By Vurdlak on August 1, 2008, with 109 Comments
Here is a hot optical illusion I just found in my mailbox. What do you think? Is this too impolite for this type of website? I find it SFW but, would like to hear your comments. In the picture below, you can see some unknown female superhero (or villain maybe?) that is almost naked and in the background there are rotating snakes, illusion originally invented by Akyoshi Kitaoka. I think I have this illusion on one of my computers in high-res set as desktop wallpaper. Really looks cool as a Windows background. Do you use optical illusions as your wallpapers sometimes? Which one? Just to inform you, I have few hundred submissions in my mailbox, and those that pass my rigorous quality check will all be published on this site. If you wish, you can suggest which type you like the most, and when I read your comments I’ll orientate myself in that particular direction.
(24 votes)
um…the optical illusion works. =s
It is too racey for this website. Young kids like to look at these illusions too.
This one is hot.
I don’t use any illusion as wallpaper, I’d rather personal pics with friends, family, girls and so.
What’s the illusion? The arrow’s pointing the wrong way, in my opinion… (Just joking!)
It’s an illusion that we’ve seen many times before and still works with great effect.
But the female in the middle of the illusion serves no purpose to the illusion what so ever, she is pointless and tacky and I think you have just brought down your website a rung or two…if these tacky images continue then I will remove the widget from my igoogle home page
This is dumb, please revert to good illusions, I don’t come here to see a bad collaboration.
the girl BARELY looks real she’s been tweaked and photoshopped to SUCH an extreme… wow.
um, so other than the degrading photo the optical illusion is alright…
its definatly a hot illusion
Is that a paint on? I don´t see a optical ilusion, I´m to focused on the girl, HEHEHE
why should this be impolite? it’s ok!!
and cool ;)
I leaves a lot to be desired as far as design goes. It looks like a lame excuse in order to have some “hot” chick incorporated with an illusion. More creativity and this could have been successful.
Daddy like.
this is a great illusion keep ones like this coming
Hot mama!!!
nothings rotating!
In my eyes: FIRST COMMENT!
Anyway, I think it is a BIT too dirty, cuz’ PUT ON SOME CLOTHES FOR YOUR TOP!
first comment and she look good only the backround is the illusion they just got a picture of a girl ( HOT ) and pasted it on the backround
Ummm… This is very inappropriate for this website especially to younger kids that might see this. So my comment is (sorry) a thumbs-down. :(
i dont see any illusions… all I see is a beautiful woman pointing at me… ;)
I don’t come to see scantily clad women standing in front of optical illusions. There’s nothing about the woman that is illusionary… unless she’s actually fully dressed and only looks half-naked.
nah, I actually use art on my desktop. I would think having an illusion for a background would get extremely annoying. Thats one sexy villain ya got there; although I’m not sure I completely understand what she has to do with the illusion but hey, its something new at least,
I always enjoy your illusions and look forward to new ones appearing. I usually encourage my friends and family to also look.
Clever though this one is, I feel it takes a step beyond the ‘family’ nature of this site, and if it becomes the thin end of the wedge and more follow, I feel it will stop me letting my children browse the site and discourage friends also.
Keep it excellent, keep it clean :)
I would rather see the body paint illusions than this one. Those are amazing art. This isn’t really an illusion, just an excuse to paste a scantly clothed woman on a really cool illusion. I’m not impressed.
Yes, it is too impolite for this site. I am offended. If I wanted to see naked people, I could go to a porn site. I come to this site to see optical illusions, and I am disappointed to see you stoop to throwing a lame illusion behind an almost naked girl, and calling it good. I’m sure there are plenty of other illusions of higher quality that you could use, and I’m simply not impressed by this trashy picture that’s almost like an optical illusion. Clean it up or I will not return to this site. Thank you.
hawt and cool at the same time. :D
come on, really? have you run out of everything else and have to rely on filth to attract viewers?
I’m offended and I suggest you clean up your site.
How bout you orientate your illusions away from skanky pictures. that would be great.
lame illusion.
Rotating snakes? I don’t see no rotating snakes! I ain’t looking for no rotating snakes! ~O-O~
It is a great illusion and there is nothing offensive about a beautiful woman. People need to relax a little bit. Everyone is naked under their clothing.
