M.C. Escher – YLoveIllusions https://www.yloveillusions.com/en Yet another optical illusion Fri, 29 May 2020 13:46:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.yloveillusions.com/en/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/cropped-green_blue_spirals-32x32.gif M.C. Escher – YLoveIllusions https://www.yloveillusions.com/en 32 32 Escher is back https://www.yloveillusions.com/en/2020/06/13/escher-is-back/ Sat, 13 Jun 2020 13:42:00 +0000 https://www.yloveillusions.com/en/?p=983 In this video, you can get your does of master of engrave optical illusion MC. Escher vertigo.

]]> Escher turned into real 3D models https://www.yloveillusions.com/en/2019/05/20/escher-turned-into-real-3d-models/ Mon, 20 May 2019 19:41:23 +0000 https://yloveillusions.com/en/?p=861 Is it really possible to turn flat (sic) MC.Escher drawings into life-like real CAD 3D models? Why not…

]]> MC Escher, hands and robot https://www.yloveillusions.com/en/2018/06/17/mc-escher-hands-and-robot/ Sun, 17 Jun 2018 13:49:26 +0000 https://yloveillusions.com/en/?p=743 120 years ago, MC Escher was born.

MC Escher hands

]]> MC Escher, relativity, Star Wars and Lego https://www.yloveillusions.com/en/2017/06/17/mc-escher-relativity-star-wars-and-lego/ Sat, 17 Jun 2017 13:55:46 +0000 https://yloveillusions.com/en/?p=747 You know MC Escher “Relativity” painting because it was shown in so many locations and it is one of the most famous optical illusions.

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Somebody recreated it using Lego Star Wars set.

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Source: BoingBoing.

]]> M.C.Escher’s “Relativity” reproduced in Minecraft https://www.yloveillusions.com/en/2012/02/26/m-c-escher%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%9crelativity%e2%80%9d-reproduced-in-minecraft/ Sun, 26 Feb 2012 12:37:54 +0000 https://yloveillusions.com/en/?p=596 Minecraft is a video game where building worlds is relatively easy. You stack blocks and create freely. Very freely.

]]> Today’s advice: Beware of escalators in Escherland https://www.yloveillusions.com/en/2011/04/06/todays-advice-beware-of-escalators-in-escherland/ Wed, 06 Apr 2011 09:54:35 +0000 https://yloveillusions.com/en/?p=463

It is always risky to run on a shopping mall escalator, but it is downright irresponsible not to be very cautious when using an escalator in the world of M.C.Escher.

]]> M.C. Escher for real and in video https://www.yloveillusions.com/en/2011/03/23/m-c-escher-for-real-and-in-video/ Wed, 23 Mar 2011 09:38:41 +0000 https://yloveillusions.com/en/?p=459

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We have to admit that we all thought it was only an optical illusion up to this video demonstration.

Or should we follow the counter-explanation showing that this is a simple perspective trick:

]]> Watch dials https://www.yloveillusions.com/en/2010/11/27/watch-dials/ Sat, 27 Nov 2010 15:50:19 +0000 https://yloveillusions.com/en/?p=431 When you love ancient watches and you love optical illusions or graphic design, you may want to mix it all in a form that is a reminder of M.C. Escher spirals of old expensive watch dials. David Pearson, a plastic surgeon with a love for nice watches is also an able Photoshop designer.

Tiffany time spiral - Copyright © 2008 D. C. Pearson, M.D.

Source: Cory Doctorow in Boing Boing.

]]> M.C. Escher in LEGO bricks https://www.yloveillusions.com/en/2010/08/28/m-c-escher-in-lego-bricks/ Sat, 28 Aug 2010 15:45:00 +0000 https://yloveillusions.com/en/?p=359 M.C.Escher paintings and engravings are playing havoc with perspective and the way our senses and brain build and internal image of what is visible. I would not believe it possible to reproduce them with such a rigid structure as the one provided by Lego bricks.

Andrew Lipson is not the guy to be stopped by mere impossibility. He started with a simple deformation:

Escher's Balcony in LEGO by Andrew Lipson and Daniel Shiu, inspired by M.C. Escher's Balcony (1945)
Escher's Balcony in LEGO by Andrew Lipson and Daniel Shiu, inspired by M.C. Escher's Balcony (1945)

After this little play, he went to much more serious work, one engraving that is not possible in the real world. A few inconsistencies, but a good copy of one of the most famous M.C.Escher paintings:

Escher's Belvedere in LEGO by Andrew Lipson and Daniel Shiu, inspired by M.C. Escher's Belvedere (1958)
Escher's Belvedere in LEGO by Andrew Lipson and Daniel Shiu, inspired by M.C. Escher's Belvedere (1958)

My preference goes to Relativity (and what it reminds me of the movie “The name of the rose“, with Sean Connery):

Escher's Relativity in LEGO by Andrew Lipson and Daniel Shiu, inspired by M.C. Escher's Relativity (1953)
Escher's Relativity in LEGO by Andrew Lipson and Daniel Shiu, inspired by M.C. Escher's Relativity (1953)

Then, a completely warped perspective made out of these little LEGO bricks:

Escher's Waterfall in LEGO by Andrew Lipson and Daniel Shiu, inspired by M.C. Escher's Waterfall (1961)
Escher's Waterfall in LEGO by Andrew Lipson and Daniel Shiu, inspired by M.C. Escher's Waterfall (1961)

Source: Neatorama.

]]> Homage à M.C.Escher https://www.yloveillusions.com/en/2010/07/10/homage-a-m-c-escher/ Sat, 10 Jul 2010 15:33:01 +0000 https://yloveillusions.com/en/?p=353 Last week issue of The New Yorker is pretty much all that we love in optical illusions and is a clear homage to M.C.Escher and his paintings:

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Who would have thought that we would have a newsworthy optical illusion here?

BP made it possible.

Via: The excellent political blog of Iron Knee: Political Irony.

]]> DIY illusion in photo https://www.yloveillusions.com/en/2010/04/24/diy-illusion-in-photo/ Sat, 24 Apr 2010 13:12:50 +0000 https://yloveillusions.com/en/?p=288 3308876734_dec931095c

A photograph from erik minnema inspired by Bruno Ernst, the biographer of M.C. Escher.

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