illusions

[Chimera]

There was some talk on another thread regarding illusions. Can someone explain this one to me? It has me stymied.

Jen

 

[Ersby]

I'll try to explain, although it's a lot easier to see if you print it out and cut the bits up yourself so you can what's going on.

Look at the guy in the bottom left hand corner. Call him Jake. Look closely where his head goes. Call this guy Toby.

In the picture's first position, Toby has a longer face, and more visible eyes. In the second part his face is more squat.

In the picture's second state, Jake is missing the top of his head.

Basically, the missing bits of those faces have gone to other bits to make a new face.

Similarly, you can see that one guy loses half his shorts, and someone else loses half their shoes.

It's very good, though.

 

[CurtC]

Nevermind

 

[Brown]

If you are interested in being surprised even further, split the bottom of the picture at the same place where the top is split, and switch the pieces. What happens this time?

Edited to remove quote

 

[phildonnia]

In Martin Gardner's "The Numerology of Doctor Matrix" he has his hero attempt this trick with twenty-dollar bills. He (Dr. Matrix) ends up in prison, foiled by the non-matching serial numbers on the resulting notes.