Mighty Optical Illusions » Snake

Duracell Powered Dancing Snakes

Vurdlak — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 21:01:48 +0000

Duracell has always been creative when it comes to marketing their own products. Just check out the already featured examples filled under the belonging #Duracell tag. Their latest campaign (at least when it comes illusion related advertising), combines the relatively known rotating snakes pattern (invented by professor Akiyoshi Kitaoka) with the “endless” power Duracell’s batteries supposedly provide. I love these kind of billboards, as they often turn out very intelligent! How about you? BTW, you can open this image in new window and see it in high res, resulting with effect being shown in its full glory…

Danish Bus Optical Illusion

Vurdlak — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:28:08 +0000

Yes, today’s picture shouldn’t be considered true optical illusion. No-one normal would be deceived seeing this huge snake painted on public transportation. Your brain would simply prevent it from fooling you. However, I think it’s great example of creative advertising. Not only did it catch my attention, it became viral around the net as well. The only thing I’m not certian about, is what should this billboard represent? Somwhere in back of my head quiet voice suggests how this ad’s purpose was to promote public Zoo of some sort, but I can’t give any guarantees.

Two Animated Optical Illusions

Vurdlak — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 16:30:10 +0000

Hmm, something seems wrong here...

Two days ago, me and my better half returned from vacation. I thought I would immediately start on the site. Post new illusions, add new functionality, etc… I forgot one little detail: Each year I return home, somewhere near the end of August, Ragweed (ambrosia ?) season starts. This little plant is a real pest! Did you know that a single flower produces over 1 billion pollen (which fly few miles from center), and that more than 10% of human population have allergies caused by it? Same goes for me – I can hardly open my eyes and breathe. What I hate the most is that this plant came to Europe in 19th Century from USA, and by now there is more of it here than back in the States where it originated from. You can see the epicenter chart here, if you live somewhere in Europe and if it interests you.

So now, after I shared my “life story” with you (which I realize many of you dislike), I’m ready to share some new stuff. These two animated pictures you see on your left, and below this article aren’t really spectacular. Still, they make really nice optical illusions. In my opinion, the snake one will take few moments of your time before you notice the illusion, while the constructor below was probably contracted by M.C. Escher to bring his architect drawings to reality. There was a “Rope Optical Illusion“, I posted last year which greatly resembles the Snake one. Be sure to check it out as well (if you missed it)!

Update: “The Snake Illusion” was originally created by Vlad Alexeev.

Escher thought he would have trouble finding a constructor for his architectures. Not with this guy!