I am extremely saddened to have learned about the passing of one of the great masters of illusion – Rob Gonsalves. According to his official Facebook page, Rob passed away on June 14, 2017. I just found out about this a week ago when speaking to a mutual acquaintance. I was fortunate to feature several […]
Not surprisingly, Truly Design has created another very nice anamorphic graffiti piece. This one featuring a pair of bear constellations (which are part of a larger project featuring other murals) was painted on the walls of Scuola Holden – School of Storytelling & Performing Arts in Turin, Italy. This photograph shows the painting from an […]
Optical artist Kaia Nao designed the following star that incorporates a peripheral drift effect applied to a random pattern. Does it appear to be moving? This illusion was selected to be a finalist in the 2012 Best Illusion of the Year Contest.
Does it look like the red portion of this animation is rotating clockwise and the blue portion is rotating counter-clockwise? The blue part is actually stationary, only the red part is moving. This effect was described by Peter van der Helm in an abstract in 2006 and was a Top 10 finalist in the 2007 […]
