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And i love these kind of impossible figures & optical illusions! Big smile
Here's one i like:


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Originally posted by The Quiet One The Quiet One wrote:

One of my faves:


Stare at the 4 dots for 20 seconds, and then blink against a wall......


DAMN! That one freaked me out a while back!
I saw a Jesus in front of my eyes for MINUTES! It wouldn't go away even if i closed my eyes!
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 ^ I think my favorite is Times Square, but the Coke bottle really defies reality








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Originally posted by Atavachron Atavachron wrote:

some remarkable pavement paintings by Julian Beever, keep in mind these are each on a flat 1-dimensioned surface--

http://users.skynet.be/J.Beever/rafting.html
http://users.skynet.be/J.Beever/timesquare.html
http://users.skynet.be/J.Beever/postmod.htm
http://users.skynet.be/J.Beever/coke.html
http://users.skynet.be/J.Beever/batman.html
http://users.skynet.be/J.Beever/globe.html
http://users.skynet.be/J.Beever/arcticwhale.html
http://users.skynet.be/J.Beever/treasure5.html
http://users.skynet.be/J.Beever/swim.htm
http://users.skynet.be/J.Beever/feedfish.html






I love these paintings!  I've always wanted to see one in real life but never got the chance.  It baffles me how they calculate exactly how to distort the picture so it will look that way
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I didn't believe this one at first b/c I'm almost always able to cancel illusions if I concentrate, but I could not on this one. However, I used the eyedropper to copy the color in photoshop and drew a streak connecting the squares to show they are indeed the same color. Amazing.
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I think the illusion with the dice could be improved; there is a slight giveaway in it. the die on top appears to be a bit smaller than the ones below, which is because it is in reality not on top but further away from the viewer. if you used slightly bigger dice the further they are away from the camera for the photo it would be even more baffling


A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta
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2 more I found:

How many feet does it have?Wink
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One of my faves:


Stare at the 4 dots for 20 seconds, and then blink against a wall......
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some remarkable pavement paintings by Julian Beever, keep in mind these are each on a flat 1-dimensioned surface--

http://users.skynet.be/J.Beever/rafting.html
http://users.skynet.be/J.Beever/timesquare.html
http://users.skynet.be/J.Beever/postmod.htm
http://users.skynet.be/J.Beever/coke.html
http://users.skynet.be/J.Beever/batman.html
http://users.skynet.be/J.Beever/globe.html
http://users.skynet.be/J.Beever/arcticwhale.html
http://users.skynet.be/J.Beever/treasure5.html
http://users.skynet.be/J.Beever/swim.htm
http://users.skynet.be/J.Beever/feedfish.html
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Mindblowing stuff.
 
Sometimes it's nice when your brain is playing tricks on you.
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This one is also really nice:
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And another one:
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I found another one:



it's obviously caused by the shapes with black edges on one and white edges on the other side.


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The color examples are amazing, and the moving artwork absolutely stunning. Thumbs Up
 
I can't remember having seen that before.
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Great thread, I had some posted in another thread, but I don't remember off the top of my head which thread or where, so instead I offer up these:

Apologies to Michael...

I'm not entirely sure if Escher fits into the definition of optical illusion:

http://www.theintellectualdevotional.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/escher-relativity.jpg

http://www.meridian.net.au/Art/Artists/MCEscher/Gallery/Images/escher-waterfall-medium.jpghttp://www.artchive.com/artchive/e/escher/escher_belvedere.jpg

Then there's Dali:

http://www.7-07.com/images/The_Hallucinogenic_Toreador.jpg
Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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These are a couple of my favourites:



And



The graffiti stairs is awesome, IMHO.
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Absence of light => eye perceives black
Perfect environment conditions and light is seen in it's full spectrum => eye perceives white
Imperfect environment conditions and light is seen distored, in not full spectrum => eye perceives colour(s)

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