Optical illusion - images - Page 3

HungLikeJesus · 12-11-2011, 08:55 AM

My wife is making Xmas cards, so I asked her if she could incorporate this in some of them:

If you look at it for a few seconds you'll think that there are blinking lights at the corners of the squares.

I'm trying to find something similar in color that can be made to look like a tree.

footfootfoot · 12-11-2011, 10:31 AM

the lines are a little too fat, but something like this?

HungLikeJesus · 12-11-2011, 11:18 AM

Yes, like that, except I can't see the blinking dots in the color version.

footfootfoot · 12-11-2011, 11:59 AM

That's partially a function of the lines being too thick and also somewhat the contrast in value. Yellow and purple may work better. Lemme see.

This is a bit better. There is a red/green combo in pigment that is particularly electric. I don't think it works as well with monitors. Though maybe it's and RGB vs CMYK thing. It could also be that the pigments themselves have an intensity that can't be mixed with CMYK

classicman · 12-11-2011, 02:04 PM

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Originally Posted by ZenGum

I suspect the angles of the squares is critical, because they trick the brain into thinking the circle at that point is aligned with the edge of the squares, which makes us project the circle in the wrong direction, causing the circles to look overlapping and entangled.

Sometimes the answer is a simple one:

Quote:

I agree...

lol

Sundae · 12-11-2011, 02:35 PM

But who looks at a Christmas card for minutes...?
(I couldn't get any of them to work for me, but that may be the monitor)

HungLikeJesus · 12-11-2011, 02:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by footfootfoot

That's partially a function of the lines being too thick and also somewhat the contrast in value. Yellow and purple may work better. Lemme see.

This is a bit better. There is a red/green combo in pigment that is particularly electric. I don't think it works as well with monitors. Though maybe it's and RGB vs CMYK thing. It could also be that the pigments themselves have an intensity that can't be mixed with CMYK

I think the scintillating grid actually has lighter colored dots at the intersections, which give the blinking light effect.

infinite monkey · 12-11-2011, 03:34 PM

I saw blinkies on both of the color ones too. Made me seasick. I see them as soon as I look at it too. They're fainter on the color ones, but I see 'em.

HungLikeJesus · 12-11-2011, 04:03 PM

Well, those are supposed to work better when you view them from farther away, and you're way out in Ohio.

infinite monkey · 12-11-2011, 04:55 PM

Yeah, plus I'm drunk.

I'm kidding. I kid.

footfootfoot · 12-11-2011, 05:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HungLikeJesus

I think the scintillating grid actually has lighter colored dots at the intersections, which give the blinking light effect.

Yeah I started dicking with making brighter dots and then was all like, fuck it I'm going to go take a nap and not clean the kitchen.

Gravdigr · 12-12-2011, 04:21 PM

Looks like a leaping Great White. It ain't. It was shot from beneath, near the surface.

Kinda illusiony.

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classicman · 12-12-2011, 04:58 PM

Doesn't look like a Great White, jus sayin.

ETA - Maybe it is - I thought at first it was a Black Tipped, but some images show Great Whites with similar markings (shrug)

Dolphin!

Gravdigr · 12-12-2011, 05:16 PM

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Originally Posted by classicman

Doesn't look like a Great White, jus sayin.

I'll go with black tip reef shark, per Classic, and Wikipedia.

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Gravdigr · 12-12-2011, 05:17 PM

It's all part of the illusion.

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12-11-2011, 10:31 AM	#32
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12-11-2011, 11:18 AM	#33
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	Yes, like that, except I can't see the blinking dots in the color version. __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

12-11-2011, 11:59 AM	#34
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	That's partially a function of the lines being too thick and also somewhat the contrast in value. Yellow and purple may work better. Lemme see. This is a bit better. There is a red/green combo in pigment that is particularly electric. I don't think it works as well with monitors. Though maybe it's and RGB vs CMYK thing. It could also be that the pigments themselves have an intensity that can't be mixed with CMYK Attached Images __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs Last edited by footfootfoot; 12-11-2011 at 12:18 PM.

12-11-2011, 02:35 PM	#36
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	But who looks at a Christmas card for minutes...? (I couldn't get any of them to work for me, but that may be the monitor) __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

12-11-2011, 03:34 PM	#38
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	I saw blinkies on both of the color ones too. Made me seasick. I see them as soon as I look at it too. They're fainter on the color ones, but I see 'em.

12-11-2011, 04:03 PM	#39
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	Well, those are supposed to work better when you view them from farther away, and you're way out in Ohio. __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

12-11-2011, 04:55 PM	#40
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	Yeah, plus I'm drunk. I'm kidding. I kid.

12-12-2011, 04:21 PM	#42
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	Looks like a leaping Great White. It ain't. It was shot from beneath, near the surface. Kinda illusiony. __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

12-12-2011, 04:58 PM	#43
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	Doesn't look like a Great White, jus sayin. ETA - Maybe it is - I thought at first it was a Black Tipped, but some images show Great Whites with similar markings (shrug) Dolphin! __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

12-12-2011, 05:17 PM	#45
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	It's all part of the illusion. __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

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