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Creative Bloq
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Georgia Coggan

Viral artist makes 'magic' illusions using a mind-blowing combination of famous landmarks, staged sets and visual effects

Zach King.

If you're into visual illusions and you've never heard of Zach King, you're in for a treat. Zach is a master of creating extravagant illusions using a combination of physical sets and digital manipulation. Often set at real (and iconic) places, like Big Ben, and sometimes at sets he builds himself, the result is part staged optical illusion part video editing wizardry. It's a creative combination that's delighted fans for years – and there is zero generative AI used.

His illusions range from jumping through pictures to immerse in the world inside the frame (very Mary Poppins) to stealing famous landmarks and hundreds more visual tricks including more traditional optical illusions and clever editing tricks. See a selection of them in the below video from Reddit, and even more across his social media.

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