Ambiguous
12 January 2017 0 Comments
Swedish surreal photographer Erik Johansson created this photo-manipulation that depicts a scene where seasons meet. The woman in the foreground is using a giant needle to sew white sheets together. Behind her, the sheets that she has already sewn appear to be snow-covered ground. Regarding Erik Johansson’s creative process, he notes that: It always starts […]
Ambiguous
15 February 2016 0 Comments
A man with a lantern emerges from a grouping of pine trees and approaches the edge of a lake. As he looks down the coastline, the pine trees transform into skyscrapers in the night. Can you tell where the pine trees end and the skyscrapers begin? You have to wonder when Rob Gonsalves painted this […]
Video
12 November 2015 0 Comments
Masashi Atarashi, a physics teacher at Aichi Prefectural Gojo Senior High School in Japan created this video that demonstrates what he calls the “Snow Blind illusion”. The illusion itself is a very simple one, and you have probably already witnessed this in the past. Watch how the speed of falling snowflakes appears to be accelerated […]
Ambiguous
24 August 2015 0 Comments
When Jim Warren was in high school, he began painting and selling artwork. Since that time, he has become a “Living Legend of the Art World”. In 1981, he painted the cover of the Grammy Award winning cover for Bob Seger’s “Against the Wind”. Regarding this limited edition print titled “After the Storm”, Jim Warren […]
Natural
3 August 2015 0 Comments
Some people say that a photograph is worth a thousand words. I think that today’s photograph is worth quite more than that. This photograph was taken by wildlife photographer Michael S. Nolan at the Austfonna ice cap located on Nordaustlandet in Svalbard, Norway. Despite what you might think, the photograph has not been edited or […]
Hidden Objects
20 January 2014 2 Comments
A deer stands alone in a snow-covered forest. But is it truly alone? This is the second most popular print that Florida artist Donald “Rusty” Rust sells. His most popular print is the Hidden Tiger Illusion which can be found in our archives. Over the course of his career, Rust has created more than 15,000 […]
Natural
25 November 2013 0 Comments
The following photograph was captured on the side of a snow-covered mountain. Do you see someone hiding in the landscape? For a similar illusion involving a face that can be found in nature, be sure to revisit the Apache Head in the Rocks.