“Immersive Illusions”: Dazzling Photographic Art Installations By Chris Engman

  “Immersive Illusions”: Dazzling Photographic Art Installations By Chris Engman Photographer Chris Engman masterfully demonstrated that augmented reality and light projections are not the only way to create mesmerizing perspective illusions. Good old traditional photography will get you there as well if you’re creative enough! Chris Engman transformed 2D landscape photos into awe-inspiring rooms, where …

Artist Uses Layers of Thread and Netting to Create Striking 3D Artworks

Holographic ghostly portraits by  Uttaporn Nimmalaikaew on Yavuz Fine Arts One of the discoveries at Art Stage Singapore this year was Thai artist, Uttaporn Nimmalaikaew’s layered painting-on-silk installations shown by Singapore’s Yavuz Fine Art. The 3D visual effect of the transparent silk-curtain paintings is eerie; there is a sense of airlessness and nausea. The technique …

Gabriel Dawe’s Dynamic Colored Thread Sculptures Imitate Prisms of Light

Gabriel Dawe’s Dynamic Colored Thread Sculptures Imitate Prisms of Light Mesmerizing rainbows have appeared, seemingly out of thin air, just a stone’s throw away from the White House. But what looks like colorful rays of light are actually just a trick of the eye. Artist Gabriel Dawe crafted the ethereal optical illusion, titled Plexus A1, …

Improbability: Photo Series by Giuseppe Colarusso

Improbability: Photo Series by Giuseppe Colarusso Italian artist and photographer Giuseppe Colarusso  imagines bizarre and humorous objects, each of which is either technically impossible, improbable, or simply useless in its proposed design. Colarusso himself sees his work ‘Improbabilità’ as a kind of a surreal still life, a collection of imaginary  that are , but not …

Noma Bar’s Negative Space Illustrations

Noma Bar Its use of negative space Facebook Noma Bar Is an internationally renowned Israeli artist who now works in London. His works appear regularly in magazines and in communication campaigns. His style is very minimalist and relies essentially on an incredibly intelligent use of negative space.    h/t; Art-Spire

Makeup Artist Paints an Incredible 3D Snake Slithering Across Her Lips

  Makeup Artist Paints an Incredible 3D Snake Slithering Across Her Lips Facebook | Instagram A Canadian artist Mimi Choy has again proven herself as the queen of optical illusion makeup. Through her 3D snake painting onto her lips, it become a viral sensation. Mimi is based in Vancouver and works as a makeup artist for …

Surreal Distorted Reality by Photographer Erik Johansson

Surreal Distorted Reality by Photographer Erik Johansson on Behance As a professional still-life photographer and digital artist from Sweden, Erik Johansson has worked with brands such as Adobe, Google, Microsoft, Volvo, and National Geographic — but the artist is also praised for his mind-bending surreal digital manipulations. He is well known for optical illusions, which …

Rob Gonsalves’ Surreal Optical Illusions are a “Celebration of Imagination”

Rob Gonsalves' Surreal Optical Illusions are a "Celebration of Imagination" More info: Facebook Rob Gonsalves is a famous Canadian artist whose works are recognizable for their magic realism and well-planned optical illusions. One image melts into another and comes back again full circle, playing with our minds by creating irrational dream worlds. Gonsalves has been …