Painted Narrative Optical Illusions

Canadian artist Robert Gonsalves explores childlike stories of wonder through his surrealist paintings, capturing peeks of one’s internal daydreams through dual scene optical illusions.

Semaphore: The World’s First Telegraph

A Chappe semaphore tower near Saverne, France. Photo credit: Hans-Peter Scholz/Wikimedia

Smoke signals and beacons have been used to relay messages over short distances since ancient times, but the only reliable way to send messages over long distances

Vanishing Point: Artist Makes Trolleybuses Disappear

Though not as common in North American cities, many European metropolises have extensive trolleybus systems. As part of the Vilnius Street Art Festival in Lithuania, artist Liudas Parulskis executed an ingenious project that made the city’s trolleybuses disappear.

This Unique New Bookstore is Filled With Optical Illusions

A new bookstore has recently opened in Hangzhou, China, and the inside is kind of amazing to see.

The store is located just above the main plaza, within the commercial center of Star Avenue, in the Binjiang District, and adjacent to Qiantang River.

Incredible Body Painting Optical Illusions

Amazingly, these mind-bending optical illusions aren’t made with the help of projections or Photoshop. Artist Natalie Fletcher painted them directly on human skin! The Oregon-based body painter created this impressive series completely freehanded with an airbrush. She calls it Just an Illusion, and the “canvases” feature bright base colors of fuchsia, cyan, green, and yellow. Black contour lines help fool our eye into thinking that parts of a torso are popping out at us.

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