This installment of optical illusions features a collection of “wavy” anomalous motion images.
Note: As with most optical illusion, but specially with anomalous motion ones, if you get dizzy or feel strange when seeing these its best that you stop looking!
These affects are specially noticeable in full size, so make sure to click on [...]

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Who hasn’t but their hands together in front of a source of light, making all sorts of fun shapes and animals?
The following is a collection of 17 shadows and the proper hand placement to make them. Give it a try!

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Celebrating the beginning of spring, here are some blooming and expanding flowers and a couple of butterflies by Akiyoshi Kitaoka, Professor, Department of Psychology, Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto, Japan.
Be sure to click on each image for a full size view, for a more impacting effect.
Enjoy!
 
 

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You’ve seen the Scary House Illusion Video I posted before.
This dragon illusion is similar, but in my opinion it packs a more powerful effect because of the eyes that follow you.
If you’d like to create your own version, right click here, select Save As… and you’ll download the ‘blue print’ for the dragon. Print it [...]

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Distortion
This circle appears to be distorted by the lines, but in fact, it’s a perfect circle.

 
Motion
The circle appears to flicker and move.

 
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This illusions post is dedicated to optical illusions involving words.
 
Ambiguity
This ambigram is by John Langdon.

 
Good vs. Evil
Proof that good and evil do in fact co-exist.

 
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This is one of my favorite kinds of illusion. If you recall, in one of the first posts of the series there a was Charlie Chaplin illusion. In it, when the mask mask rotated to the back side it appeared to be concave and bulge forward.
Here’s a similar illusion by www.coolopticalillusions.com, using the same technique, [...]

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The following is a collection of perspective and perception illusions. Enjoy!
 
The Arcs
These two arcs, believe it or not are the same exact size and shape.

 
Color Shift Effect
Though you eyes don’t want to see it, A & B are the same shade of gray.

 
Monsters
These two monsters are exactly the same size. The effect is created by [...]

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This installment of optical illusions is dedicated to Akiyoshi Kitaoka’s anomalous motion illusions. The effects are much more noticeable in full size, so be sure to click on the images for a better view.
 
Shifting Crows
The top portion appears to move to the left, while the bottom appears to move to the right.
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I recently posted a number of amazing works of art by Julian Beever (3D Pavement Drawings).
The following is a time lapse video of the making of the “Girl In The Water” Aveeno advertising painting. It shows his technique, attention to detail and stunning execution. Enjoy!

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