THIS may look like a dolphin through jumping hoops, but it is in fact nothing more than a clever 3D pencil drawing. The amazing drawings are a trick of the mind created by Italian designer Alessandro Diddi, 42. 'I want my drawings to put across the message that the eye can trick the mind and make you believe that there are dimensions that are not really there,” said Alessandro. Using his own hands and objects to make the drawings appear even more life-like, they appear to show two men using their strength to pull a pencil out of Alessandro's hand, as well as a snake slithering away as its being drawn. Another shows Alessandro's fingers turn into claws and ripping the paper, while a different drawing indicates the designer trying to slam down the paper on a struggling man.
This longhorn beetle demon-strates a dark side as it looks just like the devil .
LUMINOUS green rocks could easily be a beach from Superman's homeland of Krypton .
BASKING in smug satisfaction, a confident squirrel gives a wink to the camera .
NOT YOUR everyday selfie, this plucky diver poses with some of the scariest predators in the ocean .
An aerial view of flooding in Gloucestershire .
A BAMBI was dramatically caught in mid-air by a greedy Nile crocodile in a once-in-a-million flying pincer move .
A mischievous fox cub demonstrates his playful side by biting his sibling’s tail .
A BIKINI swim with jellyfish sounds like the most painful past-time on the planet .
FROM MRS Patmore to Lady Sybil, these barking mad illustrations show the WOOF-er side of some of our most loved Downton characters .
An osprey soars through the air at 30 miles per hour before swooping down to catch its prey from a lake .
A GLOWING range of greens and blues sweep across the sky in a spectacular display of light .
PRANKSTER Dom Joly was so livid when he was slapped with a parking ticket that he took to Twitter to vent his anger – only to discover he was the victim of his own gag! The comic got a taste of his own medicine when he was tricked by a fellow joker for the first time in a decade .