Droste effect is a specific term for those mind-twisting fractal images you might already see in the Internet. Could you ever think that this art technique owes its name to the Dutch cocoa powder brand? Still and all, that’s true! The effect is named after a particular image that appeared, with variations, on the tins and boxes of Droste cocoa powder. In the picture you can see a nurse carrying a serving tray with a cup of hot chocolate and a box of Droste cocoa with the same picture on it.

Basically, Droste effect is used to achieve a recursive “picture in picture” look of the image. Only in theory, the picture continues to depict a smaller version of itself infinitely, but in reality it only goes as far as the image resolution allows us to see it.

Today Droste effect is on a whole accessible level, due to the progress of technology. In this post we list several tutorials that will help you get an in-depth idea about this interesting technique and apply it to your own photographs. We will also showcase 22 spectacular examples of the Droste effect for your inspiration.

Mind-blowing Photographs with Droste Effect

Photo by Amundn

Photo by Erik.Christiansen

Photo by Chris Summerville

photo by Jisakimberly

Photo by Josh Sommers

Photo by Sam Rohn - Location Scout

Photo by Todd Moon

Photo by herald kirr

Photo by Fpsurgeon

Photo by Jacob Wighton

Photo by Josh Sommers

Photo by (((Jose Daniel)))

Photo by Patrick Hoff

Photo by Ferdinand1977

Photo by Patrick Hoff

Photo by Alexxl

Photo by s.cuevav

Photo by Josh Sommers

Photo by Patrick Hoff

Photo by Jeko

Photo by Josh Sommers

Photo by Riphagen

Tutorials on Droste Effect

1. The Droste Effect

2. Josh Sommers’ Droste Effect Tutorial on Flickr

3. Real-time Escher Fractal Droste (video)

4. Droste Effect with Mathematica

5. Escher’s Droste Effect

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