Look at the colored rings from a distance. Then decide which ones have YELLOW inner circles, and which ones have BLUE inner circles.
Is Magenta a Real Color?
Most of us are familiar with magenta — it’s a kind of purplish-red that exists between blue and red on color wheels (color wheels don’t accurately represent the physics of photons, but they represent the philosophical reality: color is a human construct that helps us interpret wavelengths to better understand our world).
The odd thing about color vision is that magenta (or pink) color is not in the spectrum of colors, meaning it cannot be generated by a single wavelength of light. Our brains interpret the color sensation of magenta/pink as ‘absence’ of green.
Source: https://www.archimedes-lab.org/Gallery/new_optical_illusions/pages/10n-Pink_rose.html
My Op Art in PM Magazine
My optical art has been featured in the February issue of the German science magazine PM.
A simple real life illusion: the transparent knife!
Have a look at the picture, it looks like a “transparent” or “camouflaged” knife! I took this photo during a magician party many years ago. This illusion is based on specular reflections, it is simple but effective… In fact, when you place the blade of a knife in the middle of the tines of a fork, it will reflect other objects that are nearby.
My dossier on visual illusions
Focus is an Italian monthly popular science magazine published in Milan, Italy, with which I have collaborated for more than 10 years.
Focus Magazine issue #336 featuring my article and my optical illusions has been released on October 2020. It contains my special 10-page dossier on visual perception with over 13 original visual illusions of my creation and their related explanation.
The cover also features a special effect I designed for Focus: as you read the main title, the cover image moves and, curiously enough, the title changes if you look at it closely (ILLUSIONI) or from a distance (COSA VEDI?).
Cool Physics (Tensegrity)
This table is sturdy and stable. And yes, the chains are ordinary chains. Here is the tutorial that explains how to create such a miracle.
Here is an animated example:
Featured in a fashion mag
My autokinetic optic art will be presented and discussed in the German fashion magazine “Barbara” to be released on July 8.
Autokinetic Wireframe Cubes
Curiously enough, the cubes don’t move only the background color changes…
Here is my tutorial to create an amazing autokinetic animation.
Mankind
“We all have a shadow of the same color…”
Gianni A. Sarcone
My business is always open.
The picture below shows the future neon sign of my business…
