By Vurdlak on May 26, 2009, with 403 Comments
Can you find the fault in these two vintage puzzle cards? I admit it is much easier when you know what you are looking for, but this time I haven’t even a clue what the real question should be. I’m really lousy at spotting illusions. It is just that I adore posting those that puzzle me the most. If I see the answer in the first second, somehow I dislike posting those kind of images. Perhaps these two cards are really simple, perhaps the illusion is terrible… but what can I say, I haven’t spotted anything weird in them! Looking forward to your comments! Check some of our previous puzzle cards if you like this.
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in the second one hand of man is on the stick while other in his pocket…what about the stick in his mouth
in the bridge picture: where is the fence coming from and mostly, going to?
In the first one, maybe the builder is taking off the tiles so he can replace them with new ones?
In addition to the aforementioned flaws in these 2 pictures, I must add:
Pic #1
1. The trees have no barks, with the leaves growing straight from the grass.
2. The clouds are almost the same shape/outline as the blue trees. And the clouds look like sunset when the sky is blue.
3. The window on lower left corner looks like it’s vandalized instead of unfinished.
4. The door frame is wrong.
5. The chimney is too small for such a size of house.
6. The workman is not dressed properly for building houses and he is wearing white socks without shoes or work boots.
7. Those long logs don’t look like gutters, so where are they supposed to go?
8. What the heck is that orange square board doing there?
9. The background is a hill, but the house is on flat land?
10. There is no flat surface for him to stand on the roof, he would slide right off.
Pic #2
1. The mountain is purple.
2. Again, the clouds (and the purple mountain) looks like sunset when the sky is blue.
2. There’s a big chunk of “tree” that looks detached from the actual tree on the left, so it looks like it’s grown out of the blue sky.
3. There’s a variation in the green shade of the tree that shows the slant of the tree doesn’t match the direction of sunlight.
4. There is no reflection of the bridge or green plantation in the water.
5. The directional flow and shading of the water is wrong.
6. The shading of sunlight on the bridge doesn’t match the tree on the left.
You are really good
#1 You shingle a roof from the bottom up. There is nothing wrong about the sign.
#2 Keystone in the arch is upside down. In this position, the bridge would collapse.
in the 1st picture there are no sheets of plywood. also you shingle from bottom to the top, the second picture has a dirt road going across the bridge, should be wood or cobble stone.
A few things.
First pic: The roof is being constructed from top to bottom, the windows are different,the toolbox that the man is holding is replacing his head and the trees are blue.
Second pic: The keystone of the arch is upside down, this would make it collapse, the rivers left side is grass and the picket fence on the right side stops for some reason.
Hope this helped!
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That’s not a toolbox, that is what workers used to use to carry shingles/bricks up and down ladders. Notice the stick at the bottom that’s attached to the “toolbox”?
No truly, the only thing wrong with #1 is you shingle a roof from the bottom up. Everything else is correct.
The only thing wrong with #2 is the keystone in the bridge. The river could simply bend around to where you don’t see it past the bridge from your vantage point. The colors are not important. The fence stops as it reaches the bridge.
no one has said anything about the sign in the first picture having a 5 instead of an S in smith
I agree, though it seems a minor part of the image…
there seems to be a massive gap where tops of trees are missing in the 1st picture
in the 2nd the bridge doesnt seem to be arched…
theres a fence blocking the way he was coming from on the bridge- how would he pass over that?
The man on the 2nd does not have shadow/reflect on the water.
In the first picture its really simple, he is just about to put is left foot down on the ladder but the rung is missing.In the second the water goes through at a different angle to the bridge, and the keystone is the wrong way round.
has anyone noticed that in the first one the sign says “W.H.5mith” Instead of “W.H.Smith” they replaced the S with a 5…
1. Ladder is missing s rung.
1. clouds are the wrong side up/or down…
1. man is lifting bricks to tile a roof.
1. he clearly has no safety gear on!!
2. river flows out the wrong side of the bridge.
Guys … Guys … GUYS! … There is no river on the other side of the bridge and W.H.Smiths is a store … not a building contractors
1st picture: There is no gutter nor rain down pipe installed on the house. Tiling a roof must always start from the gutter to the ridge. First row of roof tiles should overlap gutter, which needs to be fixed first.
1st. The tallest tree creates black shadow on its left side, so the worker and ladder should do shadows on the house front wall
2nd.There are tire marks on the road. The bridge can not take weight of any vehicle with key stone installed up side down.
in the 1st pic, don’t you think the shadow of the man & the ladder is not seen?.. :P
I can’t, I repeat, I CAN NOT believe the amount of crap that has been posted in these comments.
In the first one he is building the roof backwards as well as blue trees
the top of the roof is angled but the gutter isn’t
The ceiling tiles on the roof diminish while nothing else is.
The man on the bridge, his legs are not proportioned to his body and the ground.
The trees in the first one are the same colour as the sky, and i think their the same shape as the clouds…i think :L
The roofer is doing it wrong. You NEVER start from the apex of the roof. Always start from the bottom and work your way up towards the apex.
