Gianni Sarcone (GianniSarcone)

E-MOTION: Moving hearts (For Sale)

Gianni Sarcone (GianniSarcone) — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 02:42:51 -0800

As you sweep your gaze around the picture, the small red hearts appear to move diagonally in two opposite directions, while the large blue heart seem to pulsate slightly. An incredible optical illusion for a great Valentine's day gift!

Impossible 3D structure (For Sale)

Gianni Sarcone (GianniSarcone) — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 07:58:30 -0800

An impossible 3D structure* based on an Islamic geometric tiling. * An impossible 3D structure is an object that cannot exist according to the known laws of physics. Impossible objects belong to the paradoxical sphere of neither existing nor non-existing objects. While they are fun to look at and ponder over, such impossible figures also reveal important insights into how our mind constructs a three-dimensional percept from a two-dimensional image.

TIMBER'S CONFUSION (For Sale)

Gianni Sarcone (GianniSarcone) — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 10:25:26 -0800

How many wooden beams are there in the picture? Are you sure?

MAGIC ROPE (For Sale)

Gianni Sarcone (GianniSarcone) — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 10:18:37 -0800

The rope seems to thread through 9 short deformed tubes set in a circle. Strangely enough, the open ends of each tube don’t match up!

PENDULUM PARADOX (For Sale)

Gianni Sarcone (GianniSarcone) — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 10:07:32 -0800

Just an incredible invention of a mad scientist... The feet of the device cannot exist in our 3D world and likewise the crossings of the boards.

12/21/2012: HAPPY END OF THE WORLD! (For Sale)

Gianni Sarcone (GianniSarcone) — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 08:08:45 -0800

According to the Mayan numerology 12/21/2012 (13.0.0.0.0, 4 Ajaw, 3 K’ank’in in Mayan reckoning) is the end of the world. OK… imagine the Mayans were right and the world is coming to the end. So, what would you do? Who would you be with those last days? Meanwhile, you can purchase our nice doomsday mugs here: http://www.cafepress.com/sarcone_visual_illusions/9553345

MASK OF LOVE (read the description to understand the trick) (For Sale)

Gianni Sarcone (GianniSarcone) — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 11:32:52 -0800

The picture shows a mask of a pensive person. But is it a woman or a man? Most people who see the picture for the first time do not notice that it is actually both: a woman on the left who kisses a man on the right. Once the viewer discerns two individual faces, his or her brain will ‘flip’ between two possible interpretations of the mask. This optical illusion was presented to the public by the authors of this book at the 2011 Best Illusion of the Year Contest held at Philharmonic Center for the Arts in Naples, Florida. See: http://illusionoftheyear.com/2011/mask-of-love/

Furry, feathered or smooth-skinned? (For Sale)

Gianni Sarcone (GianniSarcone) — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 11:15:09 -0800

Depending on how you view them, these two rabbits may also be interpreted as a duck and a dolphin!

INVISIBLE WOMAN (For Sale)

Gianni Sarcone (GianniSarcone) — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 10:20:22 -0800

I bet some of you wish this girl were really there! Sorry, it is just your imagination. Even though there are no lines to form a regular solid figure your brain virtually recreates from the ‘gaps’ the contours of a girl.

UNSTABLE HAPPY DOGS (For Sale)

Gianni Sarcone (GianniSarcone) — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 09:16:18 -0800

How many bizarre dogs can you count?

IMPOSSIBLE TRIBAR (For Sale)

Gianni Sarcone (GianniSarcone) — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 07:56:24 -0800

Impossible construction.

ODD PENTAGON (For Sale)

Gianni Sarcone (GianniSarcone) — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 07:39:51 -0800

Impossible figure.

PULSATIONS (For Sale)

Gianni Sarcone (GianniSarcone) — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 07:12:31 -0800

While staring at this picture, the whole pattern not only seems to pulsate, but the central yellow disc appears to float slightly and shrink. You may also see a range of dark spots alternately appearing and disappearing within the central yellow disc and the surrounding black dots becoming bluish!

STREAMING WATERS (For Sale)

Gianni Sarcone (GianniSarcone) — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 09:41:34 -0800

Do the blue lines twist up and down like a water flow? The motion illusion is mainly due to “lateral inhibition”.

PARADOXICAL TRUMPET (For Sale)

Gianni Sarcone (GianniSarcone) — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 08:54:53 -0800

What happens when the trumpeter blows in the trumpet?

AM I A BUTTERFLY DREAMING I AM AN HUMAN (For Sale)

Gianni Sarcone (GianniSarcone) — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 07:45:00 -0800

This is a creative example of an ambiguous picture that ‘flip-flops’ in meaning: at first you see a butterfly, but when you look closer you see one woman face front-view and/or two profiles.

Un-stair (For Sale)

Gianni Sarcone (GianniSarcone) — Sat, 09 Jun 2012 11:53:38 -0700

A lucid dream of a distorted world: the platform and stair form an impossible continuous loop.

Vesperal Apparition (For Sale)

Gianni Sarcone (GianniSarcone) — Sat, 09 Jun 2012 11:41:15 -0700

A sailing boat through some trees on a dark night or a woman's face?

Polypodous elephants (For Sale)

Gianni Sarcone (GianniSarcone) — Sat, 09 Jun 2012 10:14:55 -0700

How many legs do these rolling elephants have? Will they have difficulty walking?

Young Girl with Cat (For Sale)

Gianni Sarcone (GianniSarcone) — Sat, 09 Jun 2012 09:43:04 -0700

What's wrong with this picture?