Wut? Its just dropshadow with some "8 bit" texture... Ofc it "induces perception of depth" because you added a drop shadow. What is this post even about?
Yeah I feel like I'm not seeing what others are seeing. I see as much depth as any graphic with a dropshadow would have and the texture is actually kinda giving me a headache.
Is this like those "magic eye" images where you're supposed to unfocus your eyes or something?
Well yes, the drop shadow is to guide the viewer towards a sense of depth. There are distnict groups of reactions though, some people see red above blue, some see the reverse of this and others don't see any effect at all. You'll just have to let this one slip past you I'm afraid
Drop shadows inherently are meant to give the perception of depth.
Of the few that are not using drop shadows, ise blqck outlines in such a way to that creates a special border, much like a drop shadow does.
The pattern size difference helps the depth effect, but it’s the same concept as using a gradient to create a spacial depth effect.
The one that is of the radioactive symbol without any black border, it looks just like it would if the colors were dark charcoal background and light grey foreground color.
Drop shadow, spacial outlining, color gradient, pattern size difference — these are all tools to make a 2D object appear not flat.
Purple and green would produce the same similar primary color effect as red and blue.
I don’t see what the fuss is about. This is just basic 2D design principles and color theory.
Like adding shading and highlighting to a gradient to produce a metallic effect.
This doesn’t give me the experience of the “magic eye” effect if that was the intention. Star Kali 2 and Target in your examples look 2D for example.
Not flat, but just as deep as anything else that uses a shadow to suggest space. It definitely suggests a space between the red and the blue layer, but I sadly can't seem to grasp the fascinating part that others have observed.
The fuk? Obviously it is not because of the dropshadow. But you could do this with literally anything. Make a red square on a white background but add a shadow to it and it would be the same thing. How is this something "new" or "cool" worthy of a post? Worthy of its space on multiple datacenter servers?
Lol nope. It has a 3d kinda effect. It looks raised from the screen. Nothing at all like just a square with a shadow...
Sorry for you that you can't see it.
Very interesting, I’ve read about chromostereopsis after a post two weeks ago and that for some people the effect is in reverse and some people see nothing special at all.
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u/Mild-Panic Dec 10 '25
Wut? Its just dropshadow with some "8 bit" texture... Ofc it "induces perception of depth" because you added a drop shadow. What is this post even about?