Are you familiar with the portraits that change in the movie “Harry Potter”? Well, now you will get to see a set of portraits that also will change when people move. Yes, it sounds a bit unreal, but you have to trust us to keep reading.
Meet the maker of this magic trick; Sergi Cadenas. He is a self-taught artist based in Spain. He is one of the well-known artists in the realm of optical illusions in the modern world. His art is being widely exhibited in galleries worldwide and some of them are owned by high-end art collectors as well. The newest trick that he pulled off is this changing portraits. To get this successful illusion done, he plays with the perspective of the spectator. He takes advantage of the angle that anyone would look at in his artwork. By collecting a lot of live references and planning ahead of the execution, Cadenas has finally pulled off this amazing trick, leaving a lot of people in awe. Scroll down to check some of his work out and to read more about this.
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He uses very thin strips on his canvas so he can color parts of both the portraits on either side. It is a very thin gap because the spectator never gets a chance to sport a wedge or any strip placed on the canvas. This artist has painted in a flawless way so that no one would get any confusion.
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Even if we forget about the illusion, he still managed to create two amazing portraits from scratch in tiny thin portions all over the canvas. His experience and mastery of this art are shown in the smaller work that contributes to creates the bigger illusion. Scroll down to check out some videos of this amazing art.
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