Browsing archives for April, 2016

A Somewhat Disturbing Beard

Ambiguous 28 April 2016 0 Comments

A Somewhat Disturbing Beard

I ran across this image the other day and almost just scrolled right past it.  I was kind of wondering what the point of the picture of this man with a beard and glasses was.  As I was scrolling, however, a set of eyes caught my eye which caused me to do a double take.  […]

Kelly Ripa Ambigram

Ambigrams 25 April 2016 0 Comments

Kelly Ripa Ambigram

Kelly Ripa has been in the news quite a bit lately.  It appears that there is a lot of drama between her and her former Live! With Kelly and Michael co-host Michael Strahan.  In what he called a “career move”, he abruptly quit the show (without telling her, which is why she is angry) and […]

Malta Street Art by Leon Keer

Anamorphosis 21 April 2016 0 Comments

Malta Street Art by Leon Keer

Leon Keer decided to paint some very large gummy bears on a sidewalk in Malta for the 2015 Malta Streetart Festival.  This particular painting was created along the waterfront in Valetta, the capital of the Mediterranean island.  To see this painting properly, you have to view it from this angle which is from an upper […]

Worm by Andreas Aronsson

Impossible 18 April 2016 0 Comments

Worm by Andreas Aronsson

Take a look at this twisted figure that its creator Andreas Aronsson calls an impossible worm.  If you study the multi-colored shape in detail, you will notice that it is really just five interconnected impossible triangles (also known as a Penrose triangle).  On his blog, Andreas notes: I’m not sure why I like this one […]

The Vanishing Magic Trick

Video 14 April 2016 0 Comments

The Vanishing Magic Trick

Today’s video is more of a magic trick than an optical illusion, but I think that you’ll enjoy it nonetheless.  The best part about this trick is that Richard Wiseman shows you a behind-the-scenes look after he performs the trick.  This way, you get to see exactly how he pulled it off.  Watch as he […]

This Land by Natalie Fletcher

Miscellaneous 12 April 2016 0 Comments

This Land by Natalie Fletcher

Natalie Fletcher has a very interesting job… she paints bodies.  The About Natalie section of her website indicates that: A young Natalie realized, around the age of 5, that drawing was a lot more interesting than Math class, and so it started.  Around the age of 15 she discovered paint.  Little did she know her […]

Vase Face by Gene Levine

Ambiguous,Stereo 7 April 2016 2 Comments

Vase Face by Gene Levine

Thanks to Gene Levine for sending over one of his latest 3D stereograms.  It incorporates the face/vase ambiguous optical illusion in addition to the hidden image located in the pattern below it.  Take a deep look inside the gray swirling pattern and see if you can get the hidden image to pop out at you. […]