Can’t believe some people’s reaction to this picture!
It is actually a modified picture of Jaime Pressly. In the original she has even less clothes on ;)
Keep up the good work. Anyone who criticizes your judgment does not deserve to view the effort you put into this FREE site. Cheers!
please don’t post anything like this again
She’s not necessary for the illusion to work. It’s like fast food chains with food that’s so crappy they have to offer toys to entice people in. We don’t need enticement to enjoy some great illusions. So I vote for no unnecessary additions.
Also, in half the world it’s not summer but winter!
good illusion but why’s the girl there?
I personally like to use escher’s pics as my wallpaper
There is nothing wrong with this picture. I agree, the girl serves no purpose in the illusion, but skanky? I don’t think so. Has the world become so uptight that we can’t appreciate human bodies? The girl is beautiful, photo-shopped or not. C’mon — loosen up! The illusion itself is ok — nothing too impressive. I just think we all – society, I mean – put such a taboo on unnecessary issues that we all just need to relax.
I think she would have been more SFW if she was cut off at the waist.
i don’t mind the naked woman that have an actual point to them (like in body art, etc.), but their is absolutely no point to woman their since she is not any part of the illusion. by the way, even without the woman their, this illusion still sucks. how many times have their been rotating circles? they r very anticlimactic colors too. my favorite illusions r the painted landscape spot the object ones. those r very wonderful and very often majestic.
Thanks for asking our opinion, but these types of “illusions” really don’t fit you website. This type can be quite offending and I hope it doesn’t continue.
i like the illusions were things look like poeple i.e. the water lady or the tree baby , they were pretty neat
The woman in the picture is a bad taste addition to the illusion and does nothing for your site.
However, it does enhance the illusion having a stationary figure in front of the snakes. The woman is still but the snakes are swirling behind her. Maybe you could try this idea with other motion illusions too, that is, stationary object/person in front, motion illusion behind.
i dont see how this is impolite. she is dressed, and you dont see anything. its not the best illusion thoug. just an old one with a picture on it…
the illusion itself are great, but i dislike the girl. she bareley looks real not to mention whatever creation she is wearing. please, no more.
absolutely nothing impolite. will make a excellent background.
I am female and I think the woman is very beautiful, but like some of the other viewers; I will say, it is NOT why I have your site on my home page. I am fasinated by most of your illusions and I am proud to have found you, but this type of “seduction” is not what I want to see. Thank you for a chance to air my thoughts.
The illusions good. oh and just incase anyone was wonderin the female in the pic is actress jaime pressley. Just someones photoshopped her.
Not cool. This is just a repeat of an old illusion, with a girl in front. Lame.
I can’t believe people are complaining over this because of kids and whatnot, but they permit some of the body art illusions or demonic sound illusions. Just let it go people.
Illusions here are usually cool and interesting, but this is just a disappointment. Especially irksome if you have the widget on Google homepage.
Has the rigorous standards taken effects yet?
Okay. The real illusion is her outfit. It’s almost cartoonish, it’s so photoshopped. And, yes, I would say it’s a little too racy for the site because of the minors viewing it…. But truth be told, parents should be monitoring their children’s use of the internet anyway… And this isn’t quite as racy as a lot of the commercials you see on daytime TV, even during tween and teen shows on networks like abc family and the like. Still, it would do you good to stick to the regular illusions minus wannabe wonder woman.
Oh. And I don’t have a screensaver or wallpaper at all because I deleted Control Panel from my hard drive. (?????) But I’ve used illusions before. The 3d ones, stereograms or whatever.
haha, I have used that same illusion (without the woman, though) as wallpaper for a long time. It’s funny to get your friends confused by it :P
This is highly inappropriate, demeaning and sexist towards women. This is not what I want to see when I go to my computer, I’m deleting the widget. I hope more people will stand against making women objects and stop coming to this site.
I don’t like it I think it is very inapropriate kids look at this site and when older people look at it they only see theot woman and not the wonderful optical illusion so please no more illusions like that in the future.
Not on my iGoogle anymore..good-bye
agree with “FixitDave”. This illusion is terrible.
this is a step to far, if the picture altogether isnt an optical illusion then it shouldnt be on this site. the body art illusions are clever, this is just pathetic
would prefer to continue to see illusions here, not an excuse for porn.
all you people care to much your kids will see worse at the beach.
