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24 June 2014

Improve observation skills with illusions

Well, until now Illusions didn't appeared (directly) in any of the previous CEED question papers; but the main reason why I included a section for illusions is - Illusions are great for improving observation power that would indirectly help in many ways for CEED. A good observer is considered as a good designer. Many of the problems that appear in the exams (like problem identification, designing a product etc) can be easily solved if you carefully observe the given picture or even the given scenario. So, it's good to observe and analyze the illusions and that's the sole reason why I included illusions in my blog.

"A good observer is a creative designer"

Our eyes are trickier and at times, what our brain perceive is different from what our eyes sees. So, those who see the other side of the vision is the winner and is eligible for lateral thinking, in other words designing.

Below are shown some images and you are required to identify the actual hidden images in that. Try to look things in unsual way - you may find clues by doing so.

Let's start with the below picture

Did you see 13 in this picture ?

Is that a Cat or a mouse ?

Did you see crows on the branches ? How many of them ?

Did you see Monalisa ?

What animals are hidden in the below picture ?

Did you see hidden tiger face ?

There is a word hidden here, what is it ?

Musician or girls face ?

Young girl or old women ?

Did you see how your brain is perceiving things than what the actual images are ? That's how our brain and vision are related. Our brain mistakes for some other thing than the actual thing and it judge based on what it looks like rather than what actually it is. So, you are required to carefully observe such similar illusions in order to understand what actually is hidden in them. If you practice such kind, your IQ will improve tremendously and there's a greater chance of answering questions like "Identify the factors and problems in the given scenario/picture" - that usually appear in Part-B for more than 15 marks !

Second set of illusions for practice - Working with Illusions

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23 September 2013

Visualization & Observation training part-1

You are here Creativity >> Visualization and observation training

In order to help you improve your visualization as well as observation skills, Some training exercises in the form of solutions for previous CEED exam questions were given with appropriate tips and tricks (where ever required). Hope it will help you for your exam preparation.

Problem :

The below Picture shows two identical pieces. You need to visualize and draw any one of them in 3D. (appeared as Q 1.1 in CEED 2011 question paper)

Solution :

For your convenience and practice, I had drawn both the pieces. But you need to draw only one piece in the exam. The hidden lines were shown in dash for your better understanding.

Left piece :

Right piece :

Problem :

Below is a line. Visualize and illustrate 4 different forms by making use of the line

(appeared as Q 1.4 in CEED 2011 question paper)

Solution :

You may go through four of my visualization that I draw using the line.

The first illustration visualize a tea pot.

The second illustration visualize an old western musical instrument.

The third illustration visualize a flower.

The fourth illustration visualize an Interior home decorator.

You may also see some more similar ideas for your further information.

Ladies skirt, water jug, elephant trunk, leaf, trisul and human nose can be seen in the below pictures.

Problem :

Below is an image of a triangle with some pattern on it. This triangle is mirrored four times as shown below. Draw the correct position of the pattern on the last triangle.

(appeared as Q 1.3 in CEED 2010 question paper)

Solution :

To visualize this type of questions, you need to fix the direction of mirroring. For your convenience; I gave numbers to the triangles in the order of mirroring as shown below.

For the first reflection; you need to consider only the main triangle (numbered 1) and the immediate first reflection (numbered 2) as shown in STEP-1 above; forget about the remaining two triangles (numbered 3, 4 and 5).

Reflect the smaller objects in the triangle by assuming the common edge for the two triangles (i.e line A) as mirror base. You should get the reflection as shown in STEP-1.

After doing this, to get the next reflection; apply the same thumb rule i.e considering only the first reflected triangle (numbered 2) and the next immediate reflection to be carried (numbered 3). Forget about triangles numbered 1, 4 and 5. Make the common edge (Line B) as mirror base and reflect the smaller inside objects to get reflections as shown in step - 2.

Now, by applying the same principle, you should get step-3 and step-4 as shown below.

You should be doing this mentally (without the use of paper or pen) to get better visual power. OK, this post is getting bigger, so I will include more examples regarding this topic on Part-2.

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What to start?

How to solve design aptitude, non-verbal, and Ability questions with examples

PART 2

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9 September 2013

Observation skills - hidden words and objects

You are shown set of pictures that might probably improve your observation skills in the form of hidden words and objects. For your convenience; I had given you the file in downloadable format and also a preview.

Observation skills - Hidden words and objects

The below kind of example will help you improve your observation skill. Here you will be shown illusion pictures in which you are required to find the hidden words. See the below picture and try to identify the words.

The trick is to assume two parallel lines on the top and bottom of the picture, so as to build an outer rectangular block for clear visualization as shown below

Now you should be seeing the hidden words clearly.

One more example

Source : http://www.eyetricks.com

Now, by applying the same principal as we did for previous exercise, we will get to know the hidden words, just as shown below

For more clear visualization of the hidden words, all you need to do is to reduce the size of the given image, after which you should be able to clearly read the picture. Below shown picture clear this. Just try to move away keep the page with the visual far from you or move back to a distance from this screen, then you will observe the pattern. clear ?

As a practice, try to identify the pictures for the below images

Source : http://opticalmindtwisters.blogspot.in

Source : http://rieson.blogspot.in

Source : http://eluzions.com

In the below picture you are given words in different colors, try to read the color of the word (not word). These type of exercises improve your observation skills.