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25 Tricky Optical Illusion Pictures – Find the Hidden Figures!

Charlie B. Johnson — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 11:56:33 +0000

We all have heard the proverbial phrase “A picture is worth a thousand words”. But what I am about to showcase today needs a new expression…“A picture in worth a thousand pictures.” Yes folks, I’m talking about visual images that show pictures within a picture. Also known as optical illusions, this technique tests the human mind to figure out odd and bizarre things that differ from objective reality. This concept is greatly employed by graphic designers in creating hidden logos and other graphic artworks with hidden concepts.

Recall the Apple logo that was revealed in tribute to Steve Jobs? It is a perfect example of an optical illusion that cleverly shows an outline of Steve’s face within the Apple logo.

Optical illusions can be of three main types. The first are Literal Illusions that produce images in contrast to the objects used. Second are dubbed Physiological Illusions that are created in the human mind due to excessive stimulation. The last type of illusions is Cognitive which is a result of unconscious presumptions of the human brain.

Today’s compilation displays 25 crazy and mindboggling optical illusion pictures. Each of these pictures comprise of hidden figures in them. Test your mind and see if you can find out all of them. All the best!

Optical Illusion 1

How many faces do you see in this painting?

Optical Illusion 2

Count the number of people in this picture!

Optical Illusion 3

Can you find the man on the horse?

Optical Illusion 4

Can you spot all 13 hidden faces?

Optical Illusion 5

Is that an old man with a beard?

Optical Illusion 6

How many faces do you see in this illusion?

Optical Illusion 7

I bet you can’t count all hidden faces in this picture.

Optical Illusion 8

Find the second deer in this image.

Optical Illusion 9

Can you count the number of horses blended within the rocks and snow?

Optical Illusion 10

Can you tell how many animals were used to create this human face?

Optical Illusion 11

Anyone playing Jazz in this picture?

Optical Illusion 12

Find the human face in this optical illusion

Optical Illusion 13

Can you count how many people surround this face?

Optical Illusion 14

This is a tricky one…can you find the man in the coffee beans?

Optical Illusion 15

Are these two men sitting next to each other or two faces?

Optical Illusion 16

Two horses rise in the air to form an outline of a human face.

Optical Illusion 17

There are 9 people in this picture…try finding them all.

Optical Illusion 18

Did you find the lady in the rocks?

Optical Illusion 19

How many wolves can you spot in this picture?

Optical Illusion 20

Asides the statue of a couple and a swan there is a hidden person in this picture. Can you find him?

Optical Illusion 21

See if you can spot the hidden face of a man between these rocks?

Optical Illusion 22

Among the zebras hides a lion’s face. Can you find it?

Optical Illusion 23

There are definitely more than 2 pandas in this picture. Can you spot them all?

Optical Illusion 24

Can you spot how many faces are hidden in this picture?

Optical Illusion 25

The only clue that I can give is find “The Hidden Tiger” in this picture.

Question Illusion

Here is the trickiest of all illusions which even I couldn’t figure out. Electronics Giant LG, in their print ad claims that their cellphone can find 16 faces in the image below. Can you spot all 16?

Capture Special Moments with Free UPrinting Poster Giveaways – 10 Inspiring Examples!

Charlie B. Johnson — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 10:39:26 +0000


A family holiday, a child’s first step, graduation day, Christmas celebration….these are some of the most precious moments that everyone loves to cherish forever. And what better way to do that by getting it printed and framed on your wall for absolutely FREE? Yes! That’s right Uprinting.com, in collaboration with GraphicDesignBlog.org is providing a chance for you to capture your special moments, artworks or designs on an 18″ x 24″ large format poster.
UPrinting.com is a prominent online poster printing firm that is socially active and runs on a vision to help small businesses develop. This holiday season, UPrinting has decided to giveaway three lucky people the chance to print their artwork/photo/graphic. There are simply no limits as to what you would like on the poster….it could be your family portrait, holiday photos or simply a design creation made by graphic designers.
However, to get the poster you just have to perform the following tasks and win yourself a wonderful poster for free:

• Click on Facebook Like:

• Give a Plus 1 on Google:

• Share on Twitter:
Share about this contest on your twitter profiles by Tweeting “I want to win poster printing http://www.uprinting.com/poster-printing.html @graphixdesign @UPrinting”

To give you an example of what could be printed on the poster, here are some inspiring examples of portrait shots and artworks.

