By Vurdlak on May 22, 2007, with 29 Comments
This is getting old… still, its a nice illusion, but think we already have had bunch of similar examples. I’m posting this one to entertain our new users, but regular visitors won’t object seeing another variation of deformed face illusion. Original one posted on Mighty Illusions was Mona Lisa’s smile. Do you remember it? I’d like to find out who of you is our longest visitor? Would be cool if some of you are with us from the very first beginnings. Do you know what was the first illusion posted on this site? To find out visit March 2006 archive. You’ll find many old school illusions there. Notice how my style of writing was different back then… I was short with English vocabulary probably.. lol!
Concerning the image below, notice how it looks normal (seems there is nothing very strange about it). When you rotate it 180 degrees, you see how the abnormality becomes quite visible then. Something to do with our brain processing faces. Too scientific for my taste ;)
(21 votes)
Very Freak illusion
Indeed, very ugly!
I noticed the mouth but not the nose! I made it a point to get fooled, loved it
im scared!!!! mommy!!!!!!
Kinda dumb, not really an illusion
not an illusion
looks photoshopped
Wow, the eyes and nose really got me
Ha ha looks photoshopped??? I can gaurenteed it is photoshopped. And if if isn’t why would he be happy?
I haven’t been here from the beginning but I have seen my fare share of these. I came here right when you were able to “customize” google, right when the widget came out. I can’t remember when that was. Hey, next post can you make a link to your very first illusion on this site? I would really like to see what it is!
Why can’t a photoshopped pic be a great illusion? And how come lots of people think it’s only lame photo manipulation?
The point of this is just how simple and ridiculous manipulation can easily fool our brain. It’s deeply determined by the fundamental principles of how our brains perceive and recognize human faces. There is an entire scientific field dedicated to it. I found it’s completely fascinating since my major is neuroscience, or maybe I’m just a nerd.
P.S. I’ve been a fan of this great site for a long time. Thanks for all the good work, keep it up~
OMG!!!
If I had that kind of face I would cry the whole day!
Nice illution though!!!
:-)
hey this is so kl! :D funny
wow dats. . .weird
BUT
I LIKE IT (YEA IM NEW)
I DONT KNOW Y BUT I THOUGHT HE WAS SMILING AND EVEN THOUGH I KNEW IT WAS KREEPY IT LOOKD NORMAL ANY WAS. . WOW DATS DIFFERENT. .
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Hey – I think it’s as good an illusion as you’ll get! I thought it was only the mouth that had been stunted until I scrolled down o_O
thats very cool! i first noticed that the mouth was really strange on the first pic, than i looked at the other pic it was really freaky!!
FRRREEAAKKKYY!
At first i’m like, Oh just a face turned upside down. Then I looked at thee second picture and i’n like Eeeewww. XP
I noticed it immediatly. It’s wasn’t hard
I love showing these kinds of illusions to my friends…heh, heh, heh…
Ooh ooh pick me I know why you don’t tend to notice it. It’s because we, as a species, don’t tend to hang upside down from trees or rafters etc. Therefore, our brain isn’t used to processing upside down faces. When I was little one of my friends was doing a handstand and I didn’t actually recognise him! However, as monkeys, as a species are used to hanging upside down from trees etc. they are used to seeing faces upside down, and so would be able to spot a face distorted in that way much more easily.
XD funny mutated face… lol
Awesome Illusion!!!
except the dudes face afterwoulds looks really freaky!!!… still cool though =)
What I don’t understand is why in the 1st picture the nose is upside down to begin with. Is this a manipulation of the original theory that went wrong.
I try not to be judgemental, but this gentleman lacks a certain aesthetic quality.
eii ..it really looks scary!
hahahahahah lol simply love it
i hate this illosion its realy scary
and i hate scary things.im realy sorry for whoever looked at this image
Um…. I got this without even looking at it upside down. As soon as I saw it I was like, “wtf, how is this an illusion?”
I’ve always had this thing where, even if I was upside down, I would still be able to make everything out as if it were right side up.
That… can’t be good, right? XD
Also, this is a cool blast from the past. All these comments are years old. It’s just weird to think about… lmao.
Reminds me of Tom Tucker’s (The newscaster with the mustache) kid from Family Guy lol.
when i was going down to the comments i saw that and it nearly gave me a heart attack