These People Must Get Mistaken For Real Celebrities All The Time

People often try to look like celebrities. They want to be as fit as them, look as glamorous as them, and be just as good-looking. More often than not, when people try to emulate a celebrity’s look, they fail.

However, the lucky people featured below were just born looking like stars. There’s nothing they could do about it. All they can really do is just say that they aren’t a celebrity and go about their day. (Or sign autographs anyway.)

Danny McBride

Ron Weasley, Harry Potter, and Hermione Granger

Adolf Hitler (this seems more like a curse than a blessing)

Jay-Z

Tom Hanks

Morgan Freeman

Jeff Goldblum

Dora The Explorer

Spock

John Hammond from Jurassic Park

Alan Rickman

Aaron Paul and Bryan Cranston

George W. Bush

Honest Abe Lincoln

Another Bryan Cranston

Mario

Carl from Up

Michael Jackson

Loki

Being a lookalike must be rough. Every day, these people have to deal with others attempting to subtly take pictures of them with their smart phones.

These People Must Get Mistaken For Real Celebrities All The Time

Delicate And Lifelike Wood Sculptures Create Mind-Bending Illusions

When artist Tom Eckert was young, he was struck by a mirage seen while on a trip with his family. It was a fairly commonplace one, but the sensation of having been fooled was something he wouldn’t soon forget. “The revelation that I was fooled, visually and intellectually tricked, stuck with me. This visual deception is now the basis for my creative direction.”

Years later, Eckert’s artwork still reflects that idea of the illusion. His painted wood sculptures depict every items, often draped with a piece of cloth. To the casual observer, these realistic sculptures appear to really be swaddled in fabric, but that’s all part of Eckert’s illusion. Everything he creates is a wood carving, which is then painted to be as lifelike as possible. Both the carved wood and the painting showcase some remarkable skill in creating illusions, and because they are sculptures, Eckert can create surreal, mind-bending illusions of his own, such as floating objects and windows that seem to look out into another dimension. Even the less fantastic sculptures, such as those that simply depict a piece of cloth, are still incredible in their careful, lifelike appearance.

Twisted

Celestial Necromancy

Eccentric Transcendence

Transcendence

Seven

Night Watch

Rag Study

Conjuring Book

Obscured

Rising of the Sphere

Eckert has long been fascinated by the mysterious nature of items shrouded in cloth and they’re a recurring theme in his work. To create his pieces he uses traditional wood-carving methods, and, luckily for us, has hung onto his childhood sense of wonder and amusement.

Via 22Words  

Delicate And Lifelike Wood Sculptures Create Mind-Bending Illusions