Who ever came up with drawing this sucked at making it make sence,cuz i read some of the coments and those arent illusions to me they are mistakes
the second one that 6 ft man bust be on his knees
In the first one it looks like you can see the ladder through his leg. I noticed that one right away.
the rungs on which he stands are differently spaced , and the keystone in the bridge is upside down……regards to all
in the first pic, his head is missing, the left window is broken, he has nowhere to stand on the roof
and i dont know if its just me but the trees look like animals (a bunny all the way to the right and a cow right next to the guy on the ladder
Did anybody notice the guy is *tip-toeing* up that ladder?
On the 2nd picture, I see 2 things.
1) The length of his arm (holding the cane) appears too long compared to the arm on in his pocket.
2) The shadows do not appear to be possible. If the shadow from the bridge is in front of the man where he is about to walk, then the sun must be from our perspective (though up and to the right). If so, then the water under the bridge and the shadow of the grass would not be in the water. It is as if the sun is up and back (above the clouds in the background).
Yes, the first pic has several inconsistencies, but one that jumped out at me that I haven’t seen anyone else mention is that the upper windows have no headers. I’m not a builder, but I thought all doors are windows need to be built with a header over the top…
only thing I could find in first photo was starting shingles at top not bottom as is normal practice second photo was keystone brick in bridge was upside down
The clouds begin at the ground on both pics.
yea the clouds are at the bottom everything else is just faults the artist didnt really think about you guys talk like he was a construction expert or something the key tile like if the picture bridge will fall if its backwards
When looking at the bottom half of the ladder, it appears as though the man is climbing its underside, the perspective is corrected when looking at the top half.
The first picture – the roof tiles are applied from the bottom up, not the top down. In the bottom picture, the stones in the bridge arch would fall out in that position. They need to be turned around.
Wende Wylie is close…. the keystone in the bridge in inverted… The bridge would collapse.
There is no water on the other side of the brigde! How has no one noticed that?
1 Pic: The roof tiles are applied from the bottom up, not the top down.
2 Pic: their is no water on the other side of the brigde.
the clouds are below the sky
The bricks on the bridge are the same bricks that are on the house. So maybe the bridge is the house?? Lol or maybe the builder is an early settling Mexican and this is a picture saying someone was telling the future.
I think that it is a matter of perspective.
Picture 1: The red toiles show perspective, they grow smaller from left to right, but not he windows and the door.
Picture 2: The same problem: The horizontal bricks should grow smaller from left to right, as the left end of the bridge is nearer to the observer than the right end.
carlos- agreed
the water on the second one goes no where thats easy come on!!!!!!! on the 1st one he has no head!!!!!!!!!!!!
BORING HOW CRAP CAN THESE GET!!!!!!!!! TROLL LOLOLOLOLOL
1st pic:the clouds and the bushes has the same pattern
2nd pic:where is the fence coming from and mostly, going to?
all of you are totally wrong..
the size (height) of the men in each pic is not corect.
Pic 1.- The man is to big according to door’s size.
Pic 2.- According to the perspective of the bridge…The man must have a very short legs.
I THINK HE USED THE BRIDGE BRICKS TO BUILD HIS HOUSE>>>>THE BRICKS ON BRIDGE IS SAME AS ON THE HOUSE>>>THE TWO PICS ARE LAST THEN FIRST ACTIONS
The river doesn’t continue beyond the bridge and there is a rung missing in the ladder between his feet.
is the man on the ladder going up, or down? is he finishing the roof, or taking the tiles off?
In the first picture, sure the builder is building from the wrong side, but that is probably just an over site. The real fault is that the doorknob is on the wrong side. Most people are right handed, so the handle should be on the right. Also, the man seems to be way too big for the door, which would be a problem.
In the second, the height of the side of the bridge makes it seem like the man has really small legs for his body.
The sign is all wrong in pic:1.Look at the wood angle.
W.H.SMITH BUILDER Sign is the illusion it take me 5min to see that.The 2:pic I can find the fault.
That man legs is very short in pic:2.
wtf??? seriously nobady saw the the first man in carring bricks in a triangular pot?
in the second image the error is to be found in the arc structure…the upper rock is actuale upside down
has no one noticed that the keystone in the bridge is upside-down, if it was the way it was the other way round the bridge would be structurally unsound
I’ve read all the comments and had a good giggle at some of the spurious ones, and for picture one I’m really surprised no one seems to have mentioned the REALLY OBVIOUS thing that jumped out at me.
He may be constructing the roof the hard way, it CAN be done from the top down, but it’s certainly a LOT easier to go from the bottom up, I’m not sure I’d call that a “fault”!
But, considering he’s tiling the roof, WHY IS HE CARRYING A HOD FULL OF BRICKS?
I see faces and animals in the tree, maybe that is what it means?
I agree that the roof should be built from the bottom up in the first picture. Where is the river comming from in the second picture?
NUMBER 2: theres only water on one side of the bridge
the ‘bridge’ has a different beginning than end
you guys are missing the obvious and trying to make up things that aren’t really supposed to be wrong
guys
the first pic hes not building the roof, hes taking it down
the builder sign is wrong
I think I have the right answer
we must think technical
in the first frame: the laying of tiles on a roof is always started from the bottom.
in the second image must focus on the stones forming the bridge the keystone is upside down
In the first one the bushes are of animals and people.