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This lazy panda forgot to write something about itself.
Sara Otterstätter · upvoted 3 items
over 8 years ago
Artists use that type of effect on paintings sometimes, I went to a museum once when I was 11 and a lot of the paintings were like that and my dad explained it to me that they do it on purpose
yes, often when I look at a picture of a person/group of people the eyes seem to follow me
Sara Otterstätter · commented on 5 posts
over 8 years ago
Exactly. This effect does not just occur in paintings, but works also with photos.
The impression that the eyes of a person in a painting are following you, is a common optical illusion, due to the two dimensional nature of the artwork. You can see the illusion in every portrait where the subject looks at the viewer. That's why everytime I see the claim: "Oooooh, that portrait is spooky, haunted, cursed because the eyes follow the viewer" I nod and think: Yeah, the magic of perspective and optical illusions.
Sara Otterstätter · upvoted 8 items
about 9 years ago
a tale of passion and chyropractice...
Sara Otterstätter · commented on 24 posts
about 9 years ago
It's without a doubt a very cute leopard cub. But it's not a snow leopard, may be one of several leopard subsecies like African, Asian or Persian leopard.
It's not about being bothered, but being happy, to finally have a chair with the arm desk for left handers. That's like finding a unicorn.