26/09/2014
First Stage of our Optical illusional door at afflecks palace. a Slow progression but we have the general base of the portrait layout. Inspired by the " ". I wanted to test my ability, Excited to see if i could actually make it look like a face looking forwards and sideways, through graphite and charcoal. I need to soften the layers and work on the realism. I Look at this everyday, i'm enjoying my own self criticism. :) :)
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**READ BELOW FOR MORE INFORMATION ON DOUBLE FACE ILLUSION.**
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While there has been no official name given to the double face illusion, it can be likened to Ruben vase, a famous set of ambiguous or bi-stable two-dimensional forms developed around 1915 by the Danish psychologist Edgar Rubin. The visual effect generally presents the viewer with two shape interpretations, each of which is consistent with the retinal image, but only one of which can be maintained at a given moment. This is because the bounding contour will be seen as belonging to the figure shape, which appears interposed against a formless background. If the latter region is interpreted instead as the figure, then the same bounding contour will be seen as belonging to it.
Read more at http://www.techeblog.com/index.php/tech-gadget/5-awesome-optical-illusions-designed-to-boggle-your-mind .99