Optical illusions are some of the coolest styles of art out there—from “spinning” wheels that are really stationary, to those famous shift-in-perception pictures we know from psychology classes. They have the ability to entrance us, make us say “What the–?” as we try to figure out their mysteries. Some optical illusions turn up as street art, or maybe just the way a drain is framed by bubbles as the water empties out of the sink. Here are some of those illusions, and more.
5. A-Mazed
5. A-Mazed
The girl doing a handstand on the grass in between two of those chalk lines makes it look like she’s doing gymnastics on top of an actual maze. It’s freaky once your perception shifts.
4. Clipper Ship
4. Clipper Ship
Whoever drew this one is not only supremely good at detail, but the arranging of the three pieces of paper behind the first, and then drawing parts of the ship on each of those pieces to make it look like it’s popping off the page? There are no words for this 3D genius.
3. Llama-Head
3. Llama-Head
Apart from the fact that we know the person’s hiding behind the llama head, it’s still funny as anything.
2. Sand Game
2. Sand Game
Just look at the image, think about it and you’ll see what’s going on. After you freak out for a couple of seconds, that is.
1. Tree-for-a-Brain—Igor Morski
1. Tree-for-a-Brain—Igor Morski
At first you think it’s just a silhouette of a face with a nature picture in the background, but then you pull back and you realize the tree looks like a brain in the top of the silhouette’s head.
