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a few articles to learn more about optical illusions

Squirrel Stereogram

Stereograms

Is this a bird or a rabbit?

Ambiguous illusions

Billie Eilish drawn in 3D by Stephan Pabst

Anamorphic optical illusions

Kobi Levi shoes. best for stairs

Best for Stairs

Hole in Cat

Tribesman of North Sentinel Island

North Sentinel Tribesman

Cat with missing paw

Missing paw

Floating tree

Floating tree

Big dog in a doll house forced perspective

Big Dog

Black cat looks like a shadow

Shadow

Big dog looking over fence

Big dog

Painting the sky

Painting the sky

cat plastic bag

Cat in the bag

tree eye

Eye of a tree

milk splashing or dog with head in cup

Splash!

Goal perspective

Goal perspective

The black dog looks like it is floating above the sunbed

Floating Dog

black hole in a bed

Black hole

Confusing pants

Confusing pants

Legs up over the shoulders

Legs up

photo doctored by NASA

NASA doctored photos?

Screaming up or down?

Toki is flying through the woods

Flying through the woods

wolf pack

Wolf pack

too many legs to climb this ladder

Too many legs

hills with trees

Hills and trees

Square Fire Hydrant

Square Fire Hydrant

highway loop billboard for HotWheels

Highway Loop

Coca Cola optical illusion

Coca Cola

Pisa tower on the right leans more

Which one leans more?

concave and convex

The same image

cat defies gravity

Cat defies gravity

Floating tire tracks

Floating tracks

Dog with a very big mouth

What big mouth you have!

disappearing trailer

Disappearing trailer

Model ship illusion

Model ship on poles

Dog head floating

Dog head floating

Dog and log

Dog Log

Bald friends in a convertible

Bald friends

Boiling a bird, or is it just taking a bath?

Boiling a bird

Hanging kid in tree spirit

Hanging kid

Self-assembly cat

Self-assembly

giant christmas cat

Giant Christmas Cat

Sneaky steps

Sneaky steps

deflated dog

Deflated dog

Two giants thanks to forced perspective

Two giants

Skydiving Corgi

Skydiving Corgi

Bugs in a box

Bugs in a box

Not a brick

big cat on a roof

Big cat on the roof

joker peeping over shoulder

Joker Peeping over her Shoulder

cracked wall caused by snake

Cracked Wall

clown snake optical illusion pareidolia

Clown

cloud shaped like an angel

Angel

parquet floor or dangerous stairs?

Parquet Floor

Stairs up or down?

Up or Down?

impossible stair railing

Impossible Stair Railing

tree search for water

In Search for Water

Plane crash illusion

Plane Crash

Mother nature breastfeeding

Mother Nature

Mimetolith

Green Kong

Prehistoric snake

Prehistoric Snake

troll in the park

Troll in Allegany State Park

cactus rock climbing

Rock Climbing

An Ent named Laurel

Laurel the Tree

The eye of a cyber poppy

Cyber Poppy

Goofy tree with a face

Goofy Tree

Funny tree with a face

Funny tree with a face

a giant in the forest or real life ent

Giant in the Forest

Levitating horse

Levitating Horse

Volcano ash cloud pareidolia

Magayon and Pangaronon

Tsunami in Ohio

Tsunami in Ohio

Whale of a cloud

A Whale of a Cloud

Howling wolf cloud

Howling Wolf

A stair slide

Stair Slide

The floor's color scheme makes this chair seem stuck in an extra dimension.

Floor Color Creates Extra Dimension

3D floor or LEGO brick floor

LEGO brick floor

Water drop on the kitchen floor

Water drop

scale model of a courtyard

Scale Model of a Courtyard

Car grill mod

Grill Mod

Wireless bird

Wireless Bird

A dinosaur bird

Dinosaur Bird

Proof that birds are not real, and are spy drones

Birds are not Real

Pigeons sitting on wires creating shit music

Shit music

This bird has teeth.

Smile!

The top of a tree blew off in a storm and fell upside down. Now it looks like an Ent walking in the forest.

Ent walking

This mangrove tree is leaving the beach on tippy toes.

Tippy toes

Tree feet wide afro.

Afro tree

Catfusion optical illusion

Catfusion

Screw hole

The man on the left is not standing in the water next to the boat. He is sitting with his friends in the boat.

Next to the boat

One-punch cat illusion

One-Punch Cat

Footprint in the sand

This Godzilla cloud is a case of pareidolia

Godzilla

This dog cloud was jumping over Manhattan in 2014

Dog jumping over Manhattan

The Taj Mahal seems to shrink as you get closer.

Taj Mahal

Finally a more creative forced perspective photo at the Leaning Tower of Pisa. The photographer, Suíssas, is a very creative artist making optical illusion photos that are next level, like this Checkmate.

Checkmate

The Gateway Arch in St Louis is an optical illusion. The arch is as tall as it is wide; 192 meters. But from nearly every angle it will seem much taller than it is wide.

Gateway Arch

This fungus is named Xylaria polymorpha, but more commonly known as dead man's fingers. This example is a perfect illusion, with 5 digits and more shaped like a hand than other specimens. It really looks like a zombie is going to rise up from the ground.

Dead Man’s Fingers

This tetanus rainbow was created without Photoshop tricks. The photographer chose the right forced perspective (and an ultra-wide angle).

Tetanus Rainbow

This cute puppy creates a really strange optical illusion. It looks like a giant puffy face with large cheeks and a pouted mouth.

Puffy Face

If you look closely at the headless woman, just above the shoulder, you can see an ear.

Headless Woman

A lap tiger created with forced perspective

Lap Tiger