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The best books can spark our imagination and in the case of James Trevino, even our creativity. The 24-year-old has made a name for himself by arranging his book collection to depict elaborate literary scenes.

A self-proclaimed 'bookstagrammer', Trevino has managed to pull in 120k Instagram followers for his beautiful artworks (in addition to being pretty easy on the eyes himself). He said the idea to start creating the pieces "just sort of happened."

"At first I was posting pictures of my then current reads. With time, the beautiful photos got more and more complex, influenced mostly by pop culture and sometimes by certain cool photos I saw on Instagram."

Each book art scene goes through a process to create, he explained, "First, there is the brainstorming I do with my good friend Elizabeth. Then, once we have a general idea, Liz and I try to bring it as close as possible to our vision. If the concept proves to be too large to capture in a single frame, we combine two or more photos in post-editing."

While the literary themes on his page are diverse, they lean in favor of his two favorite books, 'Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince' by J.K. Rowling and 'The Silmarillion' by JRR Tolkien.

Trevino is now up to about 1,100 books in his collection and has no plans on slowing down. He told Bored Panda, for now, his unique artworks are just a hobby and that he is going with the flow, "The fact that the reactions have been so positive is a bit overwhelming, but also heartwarming."

Scroll down below to check out some of this bookstagrammer's creative ideas, as well as his various social media pages where he says he loves "having long philosophical talks on various themes" with his followers.

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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The guy is too handsome... I can't look at anything else...

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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I love this one most. Almost philosophical - surrounded and protected by books.

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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is so cool! I love that you have thought of this. People think if you love books you are boring! So, so far from it! But the last laugh is on them. We know better.

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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

He kind of looks like Krum right? Or am I totally losing my mind??

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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Ok all these Harry Potter references are making me love this guy even more!

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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

As for so many down-voting Nini Meow's comment: I am pretty sure she wants to say that in her culture it is considered to be disrespectful of knowledge if your feet touch the books. (Many languages use the same word for foot and leg) To instantly down-vote her comment is both disrespectful and downright rude!

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How wonderful and quirky..! I think this is my favorite...

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Wow.. He turned it into a beautiful sajdah. Masya Allah

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Makes me think of Barbados. Blue and black are colours on the flag and the broken trident sits in the middle

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This is also a great one. And not just because the guy has no shirt.

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The Harry Potter book three books above his head. It is the order of the Phoenix

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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

There are so many " yeses" in this picture. Incredible depiction of the Mortal Instruments

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Up voted for having Unforgivable curse and Minion in same picture.

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How is it that he as different tattoos on his back in different pics?

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I would love to marry you and we could read a book together every night while we cuddle on the couch

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There are five Tunnels?? Wow I really need to get back on this serie and actually finish it.

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