Grand Illusions - Incredible Magical Dragon - Follows your stare around the room! - Free downloadable pdf in three different colours that you simply print, fold and create.
Made one of these before and it really is WEIRD, he seems to bend his head in any angle that you are looking at him, and stares you out.
It will FREAK you out I guarantee - check out the video in the first post as it demonstrates this really well.
This little dragon is made out of paper - you simply cut it out and stick it together, and stand it on a table or window ledge. But when you move around, the dragon's head seems to follow you around the room. Have a look at the video, to see what we mean. The effect is really uncanny.
How does it work? If we move around when viewing a solid object, our brain knows how the object we are looking at should behave. However the dragon gives us the wrong clues, because we mis-interpret what its shape is. We assume that the nose of the dragon is pointing out towards us, but in fact the dragon's head is concave.
You can download a copy of the actual dragon and try this illusion for yourself if you wish. This is a PDF file. Right click to download the file. This is a 244k download. Once you have printed the dragon out (a colour printer is best since this is a colour image) then you can cut out the dragon, fold and stick it, and you will be able to see this fantastic illusion yourself. When you print the page out, you will see that the instructions for folding the dragon are included. Please follow these instructions exactly.
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Jump to unread Post a CommentBlue Dragon - http://www.grand-illusions.com/images/articles/opticalillusions/dragon_illusion/dragon.pdf
Red Dragon - http://www.grand-illusions.com/images/articles/opticalillusions/three_dragons/red_dragon.pdf
Green Dragon - http://www.grand-illusions.com/images/articles/opticalillusions/three_dragons/green_dragon.pdf
Watch the video here - http://www.grand-illusions.com/images/articles/opticalillusions/three_dragons/three_dragons.wmv
Edited By: martinelsen on Apr 11, 2012 13:46
Its really good though - always wanted to print it out on a plotter and make a huge one :)
It'll freak them out man.
INDEED.
Edited By: martinelsen on Apr 13, 2012 12:00: 08
Hotter than the dragon
arh, the simple things :-)
I found this video really useful.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QW3E-ZMv5zI
I found this video really useful.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QW3E-ZMv5zI
The head needs to be concave to achieve the effect.... nice try though - looks tidy :)