Reflecting Back

[firuinthehouse]

Hi, I'm an art student and would like to do some of this stuff as well. Can you tell me where you get the blank spheres? What are they made of?

Also thanks for explaining the 5 and 6 points perspective, I love it :)

[GoblinAlchem]

Interesting effect. To see it going concave, you must also imagine that it rotates in the opposite direction. It's like you are looking through a wide-angle lens...

[mikeroxoz]

Wow...Mr Termes that is a masterpiece. Love your work. Very impressive. I found it helped a little if I thought of the next thing that would be coming into view as I turned

[frauhubbard]

I can see it, because my dad, Bruce Crosswait owned the house for a few years, and I got married in it. Beautiful work, Dick! What wonderful memories this conjures up.

[AdeonWriter]

I can't see it going concave. Knowing it was a wooden ball beforehand did it, I think. It's amazing piece of work. Is it only possible to draw in 6-point perspective if you use non-flat surfaces?

[dicktermes]

Thanks for the comment. It is a polyethylene sphere rather than wood. There are some ways on the flat to show six point but it works much better or you could say its true home is on the sphere.

[dicktermes]

Logically the way the painting shows the room, you are on the inside so seeing it concave goes along with the logic of the painting.

[Fronika]

Unfortunately doesn't work for me.

[matteasr]

It might be the affect of using the left or the right side of the brain.Take a look at "Which way is the woman spinning? " on you tube.

[dicktermes]

You are seeing the illusion, the Termes Illusion, I am proud to say. The sphere looks like it goes concave. That is when the lady seems to reverse the direction she moves across.

[termes]

I can answer questions on this video but I only speak English..........sorry

[fahed79]

where can i buy this!

[neckwish]

well done!

[skangky026]

thats so good OMG!!

[dicktermes]

Partly why I think this illusion happens is that the world we normally live in is on the concave surface around us. I am making you see it on the convex surface. Your mind fights that and makes it go concave. Let me know if you think that is correct.

[161803398874]

alguien en español me podría explicar en qué consiste la ilusión óptica exactamente??? que responda a este comentario, se lo agradecería. Un saludo!

[33elfic]

Cuando la bola con los dibujos empiece a rotar en un sentido , supon que la superficie de la esfera es trasparente y que le dibujo esta en el interior de la esfera e -intenta concentrarte en eso-.

Verás como cambia el sentido de rotacion!!

A mi me costó apreciarlo al principio , pero luego ya puedes controlarlo mejor. Intentalo porque vale la pena y es muy bueno cuando le encuentras el modo ;)

Saludos!!!

[161803398874]

33elfic, muchas gracias por la explicación, pero no consigo verlo como tú me dices... ¿Hay algún método para conseguirlo? Gracias de nuevo...

[161803398874]

Ah!!! ahora lo he conseguido...!! no es fácil... pero se consigue... gracias...

[33elfic]

;)

ves

solo hay q VER

esto ya me suena como a Metáfora jejej

..Tienes q ver mas alla de lo que ves..

jejej

es mux bueno!! pero aun me cuesta algo.

Saludos!!!

[161803398874]

sí, muchas gracias de nuevo.

[LeKryon]

I was beginning to doubt it when it happened. I had to watch it again to make sure it wasn't the video itself that started being played backwards.

That was awesome.

[dicktermes]

This sphere isn't turning quite fast enough to really have it work all the time. The illusion doesn't of course work all the time. But, I think if you imagine you are inside the room when you look at it, it helps.

[lackadaisicaal]

I keep on losing the reversal, my mind can't seem to hold on to the concave image for too long. Is there a trick to seeing the illusion more easily?

[micXmic]

wow...............this is so cool.

[AdamStolterman]

this is amazing