This yellow bicycle sculpture is located in Milan, Italy, a city best known for fashion. While it does not look particularly special, it happens to be an optical illusion. Can you figure out what is going on? The two photographs below show how the artist created this sculpture. From two specific viewing points, it looks […]
Edgar Mueller is a very talented pavement artist who has created a number of outstanding works. The time-lapse video below demonstrates how he created ‘The Crevasse’, which happens to be one of my favorite 3D street art pieces. It is very interesting to watch how far back the team starts the painting so that it […]
One form of anamorphosis involves a deformed image that is painted on a flat surface, such as a sheet of paper. When a cylindrical (or sometimes conical) mirror is placed in the appropriate spot, the deformed image is suddenly transformed into something recognizable. In the example above by Hungarian artist István Orosz, a human eye […]
Every year, the Sarasota Chalk Festival attracts artists from all over the world. At the 2011 festival, Leon Keer, Ruben Poncia, Remko van Schaik and Peter Westerink created the following anamorphic pavement chalk painting inspired by the Terracotta Army of Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor of China. Two videos detailing this street painting […]
From one specific camera angle, it appears that Pac-Man is chasing a ghost on the wall of an apartment. As the camera moves from its location, however, an illusion is revealed. More great videos from Brusspup can be found at Swimming Pool Illusion and Apple Logo Illusion.
Brusspup creates very interesting optical illusion videos that he uploads to his YouTube channel. You may recall the incredible portrait that he made from push pins posted two weeks ago. Here, he has created the illusion of a chair sitting in the middle of a room when no chair actually exists. Some behind the scenes […]
