Optical Illusions
Optical Illusions taken from: Mighty Optical Illusions
The below optical illusion was
created by John Pugh, he is an artist that does excellent trompe l’oeil
(French for trick the eye) murals. Magazines
wrote: "John Pugh’s trompe l’oeil murals are so lifelike they cause
mishaps and confusion for the unsuspecting. In 1981, after the
completion of his first major project, the mural on Taylor Hall on the
CSU, Chico campus, several fender benders occurred because motorists
were distracted by what looks like a gaping hole in the building."
For more Mural Pictures check the original John Pughs homepage.
This really a nice one. Circular snakes appear to rotate ’spontaneously’, while infact this is really a statical image.
Here
is an "impossible" version pictured with a high degree of realism. The
two points where the linear edges must overlap have been purposely
confused. The resulting figure produces an even more jarring
figure-ground dilemma, likely to be interpretted as humorous or
upsetting.
