Gianni Sarcone

They are right before your eyes, but your brain can be tricked into seeing something entirely different, or not seeing it altogether. They hide secrets in plain sight. Here are 135 of the most interesting and challenging optical illusions from one of the masters of the art. Start easy, and go up the ladder of difficulty to test your powers of visual perception. All the answers are there, as well as the explanations of why and how things can be seen.

Hidden Picture Puzzles

Marie-Jo Waeber

Winner of the Royal Society Young People's Book Prize 2018 The brain is an amazing thing, but it doesn't always get things right when it comes to sight. This book is here to explain why, with astounding images, baffling puzzles, and simple reveals which show the reader how each trick works. Templates included at the back of the book reveal answers and aid the creation of astounding illusions. The science behind each element will be simply explained in an engaging way, to encourage the reader to find out more each time. Throughout the book will be chances for the reader to get hands-on with the illusions, with step-by-step experiments, or tips on how to draw your own "moving" optic art on paper or on the computer.

Optical Illusions

Gianni Sarcone offers an approachable how-to for graphic designers, teachers, and artists who want to explore illusions that are distorted in size or create the perception of movement. Amateur illusionists are invited to draw curves that diverge and converge, diamonds that vibrate and flicker, hypnotic spirals, ghosts, and ambiguous figures, and many other visual tricks.

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