Optical Illusions

Painting of a Narcissus using a conic aluminum mirror to construct and deconstruct the main image.

This optical illusion was submitted by Fletcher Smith.

This is moving picture, the hearts appear to move when you look at it

This optical illusion was submitted by Anh Pham .

A simple cube optical illusion where we see what looks like floating or levitation.

Video:

This optical illusion was submitted by Rex Young.

You can persive this illusion in 2 ways

This optical illusion was submitted by Anh Pham.

is this possible?

This optical illusion was submitted by LUE.

Conic Anamorphic image from 2009.
Acrylic on panel.
10″ diameter

This optical illusion was submitted by Fletcher Smith.

A three dimensional model of the Penrose impossible triangle.

The illusion is revealed in this video:

This optical illusion was submitted by Rex Young.

An impossible object model. A trick of perspective makes it appear as a castle with a physically impossible shape.

The illusion is revealed in the video below:

This optical illusion was submitted by Rex Young.

A flat, 2D picture of a frog appears to the eye as three dimensional. The frog is stretched to 3 times his normal height, making the flat picture look like a real object.

This optical illusion was submitted by Rex Young.

Stare into the Strobe Illusion and begin to hallucinate!

After watching for 30 seconds your vision will distort and things around you will appear to move as if you’re underwater, tripping out… or going into flashback. The walls around you will appear to breathe, expanding and shrinking.

This is a very effective optical illusion that will distort your vision. It is not a prank or ’scare’ application.

Enjoy!

This optical illusion was submitted by Paul Neave.