Tolga Girgin, an artist from Istanbul, specializes in 3D calligraphy that appears to leap off the page. Using the forced perspective art style, Girgin uses normal Pilot parallel pens to apply rendered shading and create images that hover above his sketchbook, or even stand upright against adjacent sheets, while weaving through alternating rows of lined paper. Continue reading to see more. Click here to view a few bonus images.
“Both an electrical engineer and graphic designer, he was encouraged by his wife to start calligraphy, because she appreciated his handwriting and wanted him to share his talent, which takes a different amount of time to produce, depending on its complexity,” reports My Modern Met.