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Tourist Trapby ~eriban

Digital Art / 3-Dimensional Art / Scenes / Miscellaneous

Created in a bygone era, by a people long forgotten, using skills forever lost, the Tower at the World's Corner prominently stands at the corner of the world. Trespassing is allowed, but mind the step. Please make a donation before you enter.

Technical Details and Credits

This image has been rendered using the POVRay raytracer. No post-processing has taken place on the image to make the illusion work; this is the 3D scene as it is rendered by the raytracer.

The grass is made using macros by Gilles Tran. The palm tree is made using the tree macro by Tom Aust, modified by Gena Obukhov. The chain is made using a macro by the PM 2Ring, using catenary calculations by Zdislav Kovarik.

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Tourist Trap II [link] shows pretty much the same scene, but with a different perspective. Check it out!

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Given 2010-11-24

Not just because of my personal interest in POV-Ray but Tourist Trap by ~eriban is a well executed illusion and an original idea. There are lots of impossible cubes and confusing ladders out there, but ~eriban's work is a pretty authentic one. ( Featured by `KeremGo )

love 3 3

joy 1 1

wow 2 2

~~mad 0 0~~

~~sad 0 0~~

~~fear 0 0~~

~~neutral 0 0~~

~TheSUNGlassKid Jan 6, 2011 Hobbyist Photographer

You sure you didn't have a hand in the Magic Eye books?

~eriban Jan 7, 2011

Yeah, pretty sure. But then again, nothing is impossible, right? So who knows...

~Wolfynsong Dec 1, 2010

Ha, it's totally an M. C. Escher drawing, but 3-D. That's awesome.

~eriban Dec 1, 2010

Thanks!

=assporn Nov 27, 2010 Student General Artist

The subtle changing in the shading changes the perspective...nice one.

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~eriban Nov 28, 2010

Thanks. But who knows, maybe it is the change in perspective that causes the subtle change in shading?

=assporn Nov 28, 2010 Student General Artist

Both go hand-in-hand, I guess.

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~alltelleringet Nov 25, 2010

nice one

~eriban Nov 26, 2010

Thanks. You have made some innovative 3D illusions yourself, so that makes it extra nice to hear.

~flowerpower09 Nov 25, 2010 Student Writer

Hmmm when my eyes start at the bottom of the tile floor and move up slowly, I see the inside of the corner. But somewhere along the inside of the top border, right below the window and the circle design, the point of view changes so I'm now looking at the outside of the building. (if any of that made sense) No matter how hard I try, I can't get my eyes to see the tower as a whole.

I LOVE this. And I can most definitely look at it for hours!

Great job!!

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