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4.0 out of 5 stars
Some good images here, but some duds, too., December 24, 2006
This review is from: Magic Eye Gallery: A Showing Of 88 Images (Paperback)
(3.5 stars) I've always been a huge fan of Magic Eye images, and I wanted to find a large collection that might keep several grandchildren busy and having fun during the winter holidays. This collection of 3D images, however, proved to be something of a disappointment. Though there are several hidden pictures that are clear and very professionally done (an image of football players and one of an eagle hunting, for example), about twenty-five percent of the images are either unclear, ill-defined, or uninteresting as subject matter.
Two "glass" images are simply the 3D version of the flat image. Five pages contain "no image" at all. Two mazes appear, but only one can be solved--the other has two dead ends at the beginning. Other questionable images include two jet planes with a target site superimposed, making the picture appear confused, a chariot race in which the chariot is unclear and the driver looks like a triangle; and Saturn with its rings where the bottom half of the planet is so hard to see, that the image look like a ranger's hat. Some images of little interest include those of yin and yang, a tapestry weave, an ugly cone, a cube, a car driven by a wolf, a ball seen through mesh, op art, symbols for male and female, four puzzle pieces, and penguins (not polar bears) in front of an igloo (?!?).
I really enjoy this series, but this selection was not interesting to my audience, who felt that many images were just too much work for an image of little interest. In total, I found fifty-seven of the eighty-eight images to be acceptable to good, and two are excellent. Thirty-one, which I marked in the corner so people could skip them, were inferior and detracted from what could have been a terrific collection. n Mary Whipple
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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
A compilation of their 3-D art., November 26, 2001
This review is from: Magic Eye Gallery: A Showing Of 88 Images (Paperback)
This is kind of a "best of" compilation of their previous "magic eye" books -- but some of the 3-D images are really obscure. Even when I can see the image clearly, I can't figure out what it is. And even when I look at the back for the "key" to all the figures, I still don't know why they bothered! But it makes an interesting conversation piece. And it's pretty habit-forming. This is a really good book to have on hand for a party or anywhere you want to break the ice.
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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Magic Eye good. Another Dimension great., August 1, 1998
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This review is from: Magic Eye Gallery: A Showing Of 88 Images (Paperback)
The "Magic Eye" 3D books have been consistent, entertaining and numerous but if you really want to see great 3D check out the 3D of Bohdan Petyhyrcz. In the "Another Dimension" line of 3D books, Bohdan takes the art form into a whole new range. Complete with facial features and tremendous detail.
This paticular 3D book was created with 88 images to complete with "Another Dimension" which has 87 images but the quality as usual cannot compete by a long shot.
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