Visual Illusions is full of the games our eyes play with our brains: literal, physiological and cognitive and this book details thirty of the most common examples of these
"Incredible Visual Illusions is the most comprehensive and amazing collection of optical illusions ever assembled, with almost three hundred different artworks.
Visual illusions are compelling phenomena that draw attention to the brain's capacity to construct our perceptual world.
Beware, the designs herein may boggle your mind and confound your eyes. Does the cube go in or out, is the line straight or curved? You'll have fun deciding while coloring them at the same time. 32 designs.
Contains color and black-and-white illustrations of over three hundred optical illusions, each with brief, explanatory text.
Use the black-and-white designs as they are or enlarge, reduce, crop, overlay, or repeat them. The uses for the visual illusions in this collection are endless . . . and remarkable!
With close to 300 different illusions, this is one of the most comprehensive and amazing collections of optical illusions ever assembled.
Credit for the spiral drawing techniques is given to B. Gray, Studio Tips for Artists and Graphic Designers, New York: Van Nostrand, 1976. 5. THE ILLUSION OF MOVEMENT Histories of the technology of the cinema appear in C. W. Ceram, ...
This is only one aspect of the book. The other is to show you how you can create these effects on any computer. The book includes a brief introduction to a powerful programming language called Python.
Well-rounded perspective on the ambiguities of visual display emphasizes geometrical optical illusions: framing and contrast effects, distortion of angles and direction, and apparent "movement" of images. 240 drawings. 1972 edition.
Throughout the book, each image is accompanied by an explanation of how it works, the story behind it – when it was discovered or who invented it first – and the details of exactly why it fools the human brain.