An artist in Mexico specializes in double-vision tattoos that are basically optical illusions

Sophie-Claire HoellerMay 23, 2020, 17:26 IST

You'll need to squint to see her designs as single images.Yatzil Elizalde

Yatzil Elizalde, a tattoo artist in Mexico, specializes in trippy, double-vision designs.
Her signature tattoos feature multiple versions of the same image on top of each other, making for a dizzying look.
You need to squint to see her designs as single images.

Yatzil Elizalde, 25, is the owner of White Light, a tattoo studio in Hermosillo, Mexico.

She started her career as a visual artist, doing illustrations, murals, and digital work until she was "finally able to tattoo a human body with the style that always defined me."

That style can roughly be described as double vision: Some of her signature tattoos feature the same image twice, sometimes even three times, and always slightly off from one another, leading to a dizzying look.

"It's going to sound weird, but there are some times in my life when I see things that way, 'dizzy,'" she told Insider. She calls it the "Blurry Effect."

Keep scrolling to see some of her favorite optical illusion-like designs.

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Yatzil Elizalde has worked as a tattoo artist for six years, and now owns her own shop, called White Light.

A skull. Yatzil Elizalde

She specializes in fine lines and trippy, double-vision designs.

Medusa. Yatzil Elizalde

She calls it the "Blurry Effect."

This was her very first "Blurry Effect" tattoo. Yatzil Elizalde

Drawing these tattoos freehand is her favorite technique.

She says she no longer gets dizzy drawing these. Yatzil Elizalde

She says she's perfected her process and doesn't get dizzy creating these tattoos.

A sun. Yatzil Elizalde

She says she loves "imagining that people can get the feeling that their sight is getting blurry when they look at my tattoos. I feel good that people can experience this through my art."

A face. Yatzil Elizalde

She says she loves "imagining that people can get the feeling that their sight is getting blurry when they look at my tattoos. I feel good that people can experience this through my art."

Elizalde considers her tattoos optical illusions: "They definitely accomplish that visual effect," she said.

A Roman statue. Yatzil Elizalde

To date, she says she's done around 40 of these double-vision pieces ...

A face. Yatzil Elizalde

... from Disney characters ...

Alice from Disney's "Alice in Wonderland." Yatzil Elizalde

... to replicas of famous works of art ...

"The Creation of Adam" by Michelangelo. Yatzil Elizalde

... to portraits.

A portrait. Yatzil Elizalde

While the cost depends on the size, design, and location of the tattoo, she says her hourly rate is usually between $250 to $350.

A dragon. Yatzil Elizalde

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An artist in Mexico specializes in double-vision tattoos that are basically optical illusions

Yatzil Elizalde has worked as a tattoo artist for six years, and now owns her own shop, called White Light.

She specializes in fine lines and trippy, double-vision designs.

She calls it the "Blurry Effect."

Drawing these tattoos freehand is her favorite technique.

She says she's perfected her process and doesn't get dizzy creating these tattoos.

She says she loves "imagining that people can get the feeling that their sight is getting blurry when they look at my tattoos. I feel good that people can experience this through my art."

Elizalde considers her tattoos optical illusions: "They definitely accomplish that visual effect," she said.

To date, she says she's done around 40 of these double-vision pieces ...

... from Disney characters ...

... to replicas of famous works of art ...

... to portraits.

While the cost depends on the size, design, and location of the tattoo, she says her hourly rate is usually between $250 to $350.