It’s easy to mistake the drawings of 25-year-oldAriafor reality.
Her latest piece captures the whiskery form of a catfish whose tail magically escapes the boundary of the paper.
Despite its three-dimensional appearance, Aria’s artwork is, in fact, two dimensional.
It’s just masterfully drawn to look as much like the subject as possible.
She does this by carefully sketching the object, and then filling it with layers of colored pencils.
Aria also employs another trick to enhance the illusion of her artwork.
After completing the drawing, she cuts out an upper section of the silhouette from the paper.
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Realistic catfish drawing looks like it’s swimming off the page.
