Optical Illusions

"Op Art" classics (eg Vase or Faces), plus lots of images that I wish would just stop moving around! Everything by Escher qualifies, of course! In its broadest sense, "optical illusions" are everywhere we look. I have made some choices here, but urge you to look at the pins I have on different boards that are also optical illusions: Perfect Camo, Body Painting, Street Art/Trompe L'Oeil, and even (with a stretch) Inlay. My 3-D Quilts board and the Tiles and Mosaics board also include examples.
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an abstract black and white background with many smaller squares in the same pattern, including one that appears to be distorted
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"Moving reversible figures" The second and fourth rows appear to move rightward while the rest leftward. In addition, the borders of the rows appear to tilt: clockwise, counterclockwise, clockwise, counterclockwise from the top to the bottom.
a black and white checkered pattern with circles
An Illusion That’ll Make Your Eyes Bulge
I love optical illusions, especially ones where you know what your eyes are telling your brain is wrong, but you can’t seem to get your brain to see that. The famous Checkerboard Illusion is a great example of this. Look at it: You know it’s an illusion, and you just...
a blue and yellow checkered pattern with white squares on the bottom, in different colors
I Drew Three Hundred Optical Illusions And Found How To Practically Use Them
an orange and red pattern with green dots in the center on a white background photo
Bouncing Tomato Illusion
an abstract blue and orange spiral design
an abstract background consisting of several different shapes
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an abstract black and white background with purple circles