Art / Optical Illusions

[MarkyD]

I was searching for a specific optical illusion artist on the net who's work I saw but just forgot the name, finally found M.C Escher. But while searching I stumbled across this head melting video!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzSRVgF501M


Watch it, It'll have a weird effect on your eyeballs.

 

[Gramaisc]

Maurits Cornelis Escher, top chap, this is my favourite - Up & Down :-

 

[MarkyD]

So, so impressive. Must be have so confusing to draw, don't know how he did it. Incredible. A family member bought me 'Convex and Concave' as 1000 piece jigsaw. Either it was a cruel joke, or a genuine thought... Either way, I've given up with it!

I love this piece.

 

[Gramaisc]

I have a 'Light & Dark' jigsaw:-

 

[MarkyD]

Is there any artists you could recommend with a style that's very distinctive in the illusion style?

 

[Gramaisc]

Is there any artists you could recommend with a style that's very distinctive in the illusion style?

I do like René Magritte. He was more of a 'verbal' illusionist in a pictorial style :-

 

[John Marwood]

too much mepo bra mate?

 

[Mikinton]

http://www.michaelbach.de/ot/

 

[Gramaisc]

http://www.michaelbach.de/ot/

Excellent stuff - it must be real art, the eyes follow you about..

 

[MarkyD]

H.R Giger, one of the only artists who's work creeps me out. Awesome stuff!

 

[Admin]

H.R Giger, one of the only artists who's work creeps me out. Awesome stuff!

Just in case anyone was going to post any examples of H. R. Giger's work, please remember not to post anything inappropriate!

 

[Mikinton]

 

[Rikki]

Looking at that quite literally hurts.

 

[Gramaisc]

Guiseppe Arcimboldo was a bit of a strange bloke.

He did loads of ordinary stuff, but this kind of thing is all that is really remembered these days..

 

[MarkyD]

This one really makes your head hurt. Is she spinning left? or Right?

( if you look at the shadow of her foot she'll spin right when you look back up, if you look at her foot she'll start spinning left when you look back up)

When you realise she's not actually spinning just moving left then right half way.

 

[magda_xxx]

Maurits Cornelis Escher, top chap, this is my favourite - Up & Down :-

http://www.artchive.com/artchive/e/escher/escher_up_and_down.jpg

lol is so realistic i like that one!

 

[magda_xxx]

I was searching for a specific optical illusion artist on the net who's work I saw but just forgot the name, finally found M.C Escher. But while searching I stumbled across this head melting video!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzSRVgF501M


Watch it, It'll have a weird effect on your eyeballs.

grr that makes me feel sick!

 

[Gramaisc]

Maurits Cornelis Escher, top chap, this is my favourite - Up & Down :-

http://www.artchive.com/artchive/e/escher/escher_up_and_down.jpg

lol is so realistic i like that one!

It's not just that he understood perspective enough to abuse it and still make it appear to work, but he was a great technician, too.

 

[Mikinton]

My dentist used to have an Escher on the ceiling above his chair. It was a good way of distracting you from all the hardware he was shoving in your mouth.

 

[gdavies]

these are the best i have seen http://www.impactlab.net/2006/03/09/amazing-3d-sidewalk-art-photos/