By Vurdlak on March 2, 2010, with 99 Comments
Today’s optical illusion was created and submitted by Terence Rosoman, who pointed out that things aren’t always as clear as black and white. At first, we only see bunch of different-sized black dots positioned on a white surface. But Terence gave us a big hint! In order to properly see the hidden picture, we should squint our eyes. We can also look at a picture from greater distance. This should help us seeing the hidden celebrity. Can you guess who it is? If you manage to see a figure, but don’t recognize the person, I advise you to read this post for a hint.
Even though I’m not the greats fan of this persona, I deeply appreciate his artistic contributions. If you like this kind of hidden images, you’ll gonna love Type Addicted book cover. Apart from Marylin Monroe and Santa Claus (?), there are many more similar illusions in our archives.
(51 votes)
Michael Jackson
It’s MJ!
The person looks like Michael Jackson….. An I right??
rather easy, just had to take my glasses of and i could clearly see dead people :P
i see Michael Jackson
The King of Pop himself Mr Michael Jackson RIP you wonderful man
MJ…RIP
MICHAEL JACKSON
woah thts so cool is it keira knightly? first 1?
It’s Michael Jackson I love these!
squinting didn’t do much for me, but crossing my eyes made it pretty easy to figure out. I agree with you on the personal preference/appreciation bit..
its michael Jackson
M.J!!
Saw it the moment I squinted my eyes. I won’t say who I think it is, as I don’t want to influence other people, but I am interested to see if anyone else gets the same result.
thats really good i think i see who it is
dont look if dont want to know
is it micheal jackson ?
Jakie Kennedy
Stand way back and you cant help but see it. Although I guessed who it was before the image loaded. Had something to do with the file name!!
Spongebob Squarepants
You know, titling the post the way you did gives it away. I knew it was MJ before I even clicked on the iGoogle thing because of knowing the song title. If you want to make it a secret/surprise/puzzle, don’t title your posts with the answer in them!
It’s Whacko Jacko! :)
I thought Jackie Kennedy too when I first saw it. But when I backed up and looked at it, I saw the piece of hair on the forehead. You never would have seen that on a portrait of Jackie Kennedy. So yeah, it’s Michael Jackson.
Michael Jackson
Where did all the portraits go? The ones that go along with the comments.
I thought this would be good one but i put my mouse over it and it gave it away
Its MJ, wow thats awesome!
Don’t need to squint or stand across the room. Just zoom out your browser. As it gets smaller it gets clearer.
MJ!! That was really cool (:
i hate Michael Jackson good riddins hes gone !!!
OMG it’s Jesus!!
no wait, it’s Paula Abdul
Oh ali, you’re such a smartass! And liam? I can’t wait when people can say the same thing about you.
RIP mj :(
RIP MJ :(
“Black Or White” certainly is an appropriate title …
it’s MJ,:( <3 u mj 4 eveer
Black or white? With Michael it was hard to tell, too. Good on you.
King of Pop. Duh! Rest In Peace man! MJ
oh… wow mj WOO HOO lets party!! NOT
michael jackson
okay lol at first i thought it was mona lisa but then put your mouse over it, it says “jackson2″.
i think all of you are wrong it is so obious that it is a bunch of black dots. i dunno where all of you got thease famous people???
:)
Its Michael Jackson
I see dead people….jk!
Mj was great to bad he past!
When I took my glasses off I could see MJ perfectly!!! When I squint my eyes I only see a face but I couldn’t recognize it, for people who has glasses take them off adn you’ll see!
rip
Call me crazy, but it looks like Annette Funicello – looking slightly to my left.
;)
Paula Abdul or Jackie O, or MJ …
Agree with Liam
goodbye wacko jacko
Love the amount of people shouting ‘MJ’ and yet no one (not even Vurdlak) has said that this is how most printing works.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halftone
Nice ‘optical illusion’, but -points for missing out that modern technology employs this process.
It’s quite easy to see this illusion if you scroll up and down while watching!
wolfman good you may like wolves there my fav animal but micheal jackson is such a dumbass.
so r u. and also people like and dislike and he is one of my dislikes. simple.
mj
yes. Michael Jackson. You can also see him by blinking rapidly.
or squint ur eyes it works better wen u squint
its definately michael jackson… awesome image!!!
Is that MJ????? HAWT
yep, it must be michael jackson (i think)
Anyone know how to do this with photoshop or other similar program?
Thanks ;)
wow!it’s amazing he’s mickel right
It Micheal Jackson.. It also makes sense because it is called ” Black or White ” which is the same name as his Hit
norlamy I cant see these but I did this time when I scrolled down
OMG ITS MICHEAL JACKSON!!!
omg Micheal Jackson R.I.P
when you take cursor on the image any you’ll read its name; “jackson2″ lol
It’s a great picture and a great blog.
Think about a presentation of my wordpress toplist.
Thanks for a nice time.
Hit you ctrl + your – key.
That will zoom out.
Then you can really see him!
Hit ctrl plus + key will zoom in.
yup…. great image, great artist, singer and person. It’s great MJ
coooooooooooool
is it elvis?
RIP
O…M…G…THATS MICHAEL JACSON!. first you cannot see him but then if you read the responces and your brain gets the idea you can find it.
oh and if you back up and look at it from far away it is a clear pic.!
This is sooo cool its is mj!! thats awesome!!!
It is micheal jackson but actually i think you should earase that squinting part from your post i had to actually walk away from the computer to actually see it very clearly!
Michael Jackson
If youu aree on a laptoop and tilt your screen all the waay down you can see its MJ! xx
MICHAL JACKSON! OH YEAH UH HUH!
Um no offense but it says when you run your mouse over it.
OH i get it, doesn’t matter if your black or white!
Omg! thats so cool!
R.I.P MJ,
Thanks for posting this! :D
the dots are in different sizes
my god!michael jackson!!!!!
R.I.P MJ
Oh my gosh can this guy just die already?
Haha I’m just kidding. That was mean :P I was never a fan of him but that’s all I think when I see his stuff everywhere.
First glance at this illusion though, I thought it was Wynona Rider haha.