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Published: 2009-05-23 09:36:51 +0000 UTC; Views: 16336; Favourites: 97; Downloads: 2872
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Here is something I've been interested in for a long time. I love optical illusions and I saw a number of "impossible objects" on this page here: [link] I studied one of them and I tried to make one based on my best guess how it might be made. (if there were instructions for these, I didn't look for them because it was fun trying to figure it out myself).Anyway, here is my first attempt to make one of these.
BTW, this is made from folded card stock.
Here is the solution to the "Impossible Object."
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I really do not care if "the shadow is right or not," is like trying to see where a magician pulls rabbits. The fact is that the main item is perfect and is a great example of tribar Penrose. For me it is EXCELLENT ..!
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Oh dear... sorry about that.
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I can see the seem on the intersection on the far left. Still pretty awesome, though.
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That may depend on the monitor; I can't see it myself.
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If you study the image, the shadow is correct on that side.
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Oh, I know. What I mean is that the shadow gives it away.
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Not really because since the object is supposed to show two views at the same time, the shadow on that side is accurate.
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I don't think you're getting the point. The shadow is accurate, yes, but it also gives away how the "impossible object" is constructed. The object isn't "supposed to show two views at the same time" because that's actually not only physically impossible but really bad wording. It's only showing one thing that looks like another, but the shadow gives away what the true shape you are looking at is. Of course, I'm not sure how you could make a shadow for the impossible object anyhow.
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i just spent like 5 min trying to figure out how you did it!! xD its awesome
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It's all about the line of sight. In a photo, it works perfectly but in real life you have to line up your view along a specific line or the illusion vanishes.
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wow .. ya i just found the other picture from another angle.. great job
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It's so impossible, it's shadow makes no sense
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It challenges the eye all right.
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Oh my this is fantastic...I collect stamps and this particular impossible object is on a Russian stamp of mine! Fabulous.
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Can you scan the stamp and let me see?
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[link]
Actually, they're from Sweden! I forgot.
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Not entirely. If you look at the way the shape is meant to lie, then there would only be the shadow along side the horizontal section. Remember, it's an illusion; it's an impossible object.
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we're doing this in art class and we already solved how this works, it's amazing!
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It's fun figuring out how these things work. there's a great book about this sort of thing called "Masters of Deception." [link]
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wow the cover is amazing! i love those pictures. we've seen another book about impossible things in art class. simply stunning
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the trick to figure out this optical illusion is not the object itself... but whats around it... notice there is a shadow where the object should have connected. So once you figure out where the shadow comes from, you have figured out the trick to the impossible object
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I could have photo-shopped the shadow in but I wanted to avoid any tricks. I should have thought out the lighting a bit better.
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Thanks. It was a bit of a trick to figure out how it was done then make one myself.
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Hypnotized by trying to figure out how you did this, particularly if there was no significant photoshopping.
Ultra-kewl!
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I take some pride in figuring out how to make it without being shown. (blush)
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Check the links in the description; it shows what it looks like from different angles.
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Well, there could be _some_ words...
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Awesome, for one! Trippy, and neat would work too!
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you're brilliant! Props to you for figuring it out
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Just tinkering with shapes. Wanted to see if I could figure it out myself.
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I'll take that as a compliment.
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