The walls quite literally come alive at the 2012 Magic Art special exhibition in Hangzhou, China.  The exhibition features a series of 3D paintings created by South Korean artists.  The deceptive painting below shows a giraffe leaning through an opening in the wall and reaching for a bottle (also painted on the wall).

A photographic mosaic uses a series of smaller photographs to create a larger recognizable image.  The example below uses hexagon-shaped photographs of birds and other nature-related imagery.  When put together in a special way (with the help of a software program), they form a larger image of a seagull.  The seagull can be seen more […]

Graphic designer Nikita Prokhorov designed this entertaining tessellation featuring a series of happy rabbits.  The rabbit heads are arranged in a pattern that is seamless with no gaps or overlaps. More of Nikita Prokhorov’s graphic designs can be viewed at Elusive Illusion.

A tiger can be seen in the foreground of the image below.  Can you locate the hidden tiger in this painting by American artist Rusty Rust? More of Rusty’s paintings can be viewed on his personal website at Rusty Art.

A bearded man wearing a beret squints as he looks off into the distance.  He cannot seem to find his dog.  Can you help him find his pet? By rotating the image 180 degrees and viewing it upside down, the man’s dog (nibbling on a bone) is located. This topsy-turvy figure was drawn by Russian […]

Take a careful look at this image.  What is the first thing that you see? Did you happen to see the handprint first or the king of the jungle?  For another optical illusion featuring a lion, check out the ambiguous Lion or Monkey by Humberto Machado.

Can you find the hidden elephant in this hidden image stereogram created by 3Dimka? If you are having trouble seeing the hidden image, try reading through the stereogram viewing tips at 3DStereograms.com.  While a lot of people say that they can’t see these things, most people can if they try hard enough.