Modern Mantra Illusion

Here and then, I post a piece of art that isn’t directly connected to optical illusions. Still, theres a reason for me to post them, usually while it’s something fresh, or simply because of the interesting approach from the author. Another title for this illusion could be “Modern ASCII Art“. Matthew Egbers emailed me this set of drawings created by artist called Thomas Broome. As you see he is literally making images with words. We saw something similar with Bar Codes in the past. You should open the drawings in full size, if you want to see the words more closely. Pretty cool effect, don’t you think? Matthew also wrote a letter: “I have been looking at your site for a while and really enjoy it. I happened upon this while Digging today and thought they were perfect for your site. I didn’t create them and have no connection with the artist.” Also be sure to check Dashhatch Illusions, for more hidden treasures!





















36 Replies to “Modern Mantra Illusion”

  1. That is Pretty sweet, it’s so accurate it almost looks like CG…which, I suppose is possible, but nonetheless, VERY awesome

  2. It reminds me of a music-clip I saw a year ago I think, don’t remember who made it. But it was a trip through a city, and everything was in words as in these pictures, even an unborn baby in his mother. Great stuff!

  3. These are great works of art without them being made from words, but knowing that they are made by words only makes you appreciate them more.

  4. I am really impressed at the number of works this artist did. That is a great indicator of how comitted this person is to his/her ideas and work. Bravo! Excellent quality!

  5. I love how you use the words to create the art. SO BEAUTIFUL. But, I don’t get why it is an “illusion”

  6. Truely amazing pictures! Too bad that the placing of the numbers in the ‘mirror’ watch isn’t mirrored ;-) (the one is still on the place where you should suspect the one on a normal watch)

  7. You know how you tell yourself you are studying because you have your certification books opened in front of you? But you are really clicking on Stumble Upon to find interesting posts to read?

    Yeah well, I came across yours and had to write to tell you I enjoyed it very much. I gave it the thumbs up, so more people can come across it and enjoy it also.

  8. TO ZOOM IN JUST CLICK ON THE PICKTURE!!!!!

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  9. Wow. It actually took me a few seconds to actually see that it was made out of words! Hee hee I’m a dork. Fantastic illusion.

  10. you can easily zoom in on any webpage if ya hold down ctrl-key and use the mouse wheel to zoom in/out.

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