A book or a kind of art?

[ennelya]

Hi flist!

I bring this topic here because I remember something from my childhood that I wanted to find again, but so far I've searched everywhere without luck, so I hope someone here knows what I'm talking about...

It's a book, where every page has an image, just like a pattern, but if you look closely or more attentively, you can see a bigger

Comments

[sweet_lemmon]

I remember that this book is called 'O olho Mágico' (at least, it was the name in Portuguese) but I think it's "Magical Eye" in English. It was very famous some years ago.

The name for those kinds of images is 'illusion', I think.

I hope this helps. :)

[ennelya]

*hugs really tight*

That's exactly it! :D :D :D Now I know what I'm looking for, it'll be so much easier!

(And I love your icon, it's so fitting!)

[anitalouisa]

Yeah, we used to have them in the paper many years ago... you focus on one point of the picture, and then all of a sudden, the picture would show the thing... not sure what it's called though... :S I'll ask mother, heh.

[ennelya]

I found them on Amazon :) Now I only need... a job that pays money to put in my account so I can get a credit card *lol* (or some very 'rare-oriented' bookshop in Lisbon to have them *shrugs*

I saw one of these at a party, some years ago, and last week had a strange dream about it, hence the crazy search for the things!