This is How Photoshop Artist Erik Johansson Creates His Mind-Bending Images
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Swedish photographer and retoucher Erik Johansson is well known for his mind-bending photo-manipulations and optical illusions, which are all made with careful photography and Photoshopping. If you’re wondering how the images are actually created, Johansson has been regularly release behind-the-scenes videos showing his techniques.
Cut & Fold
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Post-production for this project took 15 hours.
Drifting Away
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Landfall
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Endless Stories
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An image created for The Swedish Childhood Cancer Foundation.
Closing Out
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Soundscapes
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You can find more of Johansson work on his website, and you can follow along with future videos by subscribing to his YouTube channel.
Image credits: Photographs and videos by Erik Johansson
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