What is in this pack?

Nine drawings of three illusions: a hole with a ladder, a standing box, and a water drop. Each illusion appears in three media.

Can I ask for a different 3D drawing?

Yes. Type an object or twist, such as a staircase, a pit or a sphere. A typed direction is a request, not a promised result.

How do the three styles differ?

Pencil uses graphite with smooth gradients and a hard cast shadow. Pen and ink uses dense hatching for depth. Charcoal uses deep darks and a bright lifted highlight.

Is each drawing square?

Yes. The 3D drawings are square.

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3D drawings: a hole in the page, a standing box, a water drop

3D drawings — a hole that seems to open in the sheet of paper, a ladder going down into the dark inside, graphite pencil trompe-l'oeil drawing, hard cast shadow and smooth gradients that make the form lift off the sheet

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Reading 1Hole in paper

Reading 2Standing box

Reading 3Water drop

Three drawings that seem to leave the flat sheet: a hole that opens in the paper with a ladder going down, a cube standing on the page, and a water drop resting on the paper. Each is drawn in pencil, pen and ink, and charcoal, with a hard cast shadow and smooth gradients. Type a different object or a twist, such as a staircase, a pit or a sphere, and the same media carry it.

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Frequently asked questions

What is in this pack?: Nine drawings of three illusions: a hole with a ladder, a standing box, and a water drop. Each illusion appears in three media.
Can I ask for a different 3D drawing?: Yes. Type an object or twist, such as a staircase, a pit or a sphere. A typed direction is a request, not a promised result.
How do the three styles differ?: Pencil uses graphite with smooth gradients and a hard cast shadow. Pen and ink uses dense hatching for depth. Charcoal uses deep darks and a bright lifted highlight.
Is each drawing square?: Yes. The 3D drawings are square.

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This page is a showcase and a starting point: nine samples already rendered, three readings of the pack crossed with three styles, each shown at the size and ratio it was made for. Take any of them further on the wall with a few words, or ask for all nine again under your own direction; a sign-in keeps what you make, and it is free while Toile is new. The recipe behind each sample — the subject, the style, the palette, the framing — travels with the image rather than staying private to the render: it is in the alt text of every sample and in the page's own structured data, so a search engine reads the same handles a person would.