Over the Moon by Rob Gonsalves

Ambiguous 28 March 2016 0 Comments

Over the Moon by Rob Gonsalves

In this ambiguous painting by Rob Gonsalves, a young girl is having fun on a tree swing.  As she gets higher and higher, it seems that her feet might touch the moon.  Moving from left to right, can you see where the painting transitions from the girl swinging from a tree under the moonlight to […]

Family of Birds by Octavio Ocampo

Ambiguous 10 March 2016 0 Comments

Family of Birds by Octavio Ocampo

This painting from Mexican artist Octavio Ocampo effectively uses negative space to create two distinct images that occupy the same space.  Do you see a tree and several birds or do you see the face of a woman?  You cannot view them both at the same time, but you can very easily flip-flop between the […]

Young Lady / Lion by Arvind Narale

Upside Down 15 January 2016 0 Comments

Young Lady / Lion by Arvind Narale

Born and trained in India, Arvind Narale is an architect by profession who currently lives in Canada.  He attended Banff School of Fine Arts in Alberta where he studied watercolor and oil painting.  Among his many talents is the ability to create drawings that have multiple meanings when viewed from different directions.  Below is an […]

Trippy Double Vision Makeup

Video 29 October 2015 0 Comments

Trippy Double Vision Makeup

With Halloween right around the corner,  why not take some tips from make-up guru Promise Tamang and turn your face into a double face?  Watch this video and I guarantee that you will be completely freaked out with what she finally comes up with.  It is extremely difficult to look at and seems to be […]

Mouth of Flower by Octavio Ocampo

Ambiguous 27 August 2015 0 Comments

Mouth of Flower by Octavio Ocampo

Today’s optical illusion is another wonderful painting from Mexican artist Octavio Ocampo.   His surreal and metamorphic paintings often can be interpreted in multiple ways.  What do you see first when you look at the image below?  Do you see some flowers and a butterfly or the face of a beautiful woman?  I always see the […]

Green Haired Girl

Forced Perspective 8 May 2015 0 Comments

Green Haired Girl

At first glance, it kind of looks like this girl has a wild head of green hair, doesn’t it? To see additional photographs that use strange angles and a bit of ruse, please be sure to check out the Grabbing the Tower Optical Illusion and the Strange Looking Kid Optical Illusion. (via Koldunov Brothers)

Girl with a Pearl Earring by Jane Perkins

Composite 26 March 2015 0 Comments

Girl with a Pearl Earring by Jane Perkins

Jane Perkins takes ordinary objects that she finds in various places and arranges them into something completely new.  Shown below is her recreation of Dutch painter Vermeer’s Girl With a Pearl Earring.   She finds most of her materials at charity shops, boot sales (a kind of flea market popular in the UK), and recycling […]