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Professional German Artist Creates Incredible 3D Drawings On Simple Flat Surfaces (30 Pics)
Stefan Pabst is a professional artist that lives in Germany. He wants to inspire people through his art and videos while showing the magic of painting. On his YouTube channel, he creates helpful tutorials that explain how he creates his unique artworks and shows you that you can do it too.
He does many types of cool drawings, but one that stands out the most is the 3D realistic art he makes. Thee illusion drawings are the most popular among his work and look absolutely incredible.
Stefan Pabst uses pencils, oils, and pens to create his 3D art and draws them on simple pieces of paper or even cardboard. His optical illusions depict animals, everyday objects, pop culture characters, celebrities, and many other things. Hopefully, you will enjoy the 3D drawings he creates.
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His art creates the illusion of realism like the picture is 'jumping out' of the paper. This technique is complicated and is hard to master, but this artist does it almost perfectly. He tricks the viewer into believing that the object is 3D when actually it's a drawing on a flat surface. Stefan paints full-time and works in his studio daily.
On his channel, Stefan does many other things. He creates time-lapses of his 3D drawings and other paintings, he does tutorials with pencils, oil paints to teach his viewers how to draw and also films speed painting videos. He shows you how you can bring portraits to life, starting from a blank piece of paper and ending up with a masterpiece. Stefan also shares some tips and tricks he has learned over the years he's been creating art.
The German artist was actually born in Russia but moved to live in Germany. Stefan began drawing at the age of five. On his website, he says, "I received portrait requests from my classmates who were impressed with my work". He mentions that he became a full-time artist after he drew a portrait of a friend, now he receives requests from actors, singers, sports stars and even politicians.
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Reagan James 5 years ago
Wow. It’s so 3-D! I wish I had the talent to do that! That would be so cool, and I would draw something like every day! So cool!
Stefan wants to teach younger artists what he has learned over the many years of drawing, he wants to inspire them to not give up their passion and create amazing art. That's why he created his YouTube channel and that's why he shares many of his techniques and professional secrets with others.
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Tristan McGill 5 years ago
how the heck do y'all draw like this when i can barely draw a stick figure?!
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Phillipa Holt 5 years ago
Wow his drawings are so life like and perfect the Rocks pic is perfect x
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Mooncut the wolf 🐺 5 years ago
🎵🎶 "He's got the whole world, in his hands, he's got the whole wide world, in his hands..." 🎶🎵
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Ri Mi 5 years ago
These are all single perspective renderings. Unfortunately, the cannot be hung on the wall, or even observed from anything other than the one perspective that yields the 3d effect. Great for the internet, but to the great chagrin of this otherwise enormously talented artist, he - like his subjects - is trapped in photography.
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mph seti 5 years ago
I wish the people who do these would also post pictures from other angles, showing how the illusion really looks and how it works when photographed from one super-specific angle.
Loki’s Lil Butter Knife 5 years ago (edited)
If you visit the artist's Instagram (3dpainterpabst), he posts videos that show his process for several of the images and how he has mastered shading to achieve a three dimensional affect. He has a short video of how he created the puppy image and displays the painting from different angles so you can get a better idea of how he achieved the illusion through shading and tearing the cardboard. It is pretty fascinating. He also has a link to his main art website (in German) with a few more videos.
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Dorothy Parker 5 years ago
My mind is sufficiently boggled. Does Stephan finish the work then cut away the paper at the edges? These are superb.
mph seti 5 years ago
I wish the people who do these would also post pictures from other angles, showing how the illusion really looks and how it works when photographed from one super-specific angle.
Loki’s Lil Butter Knife 5 years ago (edited)
If you visit the artist's Instagram (3dpainterpabst), he posts videos that show his process for several of the images and how he has mastered shading to achieve a three dimensional affect. He has a short video of how he created the puppy image and displays the painting from different angles so you can get a better idea of how he achieved the illusion through shading and tearing the cardboard. It is pretty fascinating. He also has a link to his main art website (in German) with a few more videos.
Load More Replies... Dorothy Parker 5 years ago
My mind is sufficiently boggled. Does Stephan finish the work then cut away the paper at the edges? These are superb.
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