Hidden Images
February 17th, 2010
Let’s be grateful I had the sense to end this conversation here, as, after the final panel, this conversation devolved into two hooded figures arguing about whether a halfling bard could win in a fight against… well, anything.
I didn’t notice this until after posting the strip, but I intended the two hooded guys to be facing each other, the guy on the right has his back to us… but depending on how you look at it, he could be facing us, because of how I drew the shadows. Obviously I meant this as an intentional optical illusion to challenge and entertain your mind, and it’s totally intentional. I’m just that good.
February 17th, 2010 at 9:39 am
Except the flip of his hood kind of gives it away. Unless he’s a smurf. In which case, my brain just a-sploded.
February 17th, 2010 at 11:47 am
Mine, too. Mine, too.
February 23rd, 2010 at 12:46 am
Ugh… Design class has ruined me. What you’ve created is a classic Gestalt Effect (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gestalt_psychology). It’s basically how the brain interprets what’s important on a page (the dark markings or the whitespace of the background), and it makes assumptions based on what it feels is most crucial. The most famous example of this is the “Rubin Vase” (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubin_vase).
February 23rd, 2010 at 10:46 pm
I totally remember this now that you mention it, thanks Wes!