A Work in Progress: Impossible Triangle



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Impossible Triangle
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Original image


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Select a block

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Align and duplicate to make 9

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Align blocks and space evenly.

This is a shot of the "secret block" that makes the illusion work (for me).

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Background: enlarge the source image to fill the canvas. Apply polar coordinates two times

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Gaussian blur applied

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Color overlay

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Reactivate all the block layers and apply levels, color fill, hue / saturation.

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(Forgot to add this) made a thick "line" with rectangle tool to help align the blocks. Just rotated the "line" each time to suit the direction of the overall triangle shape.

Creation of Impossible Triangle: Step 10

Final result

Creation of Impossible Triangle: Final Result

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