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July 2, 2009 | 15 Comments

Ambiguous Violin Player

Japanese artist Shigeo Fukuda is the most prolific and versatile of all the illusion artists. Fukuda’s sculptures and installments were some of the most important additions to our optical illusions site. It is worth mentioning that his artistic opus is more than incredible, and that his works are displayed all over the world. Still, Shigeo [...]


June 23, 2009 | 29 Comments

Wait a minute... What?

Update – I just learned that the artist behind this is Nagfa, you can find another interesting photo on his blog that works in a simmilar fashion.
I forgot to post the newest optical illusion yesterday, which I hope you shall forgive me. What I was doing instead, I was playing with some universal widget creating [...]


June 19, 2009 | 29 Comments

Move the Glass from the Tray

Author of this optical illusion is G. Sarcone from Archimedes Lab. Can you find a way to completely remove one of the glasses from this blue tray, while minimizing your effort? Before I show you the solution (after the jump), I’d like to share some site news with you. Am not sure what is happening, [...]


June 15, 2009 | 39 Comments

Can you find the optical illusion in this picture?

Before we start, I’d like to inform you (if you haven’t already heard this), that Facebook recently gave us an option to choose more simple vanity URLs. What does this mean? Instead of having your Facebook profile go something like: facebook.com/01332dsdsssd53543, now you can update to something more simple, and have your profile link make [...]


June 10, 2009 | 14 Comments

Sandro Del Prete - Crusader Optical Illusion

We’ve been posting Sandro Del Prete’s optical illusion artworks for as long as I can remember. Unfortunately he was never properly credited for those mega popular illusions he created. When I learned that he was the artist behind all those pieces of art, I’ve browsed through every each of his illusions from the past and [...]


June 3, 2009 | 74 Comments

Smiling watch illusion

I have just remembered this cheap little trick a friend of mine, Boris told me once. Try looking at any watch store window, or if you are inpatient, and  wish to check this right now, you can use Google image search. Enter the search term “watch”, and search for wrist watches  or clocks. You will [...]


May 31, 2009 | 63 Comments

chess tournament illusion

If you are seeing this post, it means you’ve been properly redirect to our new server, and our new Wordpress blog! I have done it all by myself, and boy – was it a hell ride. After two weeks of 20 hour work days, 100 packs of Marlboro (you shouldn’t smoke), and 1 gallon of [...]


May 24, 2009 | 64 Comments

Minding his own business, Tomcat the cat went for a walk. Suddenly he saw an intruder in his sight, and ran away with all his might. The intruder chased him all the way down the lane, until Tomcat tried to jump over the fence. The fence was too high, so all our our little friend [...]


May 19, 2009 | 72 Comments

androgynous face optical illusion

Hey people! Just came home from Korcula island. I had a great time, except it was the worst moment to have hosting problems (when images were down). Gladly, all is fixed now! Let’s proceed with new post… In the Illusion of Sex Change, by Richard Russell of Harvard University, two faces are perceived as male [...]


May 18, 2009 | 26 Comments

Wow, this one is awesome! Took me few seconds before I saw the hidden optical illusion these columns hold. If you still wonder why did I use “sexy” in the title of this post, be sure to double check the photo. The answer is right there. This may be repetitive post to some of you [...]