Sometimes, we see artwork that looks so realistic it’s hard to believe our eyes.

Such is the case in the dazzling portfolio of portrait artistStefan Pabst.

His real shadows mix with the painted ones, thereby adding to the deception of the realistic figures.

Stefan Pabst 3D Drawings

The artist does this through practiced skill and clever staging.

It’s a testament to the artist’s skill that the answer is often not so easy to say.

Artist Stefan Pabst creates stunning 3D paintings.

Stefan Pabst 3D Drawings

His realistic 3D art of animals, people, and objects seem to pop off the page.

Stefan Pabst 3D Drawings

Stefan Pabst 3D Drawings

Stefan Pabst 3D Drawings

Stefan Pabst 3D Drawings

Stefan Pabst 3D Drawings

Stefan Pabst 3D Drawings

Stefan Pabst 3D Drawings

Stefan Pabst 3D Drawings

Stefan Pabst 3D Drawings

Stefan Pabst 3D Drawings