Self-Taught Artist Draws the Most Amazing Optical Illusions

Aria, a 25-year-old self-taught artist from Japan, specializes in 3D color pencil drawings that look ready to jump off of the sheet of paper they are drawn on.

Despite what your eyes are desperately trying to make you think, Aria’s works are all two-dimensional. She just has this innate ability to draw a variety of objects in great detail, and present them from an angle that creates the illusion that they are three-dimensional. Every one of her artworks takes hours to complete and consists of several layers of colored pencils, but the end result is definitely worth the work.

We’ve featured some amazing 3D optical illusions in the past, but Aria’s works are definitely right up there with the best. It’s amazing that she has only been drawing this sort of art for the past 5 years.

For more of Aria’s stunning works, make sure to follow her on Twitter, where she posts most of the projects.