A Mesmerizing Timelapse Showing How to Draw a 3D Hole Optical Illusion on a Piece of Paper

3D Hole in Paper Tutorial

Artist Tom McPherson of Circle Line Art School creates a wonderful variety of video tutorials every Saturday on the subject of drawing. In one such tutorial, McPherson silently demonstrates through a mesmerizing timelapse how to achieve the optical illusion of a 3D hole on a flat piece of paper.

See how to draw a hole 3D illusion in this simple anamorphic drawing illusion.

McPherson also posted a narrated version of how to draw a 3D hole.

via The Kid Should See This

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