550 How many dots can you see at once?

- Hey gang, this is Deke McClelland.…Welcome to Deke's Techniques.…This week, we're going to take a look at…an optical illusion that just last week…absolutely set the interwebs on fire,…and it's this one right here.…The question it poses is how many tiny black dots…can you take in with a single glance?…So not how many can you count,…there's twelve of them in all,…but how many can you see all at once?…For most folks, it's just a few…because the dots seem to move around.…Now, this thing has been picked up…by every media outlet on the planet,…which is why today, I figured I'd show you…how to create this effect from scratch…inside Illustrator here.…

Let me show you exactly how it works.…All right, so I figured a few of you at least…would like a little bit of background here.…This blew up when this guy named Will Kerslake…posted it on Twitter, posted this image on Twitter…just last week,…and it got a ton of likes, as you can see right here.…He credited this guy right here,…Akiyoshi Kitaoka, who went ahead and posted this on Facebook…