Optical Illusionist is a blog and gallery site dedicated to providing a stunning selection of mind boggling optical illusions, eye tricks, mind puzzles and other teasers. You can find everything here from impossible objects to 3D chalk drawings and everything in between.

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Shake your head illusion
Category: Shape and Color | Added: January 31, 2012 | 29 comments
Here\'s an illusion that\'s sure to give you a headache. Try staring at the vertical lines while shaking your head from side to side - you should see something interesting.

Shake your head illusion
Image Credit: This image is believed to be in the public domain.

Temple of many columns
Category: Impossible Objects | Added: May 28, 2011 | 64 comments
Naile sent us this drawing of a rather unusual temple, while at a glance it may seem that there\'s nothing particularly unusual about it if you look closer you will find that the number of columns are somewhat confusing to determine. How many can you count in the picture ?

Temple of many columns
Image Credit: This image is believed to be in the public domain.

Glass half empty or half full ?
Category: Double Meanings | Added: May 13, 2011 | 0 comments
While not quite an optical illusion this image does help to represent the paradox of duality. One of these glasses is half empty and one of them is half full, but which is which ? Is there even an answer or can both be one or the other ?

Glass half empty or half full ?
Image Credit: Lucia Sofo

Butterfly Afterimage
Category: Afterimages | Added: May 2, 2011 | 16 comments
Rachel Howell sent this impressive afterimage of a butterfly in to us via email, to see the effect try staring at the white cross in the center for 35 seconds and then looking away at a blank surface.

Butterfly Afterimage
Image Credit: Rachel Howell

Lego impossible object
Category: Impossible Objects | Added: April 11, 2011 | 11 comments
This is an alternative version of an impossible object made out of lego, the straight beam across the top appears to connect to the front and back columns without bending even though they are some distance apart. The lego man looks suitably confused - i don't blame him.

Lego impossible object
Image Credit: This image is believed to be in the public domain.

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