By Vurdlak on July 4, 2010, with 103 Comments
Check the photo on your right. It was done by a flickr artist who goes under the name of kennysarmy. What’s so weird about this profile photo, is that it isn’t profile at all! Actually it’s a portrait of kennysarmy, and the picture was taken with camera standing right in front of the author. I have used this cropped version to strengthen the effect, and fool you better, but you can easily understand what I’m talking about when you scroll down and check the original.
It appears that the author has managed to adjust lighting in such a way, to hide only parts of his face that wouldn’t be seen if he was photographed from aside. Great stuff! Do you Agree?
Btw, those of you who are in possession of illusions you think would suit this site well, be sure to send them via email (can be found at the footer of the site), or simply upload them yourself to our Facebook fan group. I’m off to a vacation soon, but expect new illusions posted each day, as we normally do :)
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somethings wrong. In the front view, why is the nose still facing to the left?
Sorry but this is neither a profile or a head on shot. It’s been photoshopped. Check out the nose and the mouth, the mouth is facing us and the nose is in profile. The eye is less obvious but I think it is facing us as well.
PSed or not it is a great effect, and I love this blog, there is an occasional dud but mostly there is something to try to figure out.
Very weird but cool! I love your site!
im scared
Looks Photoshopped, but still awesome!
Just crudely combined the image with its mirror. The result clearly shows that either the man has only one hole in his nose, or the image is a combination of profile and a face-on image :). See: http://picasaweb.google.ca/lh/photo/nuCslx6Xurf1zDXzKAvjgw?feat=directlink
You are right.
I took 2 photos one straight on and one sideshot.
They were then merged together in photoshop, which took a considerable amount of time to line them up and brush out the correct areas to create the effect.
I remembered seeing a similar effect on another flickr users site but could never re-find the image so created my own..
Glad you like it….
Part of the eys is facing and part of the eye is side shot…
the nose is definitely photoshopped
i saw it right away, but still very cool
I love it! when i first saw it I immediately was confused wondering what the actual picture was. quite skilled the photographer is..
it’s clear that the shadows on his face are sharper than the ones on his chest, meaning a bit of retouching was done…would be nice to see the original, without the “cutout” of the shadow on the face..
doh, get it now..
This is Photoshopped. It is no Illusion. If you follow the link to his pictures you can see the steps it took to do this.
The effect could be done with special shadowing cut-outs, but the profile side and nose would not look as perfect.
the nose isn’t photoshopped (i might be wrong but i don’t think so) Our eyes want to see the nose as profile cause of how he cut it out but if you focus on only the nose none of the other u can see that the tip of the nose that helps make it look profile is the top of the nose and the curve that seems to look like profile is actually a small part of the skin that separates the two nostril holes. Trust me keep looking and expand your mind. He has more of a bigger flatter nose but make it like a puzzle and it will become clear.
it is very funny how many ppl think its photoshopped and that shows how great the illusion is. Its all bout how the black cuts the picture that makes it like that
i believe that is his nose head-on, but i don’t believe that it is a photo shot head-on. Either his nose is totally out of place, or his eyes are freakishly far apart, anatomically speaking.
I am the creator of the image and it is indeed TWO images taken from the same tripoded camera with my facing towards and to the side of the camera.
I then took my profile and merged it using photoshop to the other image to create a composite illusion.
They eye was actually the hardest part to get right with the shadows….
I am quite pleased with how the lips merged in too…
Glad the images is being enjoyed :)
With all of the confusion i mirrored image of his face the noise and mouth doesn’t add up. The only way this was a frontal picture is that he is an alien from outer space or very ugly in real life.
aftr he said rite in front of da athor i realised it was a 1/2 pictr
HAIRY