Two or Three?

I remember being fascinated by this shape when I was young. I think that perhaps the first place I saw it was in the icon that was used for photoshop filters back in the day. I started relearning the first modeling program that I ever used today (formerly "Ray Dream Designer", currently Carrara), and so I thought I would give this impossible object a try. Oh, and also this image was lit with an HDRI environment map.

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HәATHәR says:

wayyy cool. i had to attempt to draw this last year in geometry ha
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Brett Hamlyn says:

Excellent effort!
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raineys says:

Wow, amazing!!!!
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keleka656 says:

I, too, was fascinated by that when I was young. Im still fascinated. You made a very arstsy shot utilizing the shape. Nice job!
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Kalamakia says:

Very cool!
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Water Bowl says:

Impressive!
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pyrator says:

dammit now I have a headache
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Uriolus says:

Good job! But what if you try to reduce the perspective, like if you took the photo from far? Then the two spaces between the three cilinders would be the same size as them. You know what i mean?
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Josh Sommers says:

Uriolus- Usually for these images I set the camera focal length to somewhere between 200mm and 600mm. However I can't recall what focal length I used for this image because my main purpose was just getting to know Carrara.
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Josh Sommers says:

@haydar- I think I had to draw this in Geometry at Casa too...I wonder if I had the same teacher?
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.rexguo says:

Dude, this is a great series! Do keep it up and I'd
love to see a rendered version of this classic:

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Tommickle says:

You are amazing. This series of visual incongruities has intrigued me since I was a kid. I can't believe that you can make them look so realistic.
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tsevis says:

Very nice.
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OhJazzyboy! says:

instant fave for sure!
an awesome illusion.
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pinobarile says:

this shape fashinated me too since I was a young boy.
great work!
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

TrudiAnna says:

Superb!
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ARTS SOCIETY says:

hmmm..maybe its three..jejeje..nice job..like it!
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