Joel Ydring, from Sweden, had a little fun with his daughter Tilla on a sunny day at the beach. Using his mobile phone camera and the space available on the beach, he created this fun video fea...
http://www.anopticalillusion.com/2017/10/tilla-at-the-beach/
I originally saw this series of images on the homepage of Optical Spy while searching for new optical illusions to post on this blog. I wasn’t sure if this was something that they created i...
http://www.anopticalillusion.com/2017/05/world-for-all-advertising-campaign/
We previously featured another piece created by Andrew Myers called An Artist’s Winter. He has traditionally used an very unlikely medium for his artwork – painted screws. That makes this...
http://www.anopticalillusion.com/2017/05/love-you-to-pieces-by-andrew-myers/
Take a good look at the the legs in this photograph. Do they appear to be shiny to you, as if they are wet or have oil rubbed on them? Would you believe that they are not oily at all? Instead...
http://www.anopticalillusion.com/2017/02/shiny-legs-optical-illusion/
In honor of Halloween, I thought I would post up something that I find to be a little bit on the creepy side. Some artist (if you know who did this, please let me know and I can add a credit at...
http://www.anopticalillusion.com/2016/10/disturbing-eye-painting/
I am always amazed when a talented artist can create a portrait that looks absolutely lifelike. This hyper-realistic portrait of a vibrant, young girl was created by an artist using a real phot...
http://www.anopticalillusion.com/2016/08/lifelike-portrait-from-photograph/
At first glance, this might not look like much of an optical illusion. But something is not quite right about this picture. You may notice it right away or it may take you a while to discover...
http://www.anopticalillusion.com/2016/05/three-girls-on-a-bench/
In this ambiguous painting by Rob Gonsalves, a young girl is having fun on a tree swing. As she gets higher and higher, it seems that her feet might touch the moon. Moving from left to right,...
http://www.anopticalillusion.com/2016/03/over-the-moon-by-rob-gonsalves/
This painting from Mexican artist Octavio Ocampo effectively uses negative space to create two distinct images that occupy the same space. Do you see a tree and several birds or do you see the ...
http://www.anopticalillusion.com/2016/03/family-of-birds-by-octavio-ocampo/
Born and trained in India, Arvind Narale is an architect by profession who currently lives in Canada. He attended Banff School of Fine Arts in Alberta where he studied watercolor and oil painti...
http://www.anopticalillusion.com/2016/01/young-lady-lion-by-arvind-narale/