January 7, 2008 | 44 Comments
Impossible structures were mostly popularized by M.C.Escher, and since then many artists try to match his genius. Some manage to get close, while others create their own visions of impossible structures only influenced by Escher. From recently, there are even real life 3D models that look impossible from certain point of view. While they obey [...]
(21 votes)
January 3, 2008 | 36 Comments
Wow! Can’t believe I haven’t reported this one yet. Apparently the work you see below is in a way similar to Julian Beever’s artistic sidewalk drawings, only with one exception – it’s done with mosaic technique (when the artist creates an image out of many small different colored tiles). We had some optical illusion mosaics [...]
(12 votes)
December 3, 2007 | 34 Comments
These photos were laying on my hard disk for some time now. I never considered them best optical illusions in town, but when I came with the idea to include them all as a set, I finally found them interesting enough. When you open this article, you’ll see six photos with dominating smiley face in [...]
(4 votes)
November 26, 2007 | 50 Comments
Ola! Impossible objects in real life were always one of my favorite structure illusions. I enjoy seeing them around me, which I actually don’t, since nothing interesting concerning optical illusions is happening in my neighborhood. Anyone knows where this strange arch is located? Never-Neverland, Sweden,…?
Anyhow, you probably noticed I’m huuugely uninspired today, so if you [...]
(5 votes)
November 21, 2007 | 266 Comments
Liisa Kaupmees submitted this simple and romantic optical illusion. All I can tell you, is that even if the sailor lifted his arms from his women of desire, she wouldn’t fall. In fact, she probably wouldn’t move an inch. Tell me, how can this be? Did you spot the illusion? It took me a minute [...]
(12 votes)
November 7, 2007 | 34 Comments
Look how amazingly wavy this floor looks like. I don’t know what kind of drink architect took while designing this, but I sure know I’d like to taste a glass of it, or maybe two. Nah, just kiddin’. What you see below, is actually a picture of the new carpet being installed in the ballroom [...]
(9 votes)
September 26, 2007 | 46 Comments
Laura Ours sent me this funny-looking photo she found, browsing rhythmic gymnastics on Yahoo! news. Where did the head got lost? This girl sure knows how to do gymnastics, but she obviously forgot to look after her body parts. Can we help her locate her missing piece? I can assure you there is no photoshop [...]
(13 votes)
September 8, 2007 | 27 Comments
Michelle Pisano submitted this awesome Tree Illusion few days ago. I don’t have to describe the illusion, since you are not dumb, and have eyes to see the image below. How it works is also clear. Still an awesome capture! Good job Michelle. This text made me think… I know blind people are able to [...]
