6 Optical Illusions That Jump Off The Page

Even as I admire the immense talents of artists, I don’t envy the tasks before them. I wish I could draw well, but my hands aren’t smart enough for that. But even if my stupid hands could make beautiful images appear, they would have to contend with centuries of art history trying to come up with something new and fresh. And everybody’s a critic!

The thing is, as artist you don’t have to be a genius to brighten people’s days or make them see the world a bit differently. All you need is creativity and your own particular perspective. As Sandor Vamos shows, there are plenty of cool ways to shed new light on things that seem all too familiar.

1. Winnie the Pooh

Hungarian artist Sandor Vamos has a talent for taking a two-dimensional image and making it leap off the page.

A normal, familiar drawing gets new life under Sandor’s pencil, seeming to stand up for itself. 

2. Spider-Man

Sandor is a master at creating optical illusions and bringing three dimensions to two-dimensional drawings.

He doesn’t make a 3D model – he uses a technique called anamorphosis, just drawing a distorted image on paper and then cutting and folding it…