Daryl Toops sent in another creation: “Another one of my ideas, based on MC Escher’s work. I always wondered why he never made his famous endless staircase (Ascending) in a circular shape. After I spent months on the design, making it look right, I now know why… Enjoy!”
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because it’s not an illusion? … pretty weak .. it’s a 10 minute drawing done in illustrator
It can actually be made with blocks, dominos, etc.
So you step up a step then walk downhill to get to the next one…
There is no shadow work or structure that would deceive the eye into thinking otherwise
Defenitely NOT an Illusion…
it’s cool cause it’s like, a metaphor for life.
ZZZzzz…
“the illusion of the day” might be the illusion you were creating an illusion…
of course m.c. escher never made it circular, because it´s not looking good!
Tsk,tsk…so negative. I think it’s cool.
Not the most…amazing illusion. but I agree with tara lynn it is kind of a metaphor for life.
On this site the word “illusion” take on a broader meaning than is usually assumed: it covers anything that puzzles or startles the eye, even a merely bizarre or in some way highly exceptional trompe l’oeil.
The endless staircase not only accomplishes that, it is a dusturbing metaphor, somewhat along the lines of the Myth of Sisyphus. (In the latter, the climber endlessly pushes a rock that never stays at the top; in the current illustration, the invitation (curse?) is to walk around in a circle of steps that never reaches the top.
Once in a while, on these comments, it would be interesting to see the “author” defend his own “illusion.”
In any case, peccadillo inclined scientists and mathematicians with virtually no imagination or willingness to suspend disbelief should go find their own dull mise en scène.
Sometimes, it is hard to defend your work. Was it Plato or Gilligan that said that it is impossible to please everyone. Creation is hard, opinions are easy. While I think this design is a valid illusion, some of the asinine comments above prove that not everyone sees things the same way. Some of us have the talent to create, damm the critics, while some of us just “Bob” along in the morass of “Lotus” land.
Hey woh woh woh.
compair that illustration to the others
whats the one thing that illustration has that is different about pretty much every other illustration in this section?
that object can physically exist.
Call me talentless
call me a no-body
but you sir must realize
metaphor or no
that’s not an illusion, merely an object.
sorry…
geez people, would it kill you to be a little supportive? i think its really cool. just because it can be done in realy life doesnt mean that its not and illusion. besides, all of you who are saying it sucks, have you ever even TRIED to make an illusion? do you know how hard it is? i didnt think so
Its not the koolest thing I’ve ever seen but i agree, its not easy to make allusions! I’ve tried!
How is it NOT an illusion? If you follow the stairs with your eyes, it looks like it is going up, but then you end up in the same place. It tricks you. Therefore, it IS an illusion. Just because you know how it works and how you can esely make it, does not meen it is not an illusion.
comment #3 made this “illusion” make perfect sense :D
I do not understand why so much discussion about this, in the basic definition of illusion we have that: “an illusion is an erroneous perception of reality”.
Dear friends, what you are watching is a circular stairway that APPEARS to take you up or down, but, you end on the same place where you started, therefore, its an illussion, its cool and its great its included, its also mising details, like perspective, shadow, colors that will help tricking the eye, but definately, its an illusion.
I know nobody needs my approval or my opinion, but I have to say that If you liked it or not, is not important to what this graphic is.
C Ya!
stop being so negative ppl, and also to cheer you up answer me this, what direction are they going?