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Illusion sketches

Explore sketches, drawings, and illustrations that simplify ideas related to Illusion.

Gestalt principles of visual perception showing proximity, similarity, continuity, closure, figure and ground, symmetry and order, and common fate.Gestalt principlesImpossible staircase illustration (also Penrose staircase, impossible stairs) with some people visiting MC Escher's house and being pointed to the bathroom at the top of the never-ending stairsImpossible staircaseBlending buildings illustratiion: example of two large distribution warehouses one coloured in greens to blend better into countryside, and one in shades of blue to blend better into the sky.Blending buildingsThe Droste effect illustration: where the picture contains the picture which contains the picture which contains the picture...The Droste effectThe ring-segment illusion, or Jastrow illusion: A child wonders at two identical train tracks that, when aligned next to each other seem to be different sizesThe ring-segment illusionContext is King illustration: the capital letters A, B and C are handwritten in sequence on the top row. On the bottom row, it's the numbers 12, 13 and 14 - again handwritten. When you look closely, you notice that the letter B and the number 13 take exactly the same form. It is only the characters that come before and after in each sequence that define them. Context is kingThe frequency illusion explained in a sketch with an expecting couple suddenly seeing babies everywhereThe frequency illusion: we notice what’s top of mindFigure and ground illustration: faces or a candlestick/vaseFigure and groundThe moon illusion - psychology and causes still debatedThe moon illusionSome optical illusions
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