Impossible Figure: 2008-03-05

For this figure I decided to transform a surface two times over a single object. Usually I work with a single transformation from one state to another, which can be confusing enough to look at. With two transformations the object needs to be larger, because if they are cramped together it will just look like a mess.

I was working with the center surface, to turn it into a ledge and a ridge, but then I realized that a greater illusion lies in the elevation changes that this generates.

Bar
2008-03-05

Linework

Start at the right end of the bar. Notice how the elevation is at the top, but when you move towards the center, the elevation is at the bottom, and at the left end the bar has turned completely flat!

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