2014 Best Illusion of the Year Contest Top 10, "Age it's all in your head"

2014 Best Illusion of the Year Contest Top 10
"Age, It's All In Your Head" by Victoria Skye
This is an anamorphic illusion. It begins as a normal photograph and then is tilted backwards and forwards to create opposite vanishing points. The tilting distorts the shape of the head and facial features to create the illusion of an actual age progression and regression. For the age progression the top half of the head narrows, and the bottom half expands creating a more mature look. For the age regression, the opposite happens. The head and ears enlarge and the lower face narrows giving them a smaller nose, chin and neck, which results in a realistic childlike appearance. You can perform this illusion for yourself with a teenage photo by just holding the photo in your hand and viewing it in the lens of any camera. Slowly tilt the photo back and forth to see the person morph. The foreshortening in the photo causes an anamorphic effect and what is closest to the camera becomes larger and the farthest smaller. You can use this method with any person and even animals in a photo editing program and create all kinds of fun caricature type of effects. www.victoriaskye.com

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