Psychology professor Akiyoshi Kitaoka recently posted this optical illusion on his Facebook page, which then made it to Twitter and quickly went viral through a large number of shares and retweets. If you look at this pattern, you will be able to find 12 black dots. The problem is, most people are completely unable to view all 12 of them at the same time. If you look at the 4 dots at the top, you can’t seem to see the ones at the bottom. If you look at the four on the bottom, you can’t see the ones at the top. If you look at the ones in the middle, the dots at the top AND bottom seem to be gone.
I recently came across this unique piece of art created by Anzac Tasker, a graphic designer based in Auckland, New Zealand. I have always found art that uses shadows to be extremely creative and interesting. He started by creating a cutout of half of each of the three letters. He then placed a light at the proper angle to create a shadow of each of these cutouts. The shadows that are cast help to complete each letter.
The following video was recently awarded 1st prize for the 2016 Best Illusion of the Year Contest This video was created by Mathew T. Harrison and Gideon P. Caplovitz from the University of Nevada Reno, USA. They call the individual flickering dots “Gabors” and describe the effect as follows:
Here we show that configurations of drifting Gabors that are stationary can give rise to dramatic global motion percepts: a rotating square, oscillating chopsticks and rolling waves. Although the Gabors themselves are not changing position, the drifting motion within them causes the illusion that the entire configuration is moving!
Thomas has once again used his photography skills and imagination to come up with this very unusual balancing act. Merging a photograph of a tightrope walker headed toward the viewer with a photograph looking up at a chandelier and ceiling, a confusing and unsettling image is born.
Regarding the process that Thomas uses to create his works, he indicates the following:
Some images are composed of negatives that are separated by a decade in the actual time that I had taken them and only come to life when they found their perfect match. it’s the combination of two or more negatives that they give birth to a completely unusual vision, but most of all, the title I give the final image is the glue and the substance of the piece.
This is an interesting motion illusion that Professor Akiyoshi Kitaoka created back in 2010. When you simply look at it, you’ll just notice a series of different-colored square outlines. But if you use your scroll bar and move the image up and down, something interesting happens. As the actual image moves, the square insert also appears to move in alternating directions.
I am always amazed when a talented artist can create a portrait that looks absolutely lifelike. This hyper-realistic portrait of a vibrant, young girl was created by an artist using a real photograph. You would think that with a lot of practice, anyone could create paintings such as this one. But, as we all know, that is simply not the case. No matter how many times I tried to paint a portrait like the one below, it would never come close to being as realistic and detailed as this one. I just simply was not born with the requisite skill to be able to do so.
For the sake of comparison, here is the actual photograph that the above oil painting was generated from.
So…. hiding somewhere in this large pile of logs is a cat. Take a quick look and see if you can find the hidden feline.
Did you find it? Apparently, when this image was posted on Reddit, many people were completely stumped as to the cat’s whereabouts. Several thought that the image could have been a trick to frustrate people and deliberately waste their time. But if you keep looking, you should be able to find he cat. It is a common house cat, nothing out of the ordinary. Once you see it, you will probably wonder why you missed it the first time around.
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