Author and illustrator Mark Crilley is the creator of Brody’s Ghost, Miki Falls, Akiko and Billy Clikk. He also happens to publish how-to-draw videos on Youtube. Periodically, he features a “Realism Challenge” where he draws a likeness of something directly next to the real object. In the time-lapse example below, he tears a playing card […]
Roy Lichtenstein was an American pop artist whose style was influenced by both popular advertising and comic books. He created a sculpture titled House I for the National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden in Washington D.C. in 1998. The house, constructed with fabricated and painted aluminum, appears to be normal when viewed from a fixed […]
Using poster board, tape and some creativity, Brusspup created the following incredible anamorphic illusion of the Apple corporate logo in his apartment. The illusion is completed when he enters the room and shuts a glass sliding door and window. The entire setup took him approximately 10 hours to complete. Being a perfectionist, Brusspup thought that […]
In the video below, two colored bars (feet) move horizontally across the screen. One is red and the other is blue. Stare at the area marked “Look Here” and watch what happens as the bars move across the two different backgrounds. As they travel across a background that is striped, they appear to be out […]
Brusspup had to drain his pool and used the opportunity to create a new anamorphic illusion. When standing in a specific spot, a blue #2 pool ball can be seen in the pool. From all other angles, the ball is distorted. Additional footage related to the creation of this optical illusion can be viewed by […]
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 […]
As the camera moves, the dragon’s head appears to follow it. Whether the camera moves side to side or up and down, the eyes always seem to move to look directly at the camera. The video reveals how the illusion works. Your mind makes the assumption that the dragon head is shaped one way when […]
