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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.Please leave us your thoughts on each of the illusions we feature and check back often for updates, new illusions will be added on a regular basis so keep us bookmarked.
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3D Illusions | Afterimages | Double Meanings | Illusion Art | Impossible Objects Moving Images | Photo Manipulations | Shape and Color Size and Distance |Shadows and Mirrors |
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Public lavatory false wall Category: 3D Illusions | Added: January 15, 2010 | 1 comment
Bringing a whole new meaning to the term 'public lavatory' this piece of artwork featured on a far wall brings added depth to the room and showing what it might be like if other people were in there using the facilities. On a slightly different note - why is there a guy rolling a ball down the grooves in the floor ? ( More... )
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Leaning Tower Illusion Category: Size and Distance | Added: November 30, 2009 | 3 comments
These two images of the Leaning Tower of Pisa are identical but if you look at them closely you'll notice that the tower on the right appears to be leaning more than the one on the left even though there is no difference between the two. This illusion won the Best Visual Illusion of the Year contest in 2007. ( More... )
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Image Credit: Frederick Kingdom, Ali Yoonessi and Elena Gheorghiu |
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The black dot Category: Afterimages | Added: November 18, 2009 | 4 comments
Try staring at the dot in the center of this image, after a time the grey area around the dot will seem to shrink and disappear. ( More... )
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Image Credit: This image is believed to be in the public domain. |
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Cafe Wall Illusion Category: Shape and Color | Added: November 7, 2009 | Add a comment!
This cafe found in Bristol at the bottom of St Michael's Hill features an elaborate wall design. The black and white pattern uses straight horizontal lines however to the observer the lines appear to the bent. ( More... )
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Image Credit: Wikipedia, CC 3.0 |
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Salvador Dali Illusion Category: Double Meanings | Added: October 31, 2009 | 3 comments
Here's a spooky illusion just in time for Halloween. What do you see in this picture, a profile of Salvafor Dali or a ghostly woman ? ( More... )
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Image Credit: This image is believed to be in the public domain. |
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