Optical Illusions

Your next challenge will be to create an Optical Illusion.  There are a variety of illusions you can attempt--even some that create a sense of movement like the one above. 

Please explore the links below (or discover your own) and find an illusion to recreate using your own designs.

Size 11" x 17"

Resolution 300ppi

The Science of Optical Illusions

http://people.cornellcollege.edu/dsherman/illusions/

Motion-Induced Blindness

http://www.michaelbach.de/ot/mot-mib/index.html

Induced Grating

http://www.michaelbach.de/ot/lum_induced-grating/index.html

Contrast Grain Control

http://www.michaelbach.de/ot/lum_contrast-adapt/index.html

106 Visual Phenomena & Optical Illusions

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

Illusion Gallery

http://www.grand-illusions.com/acatalog/ig-index.html

Tournament of the Eyes

http://www.mada.org.il/brain/tournament-e.html

More on Moires

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moir%C3%A9_pattern

More Illusions

http://www.opticalillusion.net/

http://cargocollective.com/easa_illusion/Animated-Optical-Illusions

http://www.archimedes-lab.org/page13b.html

http://www.moillusions.com/

http://www.colorcube.com/illusions/illusion.htm

Animated Optical Illusion How-to’s

http://www.socialphy.com/posts/do-it-yourself/15193/Create-your-own-animated-optical-illusion.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvNjsOl1Ag0

Photoshop Optical Illusion Tutorials

http://tag.wonderhowto.com/photoshop-optical-illusion/

http://psd.tutsplus.com/tutorials/tutorials-effects/how-to-create-a-moving-image-optical-illusion-basix/

http://www.howtogeek.com/103455/stupid-photoshop-tricks-create-an-optical-illusion-double-portrait/

The Cheshire Cat Illusion Explained

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_RoDbP7nHc

*Dissecting the Cheshire Cat Illusion

http://www.grand-illusions.com/articles/CheshireCat.pdf

*An In-Depth Article on Knowledge and Perception

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