Ambiguous
30 May 2017 0 Comments
I originally saw this series of images on the homepage of Optical Spy while searching for new optical illusions to post on this blog. I wasn’t sure if this was something that they created internally, or if they were something that they had found elsewhere on the Internet. It looked like a series of professionally-shot […]
Upside Down
30 January 2017 0 Comments
Russian cartoonist Valentine Dubinin illustrated this unique portrait. It depicts a duck hunter in the water getting ready to fire at a duck desperately attempting to flee the scene. The hunter’s dog can be seen in the lower right-hand corner of the image, possibly ready to retrieve the duck if the hunter lands a successful […]
Trompe L'oeil
24 November 2016 0 Comments
I hope everyone is having a terrific Thanksgiving. Today’s optical illusion is an homage to the bird that many of you will be feasting on today (and likely for several more days to come in the form of left-overs). This hand painting by Guido Daniele features a turkey. The painting is part of his series […]
Hidden Objects
18 October 2016 0 Comments
Try to find 11 trout in this hidden image wildlife painting by artist Steven Michael Gardner. Look carefully as some are very easy to find while others are quite obscure. If you get stuck, you can find the answer to this puzzle by clicking here. You can also order a limited edition Giclee print of […]
Hidden Objects
2 August 2016 6 Comments
So…. hiding somewhere in this large pile of logs is a cat. Take a quick look and see if you can find the hidden feline. Did you find it? Apparently, when this image was posted on Reddit, many people were completely stumped as to the cat’s whereabouts. Several thought that the image could have been […]
Composite
16 May 2016 0 Comments
Brazlian artist Vik Muniz is no stranger to transforming trash and other discard items into beautiful works of art. We previously featured a video in which Muniz used hand-torn scraps of paper from magazines to recreate Van Gogh’s The Starry Night. In 2012, Muniz created a series of composite artworks under a series titled Scrap […]
Ambiguous
28 April 2016 0 Comments
I ran across this image the other day and almost just scrolled right past it. I was kind of wondering what the point of the picture of this man with a beard and glasses was. As I was scrolling, however, a set of eyes caught my eye which caused me to do a double take. […]