this article to see another photo that shows you what it’s all about!

Graffiti Illusion

(3 votes)

Fabian Bohr sent me these two photos today. As I understood it’s about freedom graffiti painted on Wall that Israel is building to separate Israeli and Palestinian. This is what Fabian wrote next to his two photos (jump indside this article to see second image): “Hi I’ve found these pictures on the internet and thought [...]

Inspired by MC Escher

(2 votes)

Daryl Toops of icdst.com wrote: “Designed by me back in 1994. I was trying some ideas based on MC Escher’s waterfall, and came up with the center design. Later in art school, I designed the outside curves with a compass. I still have the original artwork inked on vellum, with amberlith layers cut out for [...]

Giant Israel Bird Optical Illusion

(6 votes)

Shari Spark, from Allentown – PA sent in this giant bird optical illusion. He gave this explanation: “This small, er…rather large common sparrow was spotted on top of this building in Israel. Actually it was taken in Mini-Israel, a scaled model of the country – the bird made himself right at home on the roof [...]

Six Pillars Optical Illusion

(2 votes)

Merlijn S.V.P. was kind enough to submit us this simple, yet effective illusion. Can you count how many columns (pillars) this building has? Which ones are infront, and which are behind? It’s hard to decide, right? This work was obviously inspired be M.C. Escher, maybe even done by him, as far as I know. Did [...]

9 Hidden People

(5 votes)

Can you find 9 people in this picture below? This is exactly what Kirsten Hendricks asked us. I found only eight, but if you can find all of them, be sure to post it in comments! This is what Kirsten wrote: “There is supposed to be nine hidden people. Some are just faces. I can [...]

Impossibe Rectangular Object

(6 votes)

Peter van Munster sent me this picture yesterday. As you see it’s another impossible object. Colud you construct this thing in real life? Peter wrote: “Hi, I stumbled upon your website and I enjoy it very much. I even have a submission for your Impossible Objects section. It’s a variant on the impossible triangle, this [...]