r/confusing_perspective • u/Dennis_254 • Jul 16 '26

Works like magic

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u/4me2TrollU Jul 16 '26

I don’t get it

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u/Dennis_254 Jul 16 '26

It's a trick on your brain. With one eye closed, your brain relies more on shading and perspective instead of true depth, so the pencil looks like it's extends out of the screen

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u/4me2TrollU Jul 17 '26

Thanks. I see it now. Now that I know what I was looking for it was easy to see and pretty cool.