I don’t like this “illusion.” Please don’t put any more like this up. I want to see real illusions, not half-naked women!
Everyone who complains about the girl is a butt-pirate. Or a hideosly deformed old hag. I know you are probably not going to allow this comment, but just so you know how i feel.
I enjoy the site, though I find this one offensive. I could understand if it were artistic, however it is closer to smut.
QUOTE,”It is too racey for this website. Young kids like to look at these illusions too.”
Very true. That’s where you come in as a parent and try something that is called parenting. There are tools that you can use to control the content that your children see online. There are tools that control what you see online. It’s your choice. Be a baby about a girl that is clothed and not showing anything obscene, or be like a whiner that is throwing a fit about something that your child, my chile, “JOE BOB’s” child could see on the street, or for that matter in an add in our own public schools…..
QUOTE”Anonymous
This is dumb, please revert to good illusions, I don’t come here to see a bad collaboration.”.
Obviously you don’t come here for good collaboration either. Collaboration is the Working together of those involved(simple explanation, want the long version?)to reach a specific goal..
You’re here to run your mouth, whine about what isn’t being done and of course disagree with all that is superheroism!!! Simply because you don’t understand, believe, feel, or think that is can be.
To me, that is the biggest COWARDICE in the world. The fear of the unknown. Super Hero’s may not be real, but they still shape our reality. 99% of what happens is because we dream it. I’m making that number up, but dreams are a very viable source for daily life. Just like our super heroes. The bad thing is, no one realizes there is a hero in every one of us. The Taori would have fallen long ago to the Goa’uld if not for human intelligence.
Ok. That is just to put your freaks in a bit of reality check!! Ya’ll a griping about nothing.. NOTHING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Shut up!!!!
Anonymous
This is dumb, please revert to good illusions, I don’t come here to see a bad collaboration
yeah this illusion works, and its pretty easy on the eye aswell, the only reason why anyone is complaining about this is because they are self concious about there own looks. Go to the gym u fatties
good illusion and to all the people that have been offended by the girl, you should get a life you see more flesh on the beach and in swimming pools.
We’ve seen this same illusion many times before, so what’s the point of adding the heroine/villain lady. It doesn’t enhance the illusion, and as I recall, this is “Mighty Optical Illusions,” not some men’s magazine. However, I’m surprised that this is coming up now, not at the advent of the body paint illusions.
Come onnn, this one is silly… Stupid woman in the middle of the pic.
Here is the holy grale, big and they WORK GOOD
–==> http://www.ritsumei.ac.jp/~akitaoka/rotsnakee.html
Funny how most of the posters that naysay this are anon. Anyhow while not the best ive seen, its reasonable. The girl detracts not because she is half naked, but because she really isnt that “hot” anyways. Youd see far more skin at the beach anyways. People are too easily offended nowadays.
this is so perverted. all it is is a regular illusion and someone added a half naked girl in there! i mean, have some dignity. and snakes? that is just an excuse to put the girl on there. bad influence for little kids. i am deleting gadget from my home page.
Yes! a really cool one!
super hot!!!!!!!!
WAY inapropriate…
besides the fact that we’ve already seen this illusion before…
ewwwwwwwww
Girl serves no optical illusionary purpose. Body paint category is okay, but not this.
Background’s fine though.
I was hoping maybe her clothes would dissapear if I looked long enough. Thats one good looking woman. As for the other prim and proper comments, get a life! Its fun, very pleasing to look at and there is absolutley nothing “over the top” about this. Thanx for the change of pace.
Why include gratuitous exploitation of the female body that has nothing to do with the illusion? Keep this site user friendly for everyone please!
Works great!
Can you please provide an URL where to download different resolutions as a desktop wallpaper???
Thanks a lot!
Wow, this was stupid. Good-bye, MOI.
I think it is not offending.
The girl has an positiv effect on the illusion because the eye is attracted to her and the eye will just move up and down. This eye-movement causes the rotating snakes to work.
Maybe there should be a version with a half nude man, so that the female viewers have there fun, too.
And by the way: plain nudity is harmless for kids. It’s just something natural and you do not need to protect your kids from a picture like this.