Realistic painters convey the illusion of reality, volume or distance by making good intuitive use of perspective, color, lighting and shadow. When they are successful, the creation is sometimes ...

Before jumping on in we have one question on our minds: what is an optical illusion? Optical illusions ... works in different ...

Among the most popular and intriguing forms of brain puzzles are optical illusions—cleverly designed images that trick our ...

Personally, he is drawn to these kinds of optical illusions in other works ... Though the works are painted on flat surfaces, the use of perspective and shadow makes it appear that people are ...

This room toys with our brain's sense of perspective. Almost any room we ... proved with his Checker shadow illusion that the human brain is easily fooled when asked to determine the true color ...

The illusion here has multiple factors at play but the main reason being the shadow cast on the board ... this is another example of forced perspective. It works, neuroscientist Stephen Macknik ...

The natural play of light, perspective ... no Photoshop tricks—just light, shadow, and a bit of luck. The fact that this illusion happened naturally makes it even more special.

If so, did you know this optical illusion has a name and can deceive even the sharpest eye? A photography technique known as forced perspective can make things appear bigger or smaller than they ...

For more mind-bending illusions, see the checker shadow illusion. And check out how researchers are using AI to make optical illusions.

And that's just happened with this (I admit, fairly old) Super Mario optical illusion that perfectly encapsulates relative motion – and gives a new perspective on the techniques used in game design.