Inspirations

This is How Photoshop Artist Erik Johansson Creates His Mind-Bending Images

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.

h/t PetaPixel

Here are a number of his photo-manipulation artworks accompanied by short but fascinating BTS videos:

Cut & Fold

Drifting Away

Soundscapes

Closing Out

Landfall

Endless Stories

If you want more awesome content, subscribe to Design You Trust Facebook page.

Winners Showcasing Funny Animal Antics from the 2024 Nature’s Best Photography Awards

Recognizable Characters Recreated By A Korean Artist In Her Own Style

Spring, Death and Rebirth: Beautiful Concept Artworks and Illustrations of Quanyi

Artist Reimagined Popular Logos As If They Existed In The Middle Ages, Again

Alluring And Emotive Multimedia Works By Candice Bohannon

"Sky Crystals": Unraveling The Mysteries Of Snowflakes By The Scientist Photographer Don Komarechka

Photo of the Day: How to Become a TV Star

Hilariously Threatening Warning Signs

Photographer Christopher Soukup Captures Mysterious And Cinematic Nights In California

When Did You Realize They Were The One?

"Wistful Dreams, Porcelain Memories": Dreamy and Surreal Illustrations by Maggie Chiang

We Can’t Stop Looking At These Drawings By Artists Reimagining Their Art As Famous Cartoons

“For Rectal Use Only” Stickers: A Cheap Way To Get Cheap Laughs

Artist John Bisbee’s Makes Of Sculptures With Only Nails – “Only Nails, Always Different.”

An Artist Spray-Paint Animals On Plastic Wrap In The Forest With Amazing Results

Meet Lulu Hashimoto – Japan’s Creepy Real-Life Living Doll

Daredevil Photographer Captures Stunning Cityscape Images in Global Rooftop Craze

Budapest-Based Photographer Tamas Toth Captured Croatian Plitvice Lakes As They Turned Into A Frozen Fairytale

11 Totally Accurate Illustrations Showing Exactly What It’s Like to Be a Woman

This Artist Delivers “The Good News” With Upbeat Street Flyers

This Artist Crerates Provocative and Bizarre Photo Manipulations

Designer Ji Lee Makes Clever Calligrams That Visualize The Meanings Of Various Words

Photo of the Day: On the Edge

Artist Spent 4 Years Illustrating Forgotten Creatures From Welsh Folklore

Gloomy Images From Inside The Wreckage Of Car Crashes

The Superb Modern Grpahic Design and Typography Experiences of Mattia Cacciatore

Artist Creates Incredibly Detailed Architecture Drawings That You Could Stare At For Hours

This Artist Creates Dazzling Realistic Portraits Of Pictures In Pictures

British Columbia-based Metal Sculptor Creates Epic Stainless Steel Sculptures

The Superb Poster Art By Flavio Greco Paglia

actually, artist, artworks, behind, bending, careful, closing, created, creates, cut, endless, fascinating, if, illusions, images, johansson, known, manipulation, manipulations, number, optical, photo, photographer, photography, photoshop, photoshopping, release, scenes, short, showing, stories, swedish, techniques, which