Optical Illusions

[jmarin]

be sure to take a moment of your time and carefully observe the attached photo. Have you noticed anything strange in it? How about them cups of hot chocolate? Anything suspicious?

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Mmmm, beside the hot chocolate look very fake and they are served with forks?

[Cynthia]

yes, i see something wrong in the right one,it's shape is wrong!

Mmmm, beside the hot chocolate look very fake and they are served with forks?

But it has nothing to do with optical illusions

[gerrit1951]

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[Cynthia]

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It is a cake instead of cup of coffee.

No wonder it serves with fork

[80beyond]

The Purple Nurple, as this illusion is called, is what’s known as an anomalous motion illusion (sometimes grouped in with animation optical illusions), whereby a series of shapes and colors creates the appearance of movement while staying completely still. The illusion style was first created, studied and perfected by Professor Akiyoshi Kitaoka, who noticed that certain images appear to move when viewed with your peripheral vision.

The effect is utterly surreal, making the viewer feel as though he or she is on some type of psychedelic drug, even if he or she has never messed with the stuff before. This particular image was created by Walter Anthony.

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[80beyond]

I know this question seems a bit arbitrary, but if you had to choose, which of these shapes below should be called a Bouba and which should be called a Kiki?

If you’re like 98% of people, you said the pointy one on the left is a Kiki and the blobish one on the right seems like a Bouba. These studies show that the human mind has a tendency to extract certain features from things that seem as seemingly neutral as shapes and sounds.

There’s something about the spikiness of the one on the left that just begs for a more piercing word like “Kiki.” On the other hand, the soft curves of the one on the right demand a softer, gentler word like “Bouba.”

While this matter isn’t technically an illusion, it does shine an interesting light on the way we perceive things, which is exactly why illusions fascinate us so much. Next time you see an illusion that really blows your mind, consider how the mind perceives the shapes and lines in the image and ask yourself, is this a Kiki or a Bouba?
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[80beyond]

Sam Saxton has a bit of a gift, he can not only visualize how to make just about any word into an ambigram, meaning it can be read right side up or upside down, he also knows how to draw people with that same technique. The result is a series of celebrities, historical figures, even Star Wars characters and superheros that can be read and visualized from either direction.

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[80beyond]

Did you know that Octavio Ocampo is one of Mexico’s most prolific artists?, yet I feel it’s important to know he is very well known for his evocative paintings in which detailed images are intricately woven together to create larger images. This is what Octavio Ocampo terms as metamorphic style. I’ve added the cropped thumbnail just so that you don’t miss the “hidden” details in this one.

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The rare full-size original

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[gerrit1951]

Photoshop has made it so that anyone can take a mediocre photograph, upload it to the computer and end up with a great shot after a little editing. While it’s a great step forward for photographers and amateurs alike, it has led to a lot of “professional” photographers who don’t really know what it takes to make a photo great from the start – without all the bells and whistles of photo editing software.

Fortunately, there are a number of talented photographers out there that know how to make a great photograph without any additional editing. Occasionally, those photographers decide to show off their skills by trying to do crazy Photoshop-style effects without using anything but their camera. Artist Henry Hadlow took this idea to the extreme by making up his own Photoshop window with the help of a few friends.

The first pic is perhaps the simplest, mimicking a blur tool by simply messing with the focus depth in the shot, but the erase and color change tools took a lot of creativity and dedication to put together.

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[80beyond]

This is From Anh Pham, Just check out some of his latest moving patterns attached in this post. The effect is truly amazing, and the influence by some of the legendary optical illusion masters (like Akiyoshi Kitaoka) is more than obvious. Which of these seemingly moving patterns works best for you?

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