Rob Clement found this awesome illusion created by Evan C. Davis. Be sure to check Evan’s website for more cool stuff. Rob asks us what do we see in this multiple meaning picture below? Is it an Angry Biker? Or is it a Sad Rabbi? It all depends on how do you flip the picture, or which face you look at. In the first picture it’s a biker with unshaved beard and bad-ass expression, if you flip this image, you see a rabbi with rabbi-hat, that is composed of biker’s beard, and here biker’s curly hair becomes Rabbi’s curly beard. Twisted, ayeh? Looks really simple to make in MS Paint, but what is needed is and idea if you want to make one of your own! There are hundreds of similar illusions on this site. Original was Young Lady or an old hag, I think. Followed by “Before and After 6 Beers“. Many more can be found inside multiple meanings category.

Multiple Meanings,

(23 votes)

Carlo Lavini just wouldn’t stop sending us new optical illusions. He is the guy that sent those funny US camouflaged helicopters. I decided to show them all in one post. In my humble opinion, they are all great! The first one pictures a rabbit in a desert, but if you look closely, you will notice his big brother is keeping an eye so nothing happens to him. It looks somehow photoshopped (?!), since it’s to good to be real. Like the bear wave post we have in our archives. The second photo is of a politician or congressman of some sort (I think), that looks somehow SF. Kind a reminds me of that big nasty fellow from The Dune movie. It appears he has two strange cameras replacing his eyes. Spooky, isn’t it? Third illusion from Carlo, is just a photo probably taken by coincidence, where the statue appears spying on a private phone call the person next to it is having. Last one, is just plain silly billboard. Which one did you like the best? Once again, many thanks Carlo!

Multiple Meanings,

(30 votes)

This one is pretty simple. Reder who goes by the name NYIslanders2121 sent me this optical illusion with following explanation: “Hi! I have been a HUGE fan of your site for a long time. I was browsing iTunes recently and I discovered that the image they give for the band, “They Might Be Giants” is in fact, an optical illusion.” I have received many more optical illusion submissions, but I just get them at the rate where I can’t follow posting them anymore, for example, I post one and get 3 new… don’t worry, they are still in queue and waiting to be posted next ;) What you see below is simple transparent screen optical illusion. Many more similar can be found inside “Transparent Illusions” category.

Transparent,

(10 votes)

Albert Einstein was a big fan of Marylin Monroe, a very famous American actress and idol. Their connection was probably stronger than we assumed. I have an evidence photo to show you! They used Einstein’s genius combined with Monroe’s beauty to create a unique optical illusion. They couldn’t be seen together in one place (probably because of Albert’s wife, Elsa), but still eagerly wanted a photo of themselves. So Albert used 0.1% of his brain capacity, and thought of a solution. He created a hybrid image of himself and Marylin, where you can see both of them in it, but only one at the time. As you see, if you position yourself close to the screen you will see Einstein’s happy face. Now move away few meters, and you’ll see Marylin! Surprise, yes Albert vanished, but only for so long until you come near the photo again. I hope you are aware that the story I wrote few lines above, is just fiction, and only crazy idea I got in my head. However, the illusion is 100% real. By the way, I just watched Leonida’s 300 in theater with my gf. You really should go and see it, it was amazing!

Celebrities, Multiple Meanings,

(37 votes)

Carlo Lavini pointed out this US Marines helicopter. It seems that marines can be pretty sneaky when it comes to making pranks. Did you notice anything strange in the first photo of a helicopter? Check the shapes that are part of the camouflage. Get it now? I believe there are no rules that define how the camouflage shapes should look like, as long as they are in proper color, and fill their purpose. Other than that, it should be fine… About camouflage, remember that human chameleons? It should be easy to make similar uniforms, the only problem is then you couldn’t move much, and everyone should look at you from only one spot. Invisible cloak, however should have more possibilities.

Spot The Object, Transportation,

(33 votes)

Remember that show called Movie Magic? No wonder this photo looked familiar to me. In one episode, they explained how to morph photos to achieve similar effect. Wilson Wong took this photo, which works in a same way as our previous “Different Perspective” illusion. Whats even more interesting, is that I had a puzzle from Ravensburger with 3000 pieces of an image similar to this. Ravensburger is a company that produces such cool puzzles and even some made from wood (ever saw those classy wood puzzles?) Either way, this is what Wilson wrote to me: “This may interest you for the optical illusion website. It is my own photo….and it dumbfounded quite a lot of people.” I think you will have no problem understanding it, concerning experience you built solving hundreds of optical illusions and magic tricks from this site :) Check for more interesting photos in our Flickr category.

Abstract Perspective Optical Illusion

Outdoor Illusions,

(8 votes)

3rd post today. What do you say about that!? Am I awesome or what? What brings me to another question, how long have you been reading Mighty Optical Illusions? My website is year old, and changed many designs in the past. I found this cool Wayback Machine where you can see how Mighty Illusions looked during a time. What was your favorite design? Have you been around with us back then? Check it! I’m really interested in what you will say.

Concerning today’s illusion, it’s another Multiple Meaning one. User called Παναγιώτης Κατσαλούλης (now decipher that!) sent me three new double images. I’m not sure if I have posted them before, but they are quite amazing. Two of them show a harmonic painting of birds and butterflies, but if you move away from your screen, you may notice beautiful girl’s profile. Am not sure who is the author, but I believe he is quite famous. This is what Παναγιώτης wrote me (I still can’t understand your name man ;) “Today I received by mail these pictures. Although I am a regular reader of your blog, which is pretty awesome, I don’t think you have posted them yet. It is a double image – I hope you enjoy it!”

Multiple Meanings, Octavio Ocampo

(38 votes)

Peter Qviller, probably inspired by Camel Cigarettes article, spotted the hidden bear in Toblerone chocolate logo. Here’s what Peter said: “If you look closely on the Matterhorn mountain on the Toblerone chocolate, you will see the swiss symbol of Bern (a Bear) incorporated into the mountain“. I think the bear was supposed to be seen by people, but not many notice it. Can you see it? I’m not biggest fan of this chocolate, but this photo sure gave me inspiration to find some chocolate in my kitchen. Hope I have some, let me check… No luck :( There are few more logos that include symbolism. Remember we talked about Fedex logo, and the arrow hidden in it? Also there was Big Ten basketball confederation logo. It hid number 11, due to later added Penn State team. Mira foundation also cleverly included blind person into their sign.

Multiple Meanings, Logo

(9 votes)