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Click here to draw your own conclusions about Howard Lee's tricks.

A video posted by Howard Lee (@howard__lee) on Oct 30, 2015 at 1:00am PDT

Some magicians use cards, some use tanks, and others use elaborate contraptions to fool the eye. All Howard Lee needs to blow your mind and have you questioning reality is a few colored pencils and a lot of attention to detail. Lee practices a level of hyperrealism that isn't uncommon these days, but it's how you use it that counts, right? He hides his work among an assortment of real objects, then creatively reveals his trick with an Instagram video. One clip sees him bite into a burger, take a sip of his soda, then spill it all over what looks like fries, but is actually an illustration. In another, he lights a row of matches aflame, just to see the phosphorus tips fail to catch on halfway through because they aren't real. And so on.

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Check out more of Lee's tricks in the Instagrams below.

A video posted by Howard Lee (@howard__lee) on Apr 26, 2016 at 3:01pm PDT

A video posted by Howard Lee (@howard__lee) on Mar 13, 2016 at 1:52pm PDT

A video posted by Howard Lee (@howard__lee) on Jan 10, 2016 at 12:33am PST

A video posted by Howard Lee (@howard__lee) on Dec 5, 2015 at 6:47pm PST

A video posted by Howard Lee (@howard__lee) on Nov 14, 2015 at 12:45am PST

A video posted by Howard Lee (@howard__lee) on Jan 23, 2016 at 11:27pm PST

A video posted by Howard Lee (@howard__lee) on Mar 13, 2016 at 1:52pm PDT

See more of Howard Lee's work on Instagram. Find your next favorite artist by following The Creators Project's Instagram feed here.

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