Anamorphosis Category
As I check websites that post articles about Mighty Optical Illusions, I have found out this story about us. I love when people blog about us, and as a token of my appreciation I have linked that blog back for all of you to check. I am aware that our traffic is miles higher, but [...]
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Before we start, I have a question for you: how many of you use Facebook? Probably many of you… Well, did you know that you can get newest optical illusion from this site each day shown in your Facebook profile? Many of you added it, but some still don’t know about this. It’s simple go [...]
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Below you can actually see two different illusions. The first, most obvious one shouldn’t be a problem to spot for those of you who already saw Walt Disney anamorphic illusion. More explanation can be found inside our Anamorphism category, more specific in the post titled “Cylinder Mirrors“. The second, less obvious illusion, is that the [...]
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Damien Toy and Lea Hinchcliff emailed me almost simultaneously about these anamorphic coasters. I believe they are great marketing trick to pull the media attention. As you see you can see the “hidden message” only if you place a cup of coffee, beer glass or cylindric mirror on top of the coaster. I’m not sure [...]
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This is one of the funniest (and coolest!) optical illusions I have seen recently! If you look at this photo more closely, you will notice that the eyes and happy mouth aren’t drawn on these two kettles, instead it’s the perfect example of anamorphism. It’s hard to believe, that the photo was taken from the [...]
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Hans Holbein the Younger was a German artist who painted in a Northern Renaissance style, and was best known for his numerous portraits. The one you see below is titled “Ambassadors”, and was already posted on Mighty Optical Illusions. You can check my older post. I got many questions from you, my loyal visitors to [...]
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What you see in this image below is 1535 wood carving by Erhard Schön. The picture appears to be scribbled black ink, but features the condensed images (from left to right) of Charles V, Ferdinand I Pope Paul III, and Francis I. It can be expanded (about 6:1 horizontally) on a computer and rotated 90° [...]
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This one is awesome! Here’s how it works: basically an artist painted Disney-style painting, in a way, when a cylinder mirror is put in the center of it, it would show anamorphic reflection of a Walt Disney‘s portrait. I’m sure everyone heard about this legend cartoon maker. If you didn’t quite understand this, Walt Disney [...]
