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It’s time for me to come out of the closet and reveal to everyone that I am indeed a cat. I hope you will accept me and that we can still be friends, even if I might occasionally cough up a hairball on you.
The Department of Astonishing Optical illusions can’t take their eyes off this latest creation by Italian fine-art-bodypainter Johannes Stötter (previously featured here). After a 4-hour-long design process, Stötter spent 6 hours painting two models to make them look like one vibrant and incredibly lifelike chameleon.
According to WB Productions: The models’ hair were covered in natural clay to make their heads appear bald. “The models were two sisters, friends of mine,” he said. “They were very happy to model for this motive. I am also very happy, it is kind of magic, especially the colors. Most people who already saw it say that the chameleon is even better than the frog and the parrot.”(You can see the frog here and the parrot here.)
Our favorite part of this illusion is how the models worked together to bring the chameleon to life, making it appear as though the colorful reptile is carefully crawling along a slender green branch. They even parted their fingers in such a way to make their hands appear just like the lizard’s distinctive zygodactylous feet.
To get an even better look, click here to watch a video of the sisters walking their chameleon and then breaking the illusion by getting up from the platform upon which they’d been resting.
Visit Johannes Stötter’s website to check out more of his sensational creations.
[via Bored Panda and My Modern Metropolis]
The Department of Astonishing Optical Illusions is spending Surreal Sunday by revisiting 12 of their all-time favorite works of exceptional visual trickery.
(via archiemcphee)
Things straight people like (as learned from HGTV)
- Mancaves: This is a room separate from the house with a large entertainment center and sound system, so no one can hear your existential weeping
- Two Sink Bathrooms: Once your husband finds you rinsing out your Diva Cup, the magic is gone.
- Hardwood floors that flow throughout the house: This makes it more likely your children will slip while running and maybe die, so you can finally get that divorce.
- Open Concept Layouts: If no one sees you, what’s the point of pretending to be happy?
- Office Space: Excellent for privacy while Skypeing with your lover in Belarus, the only person who really understands you.
- Walk in Closets: You can keep so many clothes in there, it might take years for someone to find the body.
- Guest Rooms: In case a friend stays the night.
(via letsgroove)
I swear I thought “Best Folk Album for Mental Illness” was a new category of Grammy awards.
