For some, a T-shirt represents an article of clothing worn as an undergarment.  For others, it is worn as a fashion statement as a medium of self-expression.  For Malaysian T-shirt  designer Chow Hon Lam (aka Flying Mouse), a tee represents a blank canvas on which a story can be told.  He believes that each of his illustrations has something to say and the people are certainly listening.  Chow’s tees have proven to be tremendously popular and have won many prestigious awards.  Nearly 100,000 people have purchased a tee shirt featuring one of Chow’s designs.  Many of his designs have illusion elements to them.  Ladder Maker, presented below, is a perfect example.

Image courtesy of Flying Mouse (aka Chow Hon Lam).  Please visit his site to view more of his designs.

István Orosz is a Hungarian painter and graphics designer, among other things.  His work is on par with (or better than) any other artist designing illusion-themed art alive today.  In the example below, titled Corner House, Orosz presents two windows that appear to be on opposite sides of a building.  At the same time, they also appear to be facing one another making the scene confusing and ultimately impossible.

Many of his other works also contain tricks involving perspective like the one employed above.  To view more of his works, visit his website at Gallery Diabolus or his blog.

Take a quick look at the image below.  Do you notice anything?  Does it make you feel like you are sea sick?  This is a wonderful example of a motion illusion.  Most people experience significant movement when they move their eyes around this image.  Some people will be convinced that it is an animated image, but it is entirely static.  If you begin to feel dizzy or light headed when viewing this image, please click off this page or scroll down.

This incredible motion illusion was created by Walter Anthony.  The original title for the image is actually “Sea Sickness”, but most people on the Internet now refer to it as the “Purple Nurple illusion”.

A thirsty boy fills up his cup with fresh water.

Creative positioning with a camera and subject can result is some very interesting forced perspective photographs.  Also be sure to check out this ripple in still water illusion.

As part of a publicity stunt to promote its new vehicle that runs on fuel cell technology, Mercedes decided to make the whole car invisible.  Watch how they did it in the video below.

The following photograph was captured by NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.  It is a lava flow in Elysium Planitia on the planet Mars.  Does it resemble anything?  Do you see the head and trunk of an elephant?  While it certainly is not proof of any life on Mars, it is an interesting natural illusion.

Image courtesy of NASA / JPL / University of Arizona.

Take a look at the image below.  How many circles do you see?

Some people will see them right away, but others will not see any circles at all, only a series of lines and squares.  If you don’t see them at first, keep looking.  There are a total of 16 circles here.  When you see them, you’ll wonder why you didn’t notice them right away.

Did you see them right away?  If not, can you see them now?

Japanese artist Miwa Miwa designed this ambiguous optical illusion.