Some Examples of Portraits






Some Examples of Artworks





In the end, just drop a comment in the comment section telling us which of the above you did. The ones who perform all of the above activities will have more chances of winning, so make sure you like their Facebook page, give Plus 1 and Tweet. Also tell us “What type of picture/artwork/graphics would you like to print on your poster?”

Graphic Design Forum Reaches 5000 Members – Come Join In!!

Charlie B. Johnson — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 07:19:47 +0000

Roughly a year ago on 29th September 2010, Graphic Design Blog launched its very own Graphic Design Forum. In this brief yet adventurous time, our forum has achieved a milestone of 5000 active members. This signifies the level of usefulness and entertainment that we provide to our readers and members on the forum.

Our 5000 members include professionals like graphic designers, web designers, logo designers and other graphic design fanatics and fun lovers. Sighting the immense response from our esteemed visitors, we decided to launch a new “Infographics section”, where you can learn how to make interesting infographics by watching, reviewing and submitting your own creations.

• Interesting Discussions:

We have a lot of healthy discussions going on at Graphic Design Forum that you would enjoy participating in. The most recent topic on Steve Jobs (Late) will let you know amazing and unknown facts about this Apple mastermind. Although I did an obituary post on Steve Jobs revealing some unknown facts and pictures, but I have been learning even more through contributions of members on Graphic Design Forum.

Here, for my readers, who are really inspired by Steve Jobs and his amazing achievements, should check this quick video on YouTube channel of Graphic Design Blog. I created it to display the not-much-seen aspects of Steves life.

• Useful Tips and Tricks:

Over at the learning sections, you will greatly benefit from all the tips and tricks submitted on the forum. If you have some questions about graphic design, then you can find the answers on our forum. There are a lot of popular tutorial in our Tutorial section that will help you in your graphic designing.

For us, this is not the end of the road as we strive on building an even larger forum where everyone can hold healthy and useful discussions. Our next target would be to achieve 10,000 members, so come along guys and join us.

25 Spooky Halloween Special Designs – Trick or Treat!!!

Charlie B. Johnson — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 11:51:20 +0000

Although the Halloween festival ended last week but the thrills and chills of fear and fright are still reminiscent in our minds. Every year, on 31st October, this spooky event also brings in a wave of new opportunities for graphic designers to display their creative and often scary side of designing. Over at inspirational sites like deviant art, talented graphic designers share their Halloween Special designs which include wallpapers, posters and graphic arts.

Even though the event has passed away, let us all cherish and relish this wonderful holiday, through some inspirational artwork that will scare the creeps out of you. For graphic designers, this occasion is a blessing in disguise to show off their talent through Halloween designs. Below is a collection of 22 creatively spooky Halloween wallpapers and graphic illustrations. Fasten your seatbelt everyone…you are now on-board the ride of terror. Enjoy!

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Which of the halloween designs did you find to be the scariest?

30 Creative Minimalist Print Ads – Saying more with less!

Charlie B. Johnson — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 07:14:16 +0000

The advertising world is packed with creative ideas and imaginative advertisement messages. The job of an advertiser is to effectively persuade the target audience into buying a certain product or service. Creative ads are the ones that have the power to sell. But there is a vast difference between generating a TV ad and producing a print ad.

Print ads are hardest to execute because of the lack of space and freedom. Within a limited domain, you need to effectively place your message to the target audience. Hence, minimalist and conceptual print ads are helpful in serving the cause perfectly. In a print ad, less use of graphic design can yield more substance to the copy. This is where the services of a talented graphic designer come in handy.

Following are 30 of the most stunning minimalist print ads that say more with less.

ATM (Azienda Trasporti Milanesi)

The pieces of a puzzle show two people connected with each other, denoting that ATM is ‘connecting the city’.

McDonalds – Wi-Fries

McDonald’s fries are shaped into Wi-Fi sign to show love for free Wi-Fi.

National Environment Agency Singapore

To highlight to Singaporean smokers that from July 1st 2007, smoking inside pubs, clubs and restaurants is prohibited.

Alka Seltzer: Chicklhouette

This minimalist ad of an antiacid medicine shows that the pills can digest a whole chicken.

