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When you look closely and at the end you can see how the paper has been folded and that creates it
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Posted: 2004-11-06 23:45:02
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This little dragon appears to be looking at you. But if you rotate the base this way or that the dragon's head appears to turn the other way...
Or if you stand the dragon on a shelf and walk about, the dragon's head follows you around the room. And yet it is simply a sheet of paper, cut and folded in a certain way. How does it work?
When we see a solid object rotating, there are all sorts of clues that tell us what is going on, which way it is rotating, etc. The dragon gives us the wrong clues, because we mis-interpret what its shape is. The nose of the dragon appears to be pointing out towards the viewer, but in fact the dragon's head is concave. Have a look at the dragon from the back...
Can you see the strange way the dragon's head is folded? The dragon was designed by Jerry Andrus, and he calls it 'Eye-Foolery'.
You can download a copy of the dragon by using the right button of your mouse on
this link and try this illusion for yourself if you wish. Please note that this is a 300 K download, and that you need to load the JPG image into a paint package (e.g. Adobe PhotoShop or Paint Shop Pro) and then print it out. The resolution of the image is 200 dpi, and will be around 19cm x 25cm. It will more or less fill an A4 sheet in portrait layout. Do not load it into your web browser, since these display at 72 dpi and you will end up with an enormous (and low resolution) image filling several sheets of paper if you try to print it out from a browser.
Once you have printed the dragon out (a colour printer is best since this is a colour image) then you can cut out the dragon, fold and stick it, and you will be able to see this fantastic illusion yourself. When you print the page out, you will see that the instructions for folding the dragon are included. Please follow these instructions exactly.
DOWNLOAD
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Posted: 2004-11-13 16:11:08
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nickorooster Posts: > 500
That really is cool.....
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Posted: 2004-11-13 17:22:34
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whoa that is cool. Check this one out too. Watch the face -
http://www.jokaroo.com/ecards[....]ovies/opticalillusionface.html
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Posted: 2004-11-13 19:20:05
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woooo that is so grovvy
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Posted: 2004-11-14 18:27:37
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this trick has been used in a lot of paintings and artwork too.
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Posted: 2004-11-14 18:51:36
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The simplest ones are always the best! Queen is bald!!
btw thats not me in case your wondering!
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Posted: 2006-07-21 03:11:09
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With the Dragon, I found the easiest way was just right click on the Dragon picture's thumbnail after its been saved in your 'My Pictures' folder from the link that Axxxr gave and then click print. It will go through the print photo precedure, for the image size I chose...
Full page fax print:
centered and rotated to fit
I am using Windows XP. It produces a clear, quality and readable picture with all the right dimensions etc.
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[ This Message was edited by: Xugaa on 2006-07-21 10:18 ]
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Posted: 2006-07-21 11:16:43
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