21-year old Japanese artist, Nagai Hideyuki, is one of those people who can bend reality and blow your mind away–not literally though, but through his 3D sketches. His works look so real, they look like you could reach out and touch them. It’s pretty difficult to figure out how he does this but it’s what separates him from other budding artists out there. Aside from being truly gifted, he knows how to play with his viewers’ imagination and he knows his way around art. Here are some of his works that would play with your imagination and manipulate your perception:

Check out more of his works here.