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Optical illusion painted on house

David Pescovitz at 9:18 am Mon, Sep 24, 2012

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Ciaran Brennan painted the exterior of his home with a delightfully surrealist trompe l'oeil. "boptical illusion" (via)

David Pescovitz is Boing Boing's co-editor/managing partner. He's also a research director at Institute for the Future. On Instagram, he's @pesco.

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  • SamSam

    Beautiful. Seems to be referencing XKCD’s Grownups.

  • howaboutthisdangit

    He seems to enjoy painting his house…
    http://ciaran-brennan.deviantart.com/art/building-a-house-288978307?q=gallery%3Aciaran-brennan&qo=6

    • Antinous / Moderator

      Videos of him painting:
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FeKq5TfJve8
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOMHTcrU9vM
      Sort of.

  • Shibi_SF

    So the house is NOT overflowing with balloons??   That’s a shame!

  • knoxblox

    Oh, it’s balloons.

    I thought maybe the Easter Bunny had been caught hoarding, like the occasional postal worker.

  • http://www.gyrofrog.com/ Gyrofrog

    Nice job, had me fooled – I really thought that window was open!

  • http://www.flickr.com/photos/stefan_e_jones/ Stefan Jones

    The local Home Owners’ Association basically just gave up after seeing this, and handed out clothes lines and plywood lawn art to everyone in the subdivision.

  • oasisob1

    What funny is that you all think there is a house.

  • Boundegar

    My God, it’s full of stars!