Here is an interesting peice of optical illusion art - check
out this box. At first, it looks just fine, but after you study it for
a little while, you'll see that it is in fact an impossible shape. The
shading on the inside of the box helps add to the effect of depth, and
the shading on the side of the box further leads to more and more confusion
the more you look at it! Carefully follow each shaded side with your
eye, when you get to the other side, you'll quickly notice that something
is wrong!
Are you an artist? If you were looking for a cool subject to paint
or make a drawing of in your art class, wouldn't this be a nice thing
to show your classmates? Feel free to print this page, stick it in your
back pocket and use it as a reference. This is another one of our favorite
examples of impossible optical illusion art.
Please rate this illusion/picture. Your ratings help us choose which new optical illusions to create:
Best of the Best ...
Most Popular for October 2009:
Same Shade Diamonds Our newest optical illusion.
We just created it on 10/10/2009
Wow! It will look like the diamonds on the top are much darker than the diamonds on the bottom.
You won't believe how amazing this incredible optical illusion is.
Watch as the scary faces disappear before your eyes.
The longer you stare the stronger the illusion. Perfect to send to your friends for Halloween!
The Obama Illusion
We made this original Barack Obama Illusion and then we made it famous!
Stare for about 30 seconds and you'll see his ghostly image appear on the wall!
Valentines Day Love Test Illusion
This is one of our most highly rated illusions by our visitors. Watch the hearts disappear before your very eyes!
This is really cool. You'll start to see the hearts disappear as you fixate at the center. Don't miss it.
Moving Spiral Illusion
A version of our original moving spiral illusion was recently published in a popular college textbook.
It uses multiple illusory principles to give the illusion that it is moving when it is absolutely not moving. Big enough to be your desktop background!
Build Your Own Impossible Triangle
Instructions so you can build your own impossible triangle. Tell M.C. Escher that it's not so impossible after all!
Comes with a printable PDF guide with dotted lines for the folds and clearly marked lines to cut. See pictures of visitors submitted triangles too!
If you don't have time to see the hundreds of illusions today, see if you can at least catch all of these...