MTV Networks: Black Ribbon Michael Jackson

Wonderful minimalist ad by MTV, showing a ribbon shaped into Michael Jackson’s legs.

CNN: Net

The spider web in this minimalist ad signifies that ‘No story gets away’ from CNN.

CARE Austria: Earthquake

An earthquake effects more than buildings. The graph shows that it affects average incomes too.

Columbia: shades

The commercial titled shades was done by Prolam Y&R Santiago advertising agency for COLUMBIA (FORUS Company) in Chile

Albert Dali Naming Consultants: Corn-net-toe

For names that make you think. This add creatively spells out the word “Cornetto”

FedEx: Statue of Sugarloaf

This ad shows a brilliantly colored Statue of Liberty with the FedEx purple and orange colors.

Financial Times: Paratrooper

The minimalist ad communicates that “Some tools aren’t a luxury. We live in FINANCIAL TIMES.”

The Green Ant: Minimalism

Minimalism is the art of continually removing things until all you have left is beauty.

MasterCard Canada: Darkness

The darkness ad exhibits the importance of blind people. To them darkness is priceless.

Hut Weber: Hitler vs. Chaplin

The ad tries to communicate that it’s the hat that is different between Charlie Chaplin and Hitler.

Jeep

This minimalist ad creatively shows the face of a dog and a camel merging to make a “JEEP”

Kapiti

Kapiti is a designer Ice-cream that is indicated by the vibrant graphic design created by the melting purse.

Kit Kat: Bench

The bench is made of Kit Kat, signifying that you ‘Have a Break with a Kit Kat’.

Nestlé Kit Kat: Vuvuzela

The ad shows the controversial horn used in FIFA World Cup 2010, communicating ‘Break a vuvuzela, have a Kit Kat’.

Lego: Tank

This minimalist ad communicates that LEGO toys can create real objects. The shadow shows a tank.

Levis Slim jeans:

This minimalist ad communicates that the Levis Jeans just couldn’t get any slimmer.

McDonald’s road

Did somebody say ‘M’?

McDonald’s: Medium size

McDonald’s in Israel changed the menu to much less calories and fat. The M sign denotes the ‘Medium size’.

Nando’s

The ‘Extra Hot peri-peri’ Nando’s is so hot, it can put a hole in a chair.

Pepperoni Coke

Pepperonis are shaped into a Coke bottle on Pizza Hut’s new pizza.

Pilot pen: Mummy

Pilot pen is so water resistant that when written on dinner plates, it won’t wash away.

Profilo XXL Refrigerator: Lost Vegetables, Tomato

The 566 liters XXL refrigerator is so large that vegetables get lost in it.

Wite-Out spec:

The funny resignation letter amendment shows that this correction fluid is ‘For Big Mistakes’.

The support centers union for victims of assault

The use of negative space is this ad creates hand of a criminal (in black) holding the neck of the girl (in white).

Tzomet Sfarim Bookstore: Faceabook

This ad communicates that people should disconnect from Facebook for a while and read a book.

Volkswagen Snow Tires: Crystal

Volkswagen snow tires service have improved grip in winter.

Which of these minimalist print ads do you think says “more with less”?

Guess the Famous Logos – The fun begins!!

Charlie B. Johnson — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 10:37:49 +0000

Growing up with brands all around make us believe that we can recognise our favorite logos in anycase. I don’t blame you for being over confident because I thought the same until I came across an interesting post where the author just highlighted small segments of famous logos and asked the readers to guess them.

I was surprised to see that I failed to guess couple of my favorite famous brand logos However; I decided to recreate this exciting idea to check how good my blog readers can be with this logo game. You might think it to be a waste of time but trust me; many of these logos can be a real challenge to guess.

Here are 20 logos in total….Let’s see how good are you with guessing well known logos and don’t leave without telling us how many of these you got right. So, your time starts NOW!!

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Logo # 20 – The Challenge logo:

Just to add a little thrill to this logo game I have added a logo which won’t be that easy to guess. It’s a tough one,dude.

I am sure you all played honestly and did not try to check the right answers before trying to guess them…. NO CHEATING.

So, now when you are done with the guessing part, list all your answers in the comment box so we see who got the maximum right answers. For the curious members, here are the

answers to this logo game.

Don’t forget to tell us which of these ripped/cropped images were difficult to guess and how successful you have been in paying off those hours of commercials you watched.