Comments on: M.C.Escher’s Curl-Up Animal Constructed!

By: Makeymakeyyy

Makeymakeyyy — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 17:51:17 +0000

A rolling animal like thing? THAT’S AWESOME!!! wonder if I can buy it somewhere, I’ll totally roll it everywhere..EVERYWHEREEE!!!! :D

By: My Opinion

My Opinion — Sat, 21 May 2011 18:57:02 +0000

I like the concept and the model is great. However, the picture illustrations are not telling the whole truth. The model is moving forward as it initially climbs the object. Between the 1st and 2nd pics the model does a 180 degree turn and continues backwards over the object.
It’s difficult to see until you observe the direction the feet are pointing in each pic. Other than changing from a forward to a hidden backward movement, this is a great illustration.

By: Someone

Someone — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 04:59:41 +0000

not an illusion but who cares?
long as its good its ok
ps i like the little creature — it’s so cute!

By: Blizzard4800

Blizzard4800 — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 23:10:34 +0000

i did’nt get it at first but thanks 2 eveyone 4 explaining it

if u don’t get it look at the legs of the creature

IF YOU WANT TO FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENS ON YOUR OWN DO NOT READ ON

if you don’t get it, the creature reverses it’s legs when it roll’s

By: anonomus

anonomus — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 17:36:00 +0000

It isn’t an ilussin

By: me

me — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:37:23 +0000

i find it funny that everybody freaks out when one of the posts is not an illusion. for crying out loud people it doesnt matter. it eather means one of two things
1. Vurdlak couldnt find an illusion (its hard to find one every day)
2. he found something interesting he wants to share with us.

By: Frank Li

Frank Li — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 03:13:15 +0000

Like the author said, it would be very cool if this design can be used in constructing real life terrain vehicles.

By: TAAU

TAAU — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 07:00:48 +0000

I want one! :)

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 24 May 2009 00:28:40 +0000

These are very cool! Makes me think of my “teenage years” — my baby brother was playing with Legos while was dissecting m.c. escher’s work!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 12:16:00 +0000

the rolling sequence of the copy is wrong, pictures are not matching with each other !!!!!! the copy is not rolling at all!!!

By: r

Sat, 13 Dec 2008 21:55:00 +0000

Aww at first I thought this was a buyable toy, but it’s not :(. Is there anywhere i can possibly but one? It would be great!

By: marc

marc — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 15:40:00 +0000

M.C. Escher is a dutch artist.
The dutch name of the animal is “wentelteefje” so you can read in the picture. This is the dutch name for french toast or eggy bread. It’s also a composite of two dutch words “wentel” (English = to roll or turning ) and “teefje” ( English = female dog). So the English name of the animal is “turningdog” and its a she.

He also mention the name “rolpens” which also is a combination of two words “rol”and “pens” (English “roll” and “belly”) So the animal is also known by the name of “rollbelly”..

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 08:24:00 +0000

it is cheating !!
pic 1 to pic 2
it turns around
this is not possible ;D

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 10:26:00 +0000

I think there’s a spider that lives in the desert that does this, rolles up in a ball and go downhill to escape enemies. But this one is way cuter!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 04:27:00 +0000

hahaha i understand this one…

look at the front legs in the final frame. now if you think about it, it is impossible for the creature to have ended up twisted like that…