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tblue37

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24. Photorealistic pencil artists (another skill that astonished me) can spend
Mon Jul 30, 2018, 02:02 PM
Jul 2018

hundreds of hours on a single drawing.

Here is a search page with a bunch of those images:

https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=photorealistencil+drawings&FORM=HDRSC2

Wow, the creativity and talent posted here is awesome. Fla Dem Jul 2018 #1
Unbelievable!! secondwind Jul 2018 #2
Look at the cheap dimestore pen he is using for his colors: tblue37 Jul 2018 #3
I noticed that, too. kag Jul 2018 #9
Its not the tool itself, its the hand and eye, and familiarity with the tool. marble falls Jul 2018 #28
Exactly! BigmanPigman Aug 2018 #36
And they say there's no eye in 'team'. marble falls Aug 2018 #37
He has the eye and the touch. LiberalFighter Jul 2018 #4
Absolutely incredible talent. paleotn Jul 2018 #5
So much talent in this world. Ferrets are Cool Jul 2018 #6
Amazing! PatrickforO Jul 2018 #7
I'm very impressed. Hope this guy is making a fortune, if not he should be. blueinredohio Jul 2018 #8
The video on his site says he is establishing an art scholarship. In the video, he tblue37 Jul 2018 #18
Hopefully if he does want to do better this exposure will help him. blueinredohio Jul 2018 #22
Great eye for color and characterization Bayard Jul 2018 #10
Exactly. I do not understand how the color blending worked Duppers Jul 2018 #12
Very fine, detailed crosshatching--e.g. red & green to create illusion of brown. tblue37 Jul 2018 #25
I was confused about how he got yellow, but then realized he probably tblue37 Jul 2018 #19
Also, if you enlarge his browns, like the wood in the horse stall, you'll realize he tblue37 Jul 2018 #20
Absolutely stunning and gorgeous firstwife Jul 2018 #11
gadzooks! i didn't know my favorite pen could do that certainot Jul 2018 #13
That horse stall... I'd swear that color and style looks like something defacto7 Jul 2018 #14
That one and the portrait of the young woman are my favorites. nt tblue37 Jul 2018 #15
Wow! And this amazing cat! Rhiannon12866 Jul 2018 #16
Incredible talent lillypaddle Jul 2018 #17
I want to find a new superlative to describe my respect for this talent. TNNurse Jul 2018 #21
Wish I had never seen this - feel so inadequate packman Jul 2018 #23
Photorealistic pencil artists (another skill that astonished me) can spend tblue37 Jul 2018 #24
Wonderful work. I hope he has tested the pens for colorfastness! It's helpful that Doitnow Jul 2018 #26
His work is clearly ephemeral unless treated. Nitram Jul 2018 #35
Really most look like photos rather than drawings. magicarpet Jul 2018 #27
Wonderful work, amazing talent ornotna Jul 2018 #29
Left hand has a glove on! blaze Jul 2018 #31
Yes, I agree ornotna Jul 2018 #34
Amazing. I have a sketchbook and I don't have single sketch that sniffs that talent. JDC Jul 2018 #30
A talanted artist, is an artist, and is an artist...and this person is a great artist..nt Stuart G Jul 2018 #32
i did one ballpoint artpiece. replicated an old black + white photo. turned out good pansypoo53219 Jul 2018 #33
Impressive, indeed! ailsagirl Aug 2018 #38
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