Op Art 10

Illusion design works that look like op art. Please note that this page could make you feel sick.

since August 16, 2012

Warning: This page includes real animations. Please do not keep watching them for a long time. Although this page has carefully avoided the known harmful stimuli, unknown ones might happen to be included. Never copy them.



"Ga"

*"ga" in Japanese means a moth.

The image appears to twitch radially.

Copyright Akiyoshi Kitaoka 2013 (November 19)



"Ogagazaemon"

The image appears to twitch radially.

Copyright Akiyoshi Kitaoka 2013 (November 18)



"Ogagazaemon 2"

The image appears to twitch radially.

Copyright Akiyoshi Kitaoka 2013 (November 19)



"Percussion"

Something appears to scintillate.

Copyright Akiyoshi Kitaoka 2013 (September 28)



"Spiral gingham illusion"

Something appears to scintillate.

Copyright Akiyoshi Kitaoka 2013 (September 8)



"Spiral warp"

Subjective color appears to run along spiral paths.

Copyright Akiyoshi Kitaoka 2013 (September 8)



"Spiral Enigma illusion"

The Enigma illusion appears to run along spiral paths.

Copyright Akiyoshi Kitaoka 2013 (September 8)



"Enigma illusion: Planets"

Something like noise appears to run rapidly along each blue ring.

Copyright Akiyoshi Kitaoka 2013 (August 8)



"Olympic-like Enigma illusion"

Something like noise appears to run rapidly along each ring.

Copyright Akiyoshi Kitaoka 2013 (July 5)

Enigma illusion

Leviant I (1982) Illusory motion within still pictures: The L-effect. Leonardo 15:222–223.

Leviant I (1996) Does “brain power” make Enigma spin? Proc R Soc London Ser B 263:997–1001.



"Strong poppies"

Each flower appears to expand continually.

Copyright Akiyoshi Kitaoka 2013 (April 24)


Bergen grid illusion
(Version 2013 by Kitaoka)

Illusory black spots appear to "light" in white dots.

produced by Akiyoshi Kitaoka 2013 (February 23)

Bergen grid illusion

Bergen, J. R. (1985). Hermann's grid: new and improved (abstract). Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science (Supplement), 26, 280.



"Suns"

Suns appear to scintillate and expand.

Copyright Akiyoshi Kitaoka 2013 (February 12)



"Scintillating square corner illusion: a flower version"

The brightest part of each "square" appears to scintillate following eye movement. Observers may see blue light if they approach this image during fixating at the center.

Copyright Akiyoshi Kitaoka 2013 (January 20)



"Red hearts and green hearts"

Hearts appear to scintillate.

Copyright Akiyoshi Kitaoka 2012 (August 16)


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