20 Optical Illusions That Might Break Your Mind

20 Optical Illusions That Might Break Your Mind


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The Warped Chair by Ibride

Source: Dezeen


Rubik’s tricky cube

Source: brusspup


A trippy non animated classic


Source: Internet


Waving beans


Based upon the work of A. Kitaoka


Optical illusion wallpaper


Source: Krycha182


Rotating snakes


Based upon the work of A. Kitaoka


Another trippy classic: Rollers


Source: A. Kitaoka


Anomalous motion illusion


Source: A. Kitaoka


A floating cube

Source: brusspup


An eye or a sink draining?


Source: Redditor Liammm


Which way is the wheel turning?

Source: foto-jennic.com


Peripheral vision turns stars into monsters

Source: mbthompson.com


Stare at the centre of the image for 20 seconds, then look up at someone’s face


Four circles. Caution: This might give you a headache


Cover the middle of the corridor and the animation speeds up; cover the sides and it slows down


One of our favourites


Animation is born on transparencies

Source: brusspup


This image won’t stop


Source: BuzzFeed


Do not smoke

Source: greeenpro2009


“Rotating” gears


Source: Constantin Shebzukhov


We know you’ve got some of your own. Link to your beloved eye candy in the comments!

Top picture: Harry Thompson/Evening Standard/Getty Images


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