Tuesday, 30 August 2011

Anomalous Blobs Illusion

This is an example of an "Anomalous motion" optical illusion. In other words, a static image that is percieved to have some form of motion.

Blob anomalous motion illusion

Sunday, 28 August 2011

Flipped Face Optical Illusion


bumps illusion

Nothing much going on, eh? Now look at the same image flipped:

illusion2
We can see just how odd the upside down eyes and smile look now.

Saturday, 27 August 2011

Light Illusion

optical illusion
The area near the center of the above illusion appears lighter than the surrounding area.

Friday, 26 August 2011

Thursday, 25 August 2011

Sunday, 21 August 2011

"The Spins" Illusion

Yet another one that looks way better in my original artwork which is much bigger than what is able to fit on a webpage nicely. But, I still think the illusion of motion comes through well -- even at this size.