Surprise! Trick Art Design Ideas Recommended for the School Culture Festival
Trick art that makes flat pictures look three-dimensional or change depending on where you view them from.
This fascinating art that uses optical illusions doesn’t just captivate children—adults get drawn into its world, too.
If you’re thinking about incorporating such trick art into your school festival exhibit, this is a must-read!
In this article, we introduce recommended trick art designs to display at a school festival.
You might think, “Handmade sounds difficult,” but with a few tricks—like how you add shading—it’s surprisingly easy to pull off!
Give it a try!
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Surprising! Trick Art Design Ideas Recommended for School Culture Festivals (21–30)
Which way is it spinning?
Artworks where letters and illustrations look 3D are pure fun for both the viewers and the creators, aren’t they? Showcasing lots of these illusion images would be perfect for a school festival.
From cut-out illustrations you can hang so you can’t tell which way they’re spinning, to text that appears to pop out, drawings that seem to float, or, conversely, look like they have deep holes—magic art full of delightful tricks.
All you need is a black pen, a pencil, and scissors, so try making lots of them!
Collaboration with a masterpiece
Let’s create trick art using famous paintings from around the world as motifs! For example, you could turn the mouth of Leonardo da Vinci’s masterpiece, the Mona Lisa, into a crooked, wry smile.
First decide which part you want to transform into trick art, then copy the rest to resemble the original work.
Finally, add the trick art portion and you’re done.
Portrait-based masterpieces pair especially well with trick art, so they’re recommended.
Discuss with those around you and think about which subject to choose!
a hole that looks like it could swallow you up
The “hole that looks like it’ll suck you in,” often used as a gag on video sites, shows up in clips like “Can my pet at home see through a trick art illusion?” This mysterious hole is easy to make by drawing black rectangles spaced apart in a circular arrangement.
The key is to make the black rectangles get larger as they go outward.
Finally, to create a shadow in the center, turn your pen sideways and shade with gray in a gradient.
And that’s it—your three-dimensional hole that looks like it could swallow you up is complete.
It looks like things are floating.
Trick art that makes objects look like they’re floating in midair is a high-impact idea that’s sure to be a hit at a school festival.
The method is simple: first, draw a cube using diagonal lines.
The key is to make sure the diagonal lines that form the depth are precisely parallel.
Next, arrange colored and white squares alternately on the flat surface.
Use colors like brown or red, and paint the sides as well.
Finally, blend black with your finger to add shadows—and you’re done!
A hole opens in my hand
This is a piece of trick art you can enjoy as a space-saving exhibit.
Its appeal lies in how easy it is to try—even for people who aren’t good at drawing.
First, sketch any simple illustration, then cut out a part of it into a heart or circle small enough to fit on your palm, and lightly shade one area.
Next, on your palm, use a red marker to color around the heart or circle so it looks like blood.
The result is an illustration that appears to pierce through your hand.
You can smoothly present your hand in person, or display a photo you took beforehand.
A room where the sense of perspective feels off
This is an illusion-style trick art where one person looks like a giant barely able to fit into the room, while another appears tiny in contrast.
It’s known as an “Ames room,” a famous trick art installation you can actually step into and experience.
From a designated viewpoint, it looks like an ordinary rectangular room, but its actual shape is a distorted quadrilateral.
As a result, viewers misjudge distances, creating a size illusion.
Building the room is a bit challenging, but it’s sure to be a hit—so give it a try!
A picture that looks like it’s moving
It’s a pop-out optical illusion that looks like it moves depending on the viewing angle.
It uses reverse perspective—a curious trick art technique where the back is drawn larger than the front, or lines receding into the distance are drawn spreading outward—but it’s nice and simple enough for beginners.
First, cut out and assemble a 3D shape with a part that pops out, then draw the sky, ground, buildings, and so on onto it.
As you’re making it, you’ll find that your sense of perspective starts to get confusing partway through, which feels strangely intriguing.
You can do it even in a small space, so make lots of them and have fun!