What you get isn't what you see.

**gsdx** · January 30th, 2013, 01:05 PM

Look at this picture, a sculpture by artist Jonty Hurwitz:

It's a frog behind a curved pile of. . . something, right?

Well, take a little 'spin':

And here is the 'stuff' when viewed from the other side:

More sculptures here: http://ca.news.yahoo.com/photos/amaz...018359883.html

**loveguys72** · January 30th, 2013, 01:10 PM

Clever play with perspective and the properties of reflection on a curved surface.

**borg69unimatrix** · January 30th, 2013, 01:55 PM

Wow. This takes me back!!!

When I was a kid, I had this coloring book, with a "Genie" with a curved mirror that basically did the same thing. You colored the pages, then used the Genie to see what the image really was. Very same principal.

I'd forgotten all about it.

**HunterM** · January 30th, 2013, 04:54 PM

Invasion of the body snatchers!

Looks like my last date.

**freefall** · January 30th, 2013, 06:10 PM

It's called anamorphosis; the desired image can only be seen when looked from a certain fixed perspective/method.\
This does not only apply to sculptures, but also painting (like the infamous street 3-D art).
Funny I was just looking at these stuffs several days ago.

The other link for the sculptor in the OP:
http://www.boredpanda.com/anamorphic...jonty-hurwitz/

And another anamorphic illusions:
http://www.boredpanda.com/anamorphic...felice-varini/

**HunterM** · January 30th, 2013, 06:52 PM

It's like online profile pictures on dating sites...posting pictures of themselves slim and fit 10 years ago. What you get isn't what you see. "The desired image can only be seen when looked from a certain fixed perspective/method."

**FPNY** · January 30th, 2013, 07:01 PM

Originally Posted by loveguys72

Clever play with perspective and the properties of reflection on a curved surface.

That's what I was gonna say too

**star-warrior** · January 30th, 2013, 10:15 PM

A novel frog idea. Cartographers would have been proud.

**T-Rexx** · January 30th, 2013, 10:41 PM

So, what is that thing the frog is sitting behind?

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