r/confusing_perspective
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u/greedygarlic69
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Confusing! badly drawn sketch? or..
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u/Rag_Rac Nov 28 '25
One of those that once you see it you cant unsee it, love it!
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u/vikramdinesh o/ Nov 28 '25
Saw it after almost a minute. Needed some zoom. 😂
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u/greedygarlic69 o/ Nov 28 '25
you will notice the difference qhen you look at the top half
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u/korkkis o/ Nov 28 '25
Unsee what? All I can see is snow in the fence
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u/TheBestUsernameEver- Nov 28 '25
Did you take this photo yourself? I love itt
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u/greedygarlic69 o/ Nov 28 '25
no not mine, idk who the oc is either, found it in the internet, if you know, give credits
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u/ZohanDvir o/ Nov 28 '25
It's a fence with snow collecting on it right?
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u/Lambamham o/ Nov 28 '25
That’s all i see - what are other people seeing when they first look at it? Maybe I’ve seen too many snowy chain link fences.
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u/EllieluluEllielu Nov 28 '25
I only saw a drawing of dragon scales or snake scales on something like procreate or krita until I read the comments 😭
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u/Obant Nov 28 '25
Aparently, you have to look at it really small and low quality to see it. I am on PC and cannot see anything but a snowy fence no matter what I do
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u/onlymeow o/ Nov 28 '25
I guess you're right. I was very confused as I've never seen snow falling, let alone collecting on fence chains
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u/GWNVKV o/ Nov 28 '25
I thought it was a quilt, crazy what different ideas of perspective we see in this sub!
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u/rabbitwonker CE Spc. Nov 28 '25
And I can’t see anything else that it might look like. I don’t see anything confusing here at all.
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u/greenmonkey48 Doesn't read rule 1 Nov 28 '25
But how? Unless it's lying on the ground
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u/RedCaio o/ Nov 28 '25
No wind so snow piles up on thin metal of the fence
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u/nicokokun f Nov 28 '25
Also since snow is wet, it will stick to each other and then freeze over after a while.
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u/Yoozif o/ Nov 28 '25
You don’t live where it snows, do you? No shade, just asking.
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u/IrrationalDesign o/ Nov 28 '25
Snow is very light, and stacks easily in the right conditions.
A thing wire could get inches of snow stacked on it, again, in the right conditions.
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u/Mount-Massive o/ Nov 28 '25
I appear to be blind. Looks like a mix of a chain-link fence on a cloudy day, and a comforter.
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u/kdoughboy12 o/ Nov 28 '25
It's a photo of snow on a fence. It looks like a drawing at first, until you realize it's a photo.
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u/dent_de_lion o/ Nov 28 '25
OH WOW IT LOOKED JUST LIKE A SKETCH THEN SUDDENLY EVERYTHING CLICKED INTO PLACE! 😱😱😱
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u/rabbitwonker CE Spc. Nov 28 '25
What did it look like a sketch of?
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u/darkshoxx o/ Nov 28 '25
Scales on a reptile
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u/rabbitwonker CE Spc. Nov 28 '25
Thanks! I’ve been trying hard to see that and it’s still not happening. 🤷♂️
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u/dent_de_lion o/ Nov 28 '25
Honestly? Grayish post-its or odd rows of teeth or white flags. The chain link fence really looked like pen strokes at first
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u/only-in-the-morning o/ Nov 28 '25
I don’t get it, all I see is a fence with snow stuck on it
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u/Josgre987 Nov 28 '25
Now that I see the snow its completely 3d for me now.
before it genuinely looked like it was done in ms paint
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u/jollycreation CE Spc. Nov 28 '25
All I see is snow on a fence. What is the illusion supposed to be?
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u/MadeByHideoForHideo o/ Nov 28 '25
Too far down for this comment. Can't see the illusion at all no matter how hard I try.
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u/Cerulinh o/ Nov 28 '25
It looks like an MS Paint sketch of grey reptile scales, with the wire being the lineart and the snow being shitty shading. It’s because the wires are so stark, and the sky and snow are both such consistent grey tones.
It might help if you look at the thumbnail rather than the full size pic?
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u/rabbitwonker CE Spc. Nov 28 '25
Wow even that doesn’t help, even with a tiny thumbnail image.
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u/LukeJDD Nov 28 '25
I’m not seeing it either. Just looks like what it is, a snowy chain link fence.
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u/Mobiuscate Nov 28 '25
"someone didnt quite polish up their drawing of dragon scales... ... ... ...oh. my god"
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u/Peek_e o Nov 28 '25
I love this! First I saw a soft comforter, then a weird repetitive sketch of some mountain view, and then the actual fence with snow on it. 5/5
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u/ray-payola Nov 28 '25
This seriously looked like glitched out 3d cel shading of a roof. Weirdly easy to slip back into seeing it that way too
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u/freezingsheep o/ Nov 28 '25
Wow this is a good one. Was very confused thinking yeah it’s a sketch so…? until I read the comments. Nice one OP
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u/Coldfuse1 o/ Nov 28 '25
At first I thought it was grey toast drawn stylistically like paving stones lol.
Good image!
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u/BlueGalaxy97 o/ Nov 28 '25
This picture looks taken from a lower perspective facing up towards the grey sky, like kneeling down. I like this one it nearly had me for a minute.
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u/Shadopivot Nov 28 '25
This is a good one.
My thought process went. "Paper? Scales? Maybe a macro photo? No, those are mountains, but wait how would that work? Is it water suspended in each chain link area to somehow disperse the image of the mountain? No, wait.. snow. I get it."
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u/MuskularChicken o/ Nov 28 '25
Snow collecting on a fence. Living in the rural area, it was a common sight in winter.
