Dual Axis Illusion

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Dual Axis Illusion by Frank Force

The Dual Axis Illusion appears to defy logic. It was created by Frank Force and beat out many great optical illusions to claim first place at the 2019 Best Illusion of the Year Contest. The spinning shape seems to rotate around both a horizontal and vertical axis simultaneously. To add to the confusion, the direction […]

Charlie Chaplin Optical Illusion

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Charlie Chaplin Optical Illusion

Charlie Chaplin made his name as a comic actor in silent films During his illustrious career, he directed eleven films including hits such as City Lights, The Gold Rush, Modern Times, The Great Dictator, and The Kid. In this video, Charlie changes it up a bit and plays the role of an optical illusion. A […]

Partial Disappearance Illusion

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Partial Disappearance Illusion

This video optical illusion was another finalist for the 2017 Best Illusion of the Year Contest.  It was created by Kokichi Sugihara from Meiji University in Japan. Three objects that appear to be identical, are reflected in a mirror.  Oddly enough, different parts of each of the three objects disappear.  For the first object (on […]

TILLA – Beach Optical Illusion

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TILLA - Beach Optical Illusion

Joel Ydring, from Sweden, had a little fun with his daughter Tilla on a sunny day at the beach.  Using his mobile phone camera and the space available on the beach, he created this fun video featuring his daughter.  As the little girl runs toward the camera, you begin to realize that it is an […]

Love You to Pieces by Andrew Myers

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Love You to Pieces by Andrew Myers

We previously featured another piece created by Andrew Myers called An Artist’s Winter.  He has traditionally used an very unlikely medium for his artwork – painted screws.  That makes this work the first of its kind for Andrew.  Myers created this composite portrait using broken recycled wood pieces.  He meticulously arranged, painted, attached to steel […]

More Amazing Anamorphic Illusions

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More Amazing Anamorphic Illusions

The Youtube artist known as Brusspup has come up with some really good anamorphic optical illusion videos in the past.  Here are some additional anamorphic illusions that he created which will surely blow your mind.  You’ll see a red Solo cup that really isn’t there along.  Then you will witness some other really nice anamorphic […]

Silhouette Zoetrope

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Silhouette Zoetrope

This video, created by Christine Veras of Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, pays homage to the early zoetropes from the 19th century.  The zoetrope consists of a cylinder with slits cut vertically in the sides.  When the cylinder in the middle of the contraption in this video is rotated, the slots strobe behind the cutout […]