Category Archives: Altered Reality

Tire Sculpture Optical Illusions

Tire Sculpture Optical Illusions are a creative way to turn used tires into artwork! Most people discard their tires every few years, but this Russian artist has found a whole new use for the old rubbers. The first is of  a Giant Rubber Tire buda, the next two pictures are of a tire horse.  The horse almost looks like  a war horse that should be in lord of the rings. Who know old tires could be so beautiful, but then again thats why they call it art! so next time you are looking around at a pile of trash you are throwing out… think what you can create out of it! it could become world famous 🙂  so don’t forget to submit your artwork.

Buda Tire Sculpture
Horse Tire Sculpture
Horse Tire Art

Torre Mare Nostrum Extreme Architecture

Torre Mare Nostrum Extreme Architecture is an architectural masterpiece. Its almost an illusion looking at this building.  Standing 282 ft tall with 20 floors and an very odd yet cool 40m span extruding out the side of the 5th floor. this building was finished in 2005. Torre Mare Nostrum is the home of Gas Natural and was designed by Enric Miralles as its last architectural masterpiece before he passed away. These Magnificent photos were taken by Santiago Muñoz.

Torre Mare Nostrum Extreme Architecture
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3D Concave Monkey Optical Illusion

3D Concave Monkey Optical Illusion is a an illusion shot by mrettig.  This is a classic example of the Hollow Face Optical Illusion. Due to the back lit lighting this monkeys face appears to be 3D and popping out at you. In fact it is actually a convex shape, and the photo is taken looking into the back of the mask where your face would normally go. For a demonstration of exactly how this illusions works check out the Hollow Face Video Optical Illusion.

3D Convex Monkey mask Optical Illusion

Floating Boat Optical Illusion

Floating Boat Optical Illusion is a very cool picture. The boat appears to be floating in thin air! Im sure we have all seen hover crafts but they generally ride on very small cousin of air and this little row boat sure inst packing a giant fan underneath! The trick here is the shadow, which is normally how you tell how far off the ground it is..  IS the shadow on top or underwater? Well on the topic of the sea be sure to check out this incredible Underwater Sculpture Park.

Optical Illusion of a Floating Row Boat

Endless Tunnel of Light Optical Illusion

Endless Tunnel of Light Optical Illusion creates an endless tunnel of light.  These optical illusions are quite simple yet give a very effective.   This is actually put into my headboard in y room!  It is created using two mirrors and a bunch of little lights. The back mirror is a normal one, the second is a two-way mirror. The middle chamber is surrounded by lights. When the lights are off it appears to be a regular mirror when the lights turn, you see an never ending tunnel of light as the reflections bounce back off each other.  Simple yet very effective illusion 🙂

Endless Tunnel of light

Fercos Brothers Water Levitation Optical Illusion

Fercos Brothers Water Levitation Optical Illusion is a pretty awesome magic show. I have always been amazed as magicians trying to figure out how they pull off their amazing illusions. Levatiation Optical Illusions, have always been a crowd pleaser’s. I know back in the day they would have a thin bar going behind the curtains holding up the lovely assistant, and the hope passing under was all in how you maneuver it.  In this optical illusion the Fercos brothers are lacking a curtain, so unless there is somethings hidden by the water im at a loss for this one.. any ideas?

Levitation on top of water!

Underwater Candle Flame Optical Illusion

Underwater Candle Flame Optical Illusion is once crazy illusion.  First time I have seen a flame under water! It nicely compliments the liquid Water Flame Optical Illusion.  So how the heck do you think they do it? unless theres some high tech water proof flames lol.  But if it was a fake glass with a acrylic lid it would suffocate the flame and go out within a few seconds, so very quick with the photography or how the heck would they of pulled it off?

Underwater candle flame!

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