This painting by Rob Gonsalves, completed in October 2014, features a dramatic transformation. Looking at the painting from the bottom, a man is standing in a wooded area by a campfire, but as he looks up into the clear night sky, the trees morph into skyscrapers. (via Huckleberry Fine Art)
I’ve been painting a lot of doors in my house lately. It is a slow process that I have been tackling about two doors at a time. The results have been worth it as they look much better with two coats of fresh paint on them. When I came across this illustration, it brought a […]
Today’s illusion has a pretty interesting effect. We have featured several animations that are similar to this one (see the Turning Wheel Optical Illusion and the Spinning Dancer Illusion), but I still find the effect to be very fascinating. The train in this animation is moving at a constant rate of speed. But what direction […]
Russian born artist Victor Molev is a painter a graphic artist currently living in Ontario, Canada. He previously worked as both an architect and a theater set painter. In his painting below, titled Mona Lisa (Water), seven fish jumping out of the water come together to form an image that resembles a portrait of Mona […]
In this painting by Ukrainian artist Oleg Shupliak, two girls in white can be seen walking around outside in a field. The girls are each wearing sun hats and carrying umbrellas. Can you find something else hiding in this painting?
I came across this simple animation this weekend and thought it had a pretty interesting effect. It features a very basic tessellation pattern composed only of black and white crosses. The crosses take turns rotating a quarter turn with the black crosses rotating counter-clockwise and the white crosses rotating clockwise. The overall effect is very […]
In this new painting from Canadian magic realism painter Rob Gonsalves titled Beyond the Reef, two different worlds morph seamlessly into one another. On the right side of the painting, a male and female can be seen snorkeling underwater and your viewpoint is from below. The female can be seen swimming near the surface while […]
