Prepare to Be Amazed: Is That a Rubik’s Cube or a Drawing?
From the correct angle, you’d swear that these are three-dimensional objects
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Image: Brussup
First, watch this video:
What Brusspup has done here is draw some “anamorphic illusions.” They’re drawings that look three dimensional from the right angle. He writes, in the YouTube description:
These are so simple but always so amazing to see.
I did 3 anamorphic illusions. Rubiks cube, a roll of tape and a shoe. Which one is your favorite? I like the shoe the best.
Oh and lets not for the kitty cat. Hyder thought she was anamorphic for a bit there.
Here are the images for each one, so you can print them and play with them yourself:
Rubiks – http://i.imgur.com/ffAnX.jpg
Tape – http://i.imgur.com/GUU2b.jpg
Shoe – http://i.imgur.com/J8VNL.jpg
Anamorphic illustration can also be used in architecture, to create an image down a hallway, that then bends and warps from other angles. Other artists use the anamorphic propreties to have images emerge on objects, like this illusion:
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Picture of the Week—Optical Illusion
Did the Titanic Sink Because of an Optical Illusion?