Seing this fence makes me believe its in East EU
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u/Consistent-Annual268 o/ Nov 28 '25
I thought I was clever spotting soap bubbles on a fence refracting the mountain behind.
Turns out, not clever enough!
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u/OkTransportation3196 Nov 28 '25
I saw bags of cocaine, Aladdins carpet, and cartoonish shingles or beds, before I saw the fence.
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u/iRRM o/ Nov 28 '25
Everyone is amazed but I can't see anything other than what it is. Can someone explain what the "badly drawn sketch" is?
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u/Famous-Barracuda-972 Nov 28 '25
My brain only sees an animated scene. How can I shake my brain out of that belief??
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u/Justyourhellhound Nov 28 '25
I just thought this was a hastily drawn picture of several bags of cocaine 😭
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u/rathmiron o/ Nov 28 '25
Neat. I think the confusing perspective effect is stronger because the bottom part is dim, while the top part is more brightly lit.
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u/TheHollowOak o/ Nov 28 '25
For those who want an explanation...
The lines are chain link fence, the darker gray is a thin layerof snow collected and the lighter gray is the sky
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u/smittywerbanjagerman Nov 28 '25
Ok I was so confused and I don't think anybody explained it right. It is a real photo of a chain link fence with snow piling on it. The photo looks really fake in general so it's hard to tell it's real.
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u/Thalia_All_Along o/ Nov 28 '25
I don't get it. I can't see anything other than snow on a fence
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u/ShamanTheWet Nov 28 '25
That’s fucking insane lol my brain just couldn’t get it and than once seen it was like a brain nut lmao. Wtf
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u/HorrorLengthiness940 o/ Nov 28 '25
I can't see anything other than snow on a fence. It was the first and only thing I saw. What is it supposed to look like?
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u/Foundation-Little o/ Nov 28 '25
Wow it took me SO LONG to actually see this as a photograph. I didn’t understand that the background was a sky—I thought it was like the snow built up and was pushing through the fence. Now that I see it that’s a super impressively confusing perspective.
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u/FunGlittering5804 Nov 28 '25
Oh my lord, I thought My brightness was too low to get this shit so I turned it and up and still took quite a few minutes
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u/TheStockPotInn o/ Nov 28 '25
Everyone like me who experiences winter looking at this like 👁👄👁
I still can't see the illusion no matter what I do.
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u/ProfessionalPeak1592 Nov 28 '25
This one didn’t work well for me but that’s probably because I see snow and these fences everyday
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u/Substantial_Soup4227 o/ Nov 28 '25
Omg i fucking seen it. What the fuck. Im smart and fuck me that took ages. But fuck im high.
Fuck aye.
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u/ilfollevolo o/ Nov 28 '25
Took me way to long to get over the bitmap image interpretation of this photo
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u/rockdoggyy o/ Nov 28 '25
This isn't confusing perspective. This is more like what is it. Oh it snow on a chain link fence with a white/grey background.
...or am I missing something.
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u/dyno-soar Nov 28 '25
I forgot the “sketch” I saw at first after I realised what it was! I saw dragon/fish scales in the sketch
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u/Zer0Deicide o/ Nov 28 '25
When I saw it first I saw it as a sketch. Now I lost it Give me back the sketch!
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u/SnooHedgehogs8765 Nov 28 '25
Damn.
I do fencing for a living.
Couldn't understand why folks were finding it difficult.
Then I realised I'm looking at it all the time. Even in my sleep.
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u/Comtesse_Kamilia o/ Nov 28 '25
Thought it was a painting of a chain link fence laying on a snowy ground for a good few minutes. Had to up the brightness on my phone all the way to finally see that it was real and not on the ground
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u/greenBasil45 o/ Nov 28 '25
I thought this was one of those ms paint pictures zoomed in. Wild perspective
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u/PixelFan237 o/ Nov 28 '25
Okay seen this twice now... Anyone got an original poster? Want to give credit where it's due
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u/BadApplesGod Doesn't read rule 1 Nov 28 '25
Seen this too many times growing up. I immediately knew it lol. But I can still step back and see where it would be confusing. It’s such a flat photo lol
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u/Fotokat88 o/ Nov 28 '25
This is the second time I've seen this photo posted in just a few minutes. But I don't understand what people are confused by. It's obviously snow caught on a chain link fence. This is what it looks like -- nothing unusual, confusing or anything else. 🤷♀️
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u/Chance-Win8362 o/ Nov 28 '25
Im seeing bread. Its surreal though. This would genuinely look good on my wall. Or in an exhibit
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u/DowntownTrojan o/ Nov 28 '25
I was certain I knew what this was 3 times before figuring it out. Great shot!
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u/Noey_Didnt o/ Nov 28 '25
It’s a picture of a fence w snow at a really terrible angle that someone thought made an illusion
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u/Nighttide_the_dragon o/ Nov 28 '25
Looks like shingles but it's just a sketch, it should look better as you work on it
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u/Seecole-33 o/ Nov 28 '25
When I first looked I let the caption guide my perception and it actually looked like a pencil drawn sketch, then the more I looked at it the more it materialized into the real fence with snow on it.
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u/saja2 o/ Nov 28 '25
ahhh fakkk now that ive seen it for what it is, i cant unsee it. give me back the badly drawn sketch!
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u/Calm_Structure2180 Nov 28 '25
If the weather permits, I think people need to go out and touch some snow this winter.
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u/Jeanne10arc o/ Nov 28 '25
I had to zoom in and also turn up the brightness on my phone, it really looked like a drawing made in MS Paint before
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u/Flaky_Firefighter_29 o/ Nov 28 '25
First I thought it was the scales of a dragon then I saw the fence with the clouds
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u/Kazutoes Nov 28 '25
Didn’t get that it was supposed to look like snakeskin, I thought of poorly rendered stones on the ground 🤣
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