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Watermelon by Akiyoshi Kitaoka
The green circle in the center of this image, which Professor Akiyoshi Kitaoka calls a “watermelon”, appears to sway back and forth and be unstable against the gray background. I personally find this...
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Water Cushion by Akiyoshi Kitaoka
This purple circle created by Akiyoshi Kitaoka appears to wobble and pulsate as you look at it. Try focusing on the gray dot int he center of the image and then moving your head around. You will find...
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Rotating Chains by Akiyoshi Kitaoka
The blue and yellow circles made up of what look like bicycle chains appear to spontaneously rotate. Try focusing your attention on only one of the six circles at a time and you should find that the...
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Illusory Blue Dots by Akiyoshi Kitaoka
In this variant of the Hermann grid illusion created by Professor Akiyoshi Kitaoka, illusory blue dots can be seen in the white circles where the squares intersect. This phenomenon was first reported...
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Tick by Akiyoshi Kitaoka
This is an interesting motion illusion that Professor Akiyoshi Kitaoka created back in 2010. When you simply look at it, you’ll just notice a series of different-colored square outlines. But if you...
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12 Black Dots Optical Illusion
Psychology professor Akiyoshi Kitaoka recently posted this optical illusion on his Facebook page, which then made it to Twitter and quickly went viral through a large number of shares and retweets. If...
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Two Red Snakes
The two snakes appear to be in motion even though this image is completely static. This another terrific example of an anomalous motion illusion created by Professor Akiyosh Kitaoka. His illusions...
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Algae by Akiyoshi Kitaoka
The six thin strips within this circle, created by Professor Akiyoshi Kitaoka, appear to tilt alternately. In reality, each of the strips are all parallel with one another. It certainly does not...
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Black Hole Rings by Akiyoshi Kitaoka
Here is the latest work from professor Akiyoshi Kitaoka, who is never one to disappoint when it comes to creating innovative relative motion illusions. The orange rings in this optical illusion appear...
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Moving Snakes Motion Illusion
Professor Akiyoshi Kitaoka, Faculty of Comprehensive Psychology at Ritsumeikan University, creates some of the best motion illusions out there. As such, he has been featured on An Optical Illusion on...
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