Comments on: Clockwise or Counter-Clockwise?

By: veruca

veruca — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 14:01:43 +0000

I see both. I agree with Luis. I’m quite sleepy right now and everytime my eyes get tired or my eyes wants to close and I’m staring at it, it changes its direction from counterclockwise to clockwise vise versa.

By: luis

luis — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 02:33:49 +0000

omg i can seeit go both ways, but i know how to make it change at will, i simply look up but kinda still looking at the woman move soon while u looking up it would sorta change the opposite direction watever that is , is not a trick but u can fool this easy were not geniuses it is just ‘
that it matters from wat angle u see it lol.

By: Eff

Eff — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 04:12:28 +0000

The figure wobbles back and forth. “the illusion is a full 360 turn”. But she is actually only wobbling 180 and back.
The trick is NOT letting the figure making a full turn, and you will see her wobble left to right or right to left..

Look “ONLY” at her extended foot.

If the extended foot is reaching the far right side imagine that she is wobbling back to the left side.
If the foot reaches the far left side, imagine her wobbling back to the right..

Then look at the full figure and you are a genius!

By: averil

averil — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 05:01:23 +0000

want to see her move clockwise and counter-clockwise? hahaha… lol

cover your right eye… youll see it move clockwise. cover your left… youll see it move counter..

By: Liz

Liz — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 19:24:22 +0000

It’s f-ing confusing! one sec she’s clockwise and then after some time staring, she goes the other way. hahaha, but I ain’t no genius, asa pako e nuh. It’s a cool thing though.

By: wool

wool — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 16:20:33 +0000

i close my eyes half way and move my eyeballs to the left, looking at the legs and she goes counter-clockwise as i look at the image fully. I close my eyes half way again, move my eyeballs to the right and she goes clockwise. i can flip the image counter and clockwise in a few seconds.

It’s like when you stare blankly at something without imagining or trying. Like those tricky mosaics where you try to find the hideen picture trick.

By: rich

rich — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 17:17:35 +0000

Actually, she is ALWAYS spinning anti-clockwise because of where her shadow falls.
The light source must be the other side of her and when we see the shadow of her foot move from right to left it must be the leg at the back. We don’t see this shadow on the return sweep because it is out of the picture and her foot would be this side of her. So she is ALWAYS spinning anti-clockwise.
If you don’t take her shadow into account, you can get her to spin any which way or sway from side to side, facing or with her back to us.

By: rich

rich — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 17:03:27 +0000

If you concentrate on the toe of the leg that is off the ground you can get her to not ’spin’ at all. She will rotate to the left then rotate to the right and keep changining directions never actually spinning all the way round.
However, if you try to see how she switches the foot she is standing on , she will spin all the way round again until u look back at her toe.
It’s a cool optical illusion caused by the fact that she’s drawn in 2D so your brain works out for itself which way she is facing.

By: Krissysteen

Krissysteen — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 18:04:24 +0000

Open another window. Cover the dancer up so ALL you see is the mid part of her legs, no feet and NO part of her hands. Watch leg, one looks stationary and ones looks to sway back and forth. Can you make it look like it is spining clockwise and counter clockwise now?

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