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Wooden Mind-Fuck (i.imgur.com)

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[–]dweeb_ 12 points13 points ago

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This is the best I could figure it out but I could be soo completely wrong. http://i.imgur.com/iartu.png

[–]holyghostbuster 4 points5 points ago

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i posted this below, but since its lonely at the bottom: EASY WAY TO UNDERSTAND IT

i just overlayed some color on the bottom block.

[–]phathiker 2 points3 points ago

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Again, the grain in the top right corner do not match.

[–]Nachington 3 points4 points ago

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The grain is easy to do, but I'm more worried about the shadow under the hand

[–]sierrabravo1984 0 points1 point ago

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The shadow should curve if that edge really exists...

[–]Nachington 0 points1 point ago

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Exactly

[–]dweeb_ 0 points1 point ago

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That is the same thing I did only I did it with lines and you did it with colour... and mine was first...

[–]MilkDaddy -1 points0 points ago

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That is the same thing I did when I was presented this years ago. But sure, turn this into a battle of "FIRST!"

[–]dweeb_ 0 points1 point ago

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Well if you did it years ago then obviously you win. No battle.

[–]MilkDaddy 0 points1 point ago

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I'd say whoever came up with the idea wins.

[–]phathiker 1 point2 points ago*

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That looks good, but how do you account for the top right corner? Or how the grain matches up perfectly where the 2 pieces meet at the far end?

Here is what I mean

EDIT: This is what I think is going on and the only way that would work is if there are some very strange angles to the piece which are being hidden by the angle of the shot. One of the major things that lead me to this is THERE IS NO SEAM if one piece was ON TOP of the other. It has to be side by side.

[–]jusksmit 2 points3 points ago

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The top right corner is the easy part: you simply chamfer off the corner and glue on a lighter-colored piece so it has a new corner. Matching the grains up is the harder part. And the shadow below the fingertips is even harder. I'm not convinced this isn't just a shop.

[–]GoneSoon 1 point2 points ago

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Also, the shadows under the finger don't seem to follow the angle of the wood.

[–]helium_farts 0 points1 point ago

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perhaps they are cut from the same piece of wood?

[–]leaffall 3 points4 points ago

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Explanation?

[–]ewest 1 point2 points ago

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Tilt your screen toward the left and look at it as though the hand is coming from beneath and laying on the side of it.

[–]thepenk 4 points5 points ago

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Probably just this You can see from the lines in the wood that it makes sense

[–]phathiker 1 point2 points ago*

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I don't know....the grain doesn't match. Also, I don't see the seam between the 2 if one was on top of the other.

[–]Mansyn -1 points0 points ago

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I believe you are correct penk

[–]pen_name 1 point2 points ago

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Can someone make this... un-fucked?

[–]IdTugYourBoat 1 point2 points ago

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I need to go eat.

[–]jRadu 0 points1 point ago

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^ I just loved this comment.

[–]OMGraham 1 point2 points ago

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ITS A FUCKING FLAT PIECE OF WOOD!

[–]holyghostbuster 1 point2 points ago

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EASY WAY TO UNDERSTAND IT

i just overlayed some color on the bottom block.

[–]highchaz 2 points3 points ago

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Magnets..

[–]Nomeru 1 point2 points ago

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I see 2 pieces stacked vertically. at the end, there is a bit of a reflection onto the upper piece giving the illusion that it is the bottom piece. That's how I see it anyhow.

[–]muddythewaters 4 points5 points ago

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I may be intoxicated, but it seems to me that if they were stacked vertically, the shadow cast by the hand would have an angle to it.

[–]entropystoragedevice 0 points1 point ago

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i finally see it the way you do. At first i was messed up, but when i closed 1 eye, i saw the real shape for a second. After that, it's easy to see, especially if you cover the bottom piece of wood.

[–]SecondVariety 0 points1 point ago

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First viewing my eyes went from left to right and it looked like the bottom piece is longer than the top piece. Second and Third look were the same. Fourth look was right to left and I immediately saw the illusion where it appears both pieces of wood are of similar length side-by-side on the right but vertically stacked on the left. I think the wood grain kind of gives it away if you don't get distracted by the hand.

[–]damnhatkid 0 points1 point ago

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what witchcraft is this?

[–]TheDroopy 1 point2 points ago

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*Which craft is this?

And it's carpentry. And also black magic.

[–]SC0TTBL4M 0 points1 point ago

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Can't tell if real optical illusion... or just photoshop.

[–]Sublimis 0 points1 point ago

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Trained my eye on it and finally got it, then chuckled and said 'haha my brain hurts'. Good night reddit.

[–]oblivinite 0 points1 point ago

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OP has just got his hand over a picture. That's my theory.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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"the corpse of a young boy was discovered today with what seems like a large hole where his head once was..."

[–]DarcyHart 0 points1 point ago

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I dont understand the mindfuck on this one...

[–]DCShaw 0 points1 point ago

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It looks as though the top piece has been slightly coloured near the end to line up with the bottom piece. You can see the top right hand corner of it is yellow, compared to the other bit which is greeny-blue which has been coloured to look like a part of the lower block...if that makes sense?

[–]f0rcedinducti0n 0 points1 point ago

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It's a thin, flat piece of wood that has its left end (in this picture) cut on an angle to appear as though it's a taller, thicker piece of wood. The sides and other ends were cut to make it appear a different shape from this angle as well.

[–]internet_interpol 0 points1 point ago

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Eliminate the impossible and what ever is left must be the answer... Two blocks of wood on top of each other.

[–]canadianman001 0 points1 point ago

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They likely took an image of the bottom half, then photographed it with the top half on. Post processing would see an idividual then edit the wood grain from the top of the bottom half into the top block.

[–]Advocate7x70 1 point2 points ago

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"What it's just two pieces of... wait.... huh?"

[–]JohnnyFooker 0 points1 point ago

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It's just one piece of wood cleverly shaved, with a couple screws and a hand....why is this a "mind-fuck"

[–]TheDroopy -1 points0 points ago

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Props to whoever you ripped off and reposted.

[–]Advocate7x70 -4 points-3 points ago

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"What it's just two pieces of... wait.... huh?"

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