Aerial Hidden Face Pareidolia: Surreal Urban Landscapes & Optical Illusions

The city is watching. This surreal gallery explores the phenomenon of “Pareidolia” through a bird’s-eye view. Housing estates, city blocks, and forest roads are artistically arranged to reveal hidden faces of wolves, sharks, and primates—blurring the line between urban planning and visual illusion.

Fajri Petrucci

Hi, I’m Fajri Petrucci. I am a digital artist from Indonesia specializing in realistic AI character creation, cinematic portraits, surrealism, and 3D fantasy adaptation. In addition to my visual work, I also work as a web developer and IT consultant, supporting various digital projects with both technical and creative solutions.

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Fajri Petrucci

Hi, I’m Fajri Petrucci. I am a digital artist from Indonesia specializing in realistic AI character creation, cinematic portraits, surrealism, and 3D fantasy adaptation. In addition to my visual work, I also work as a web developer and IT consultant, supporting various digital projects with both technical and creative solutions.

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Aerial Hidden Face Pareidolia: Surreal Urban Landscapes & Optical Illusions

Discover the secrets hidden in the map.

“Aerial Hidden Face Pareidolia” is a visual experiment that turns ordinary landscapes into extraordinary illusions. By manipulating the patterns of suburban roofs, winding roads, and green parks, this collection forces the viewer to look twice: is it a city, or is it a face?

When Architecture Mimics Life

This collection takes the concept of Pareidolia (the psychological phenomenon of seeing faces in random objects) to a massive scale.

  • The Urban Jungle: See how clusters of orange-roofed houses form the fur of a giant Wolf or the stoic expression of a Gorilla.

  • Nature vs. Structure: Witness a coastal resort that morphs into a Shark, or a golf course layout that stares back at you.

  • The Scale of Illusion: The beauty of these images lies in the details. Zoom in, and you see realistic cars, streets, and trees. Zoom out, and a creature emerges.

A New Perspective on AI Art

Created by Fajri Petrucci using the Gemini Nano Banana engine, this series challenges the boundaries of composition. It demonstrates how AI can be directed to maintain the texture of a realistic aerial drone shot while strictly adhering to a hidden biological structure.

Visual Style & Prompt Insight

This series focuses on “Subliminal Composition,” blending aerial photography textures with hidden biological shapes.

Style Recipe:
Aerial drone shot, top-down view of a dense suburban housing estate, orange roof tiles and asphalt roads arranged to form the hidden shape of a [Wolf/Gorilla/Shark] face, realistic urban texture, green trees, optical illusion, pareidolia art, hyper-detailed, 8k resolution, rendered with Gemini Nano Banana –ar 4:3

Usage & Licensing

Free for personal inspiration and optical illusion study. Visuals created using Gemini Nano Banana.