25 Photorealistic Pictures Drawn with a BIC Pen
By Bored Panda • Topic: Art, Featured, Latest Post, PhotographyAt a glimpse they may look like some pretty sharp photos, but actually all those pictures are hand drawn with a humble Bic ballpoint pen! Can you believe that?
Human eye can be fooled so easily!
Spanish artist Juan Francisco Casas, who’s probably 33 at the time of writing this, uses up to four 14p ballpoint pens to create his stunningly photorealistic drawings, measuring up to 10ft (3 meters) high.
The use of penballs makes his drawings even more peculiar, which certainly has played a big role in his way to success.
Juan’s source of inspiration comes from his own photographs of nights out with his friends, and his works are already a sell-out at exhibitions. You can only imagine how wild his parties is, as half of his drawings include girls that forgot to put on their clothes.
So, if you really want to feel bad about your pen doodles – have a look at these 25 Incredibly Photorealistic Drawings drawn with a humble BIC PEN.
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(original artwork is without a stripe)
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p.s. don’t forget to visit juanfranciscocasas.com for more.
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Date posted: Feb 1st, 2010
Like tits much?
Just a suggestion but wont a photoshop plugin do this in 10 milliseconds? Might save him a couple of biros and a few minutes?
well, with a lot of free time and a projector this is pretty much not a big deal, i would rather think about some personal illustration style instead.
so many hours for just copied fotos..
this is a human xerox machine with a noteworthy and unique talent with bic in hand. i applaud the artist. yes, a computer can do this, as well, but never underestimate the rare grasp this individual owns. lamentably, i see only focus to technique and no works conjured from the imagination. i wish the best and will look forward to seeing more when that next plateau is conquered. it’s a mighty one and one which i avidly hopes he arrives.
As usual, people see digital copies of hand-created art and miss the whole point, as if the digital image IS the art. Your work is very nice, I’d like to see it in person someday. Having done a few ballpoint drawings myself, your work makes me miss that SMELL. What kind of paper do you use? That’s usually very critical with a bic pen.
Incredible !!!!!
real talent
I’d say that is talent as a photographer looks more noteworthy than his talent to copy pictures. Just sayin.
These pictures give me a boner. Amazing work though.
Wow, I have never known a bunch of comments like this lot! How come so many dick heads were gathered in one place at the same time?
I feel dreadfully sorry for Casas, that the publication of his work had to attract such a noteworthy collection of pretentious know-it-alls that see fit to criticize him, as though anyone could do it? You selfish toe rags have ideas above your station. Most people can only draw stick men, so anyone who hasn’t got a deep personality disorder would recognize this work as being incredibly good. Here are the culprits:
Norbert: Not really interested, just wanted to say tits in public.
Jane Parking: Had to mention Photoshop, to make out he wasted his time.
Lip: Said you could use a projector and that he had wasted his time- Spiteful.
TD: Just had to criticize something, somehow.
Drewlange: You nasty piece of crap, you obviously had a difficult childhood as an only child, and never got to express yourself or the attention you deserved.
Juan Casas, your work is wonderful, ignore these ignoramuses, you should be very proud. I hope to see more of your work.
kak man, this was done in photoshop
Ink is ink. Doesn’t really matter if it’s in a cheap plastic tube. Copying photos is not art. I did that in high school.
Hobittual said it all for me. Thank you.
I agree totally and the drawings are amazing
Some people are so pathetic. When confronted by some absolutely amazing art, they criticize instead of applaud. Incredible work, amazing talent, phenomenal patience. Amazing.
whatever………………..
Somebody should buy this guy a decent pen, he’d be supernatural.
Damn nice work! Keep doin what you’re doing getting better, learning, gaining new skill & insight with every stroke of the pen while haters demean their own value with every keystroke.
Haters gonna hate, keep on keepin on! http://www.gifbin.com/bin/052009/1242032359_haters-gonna-hate.gif
Criticism is work for second-rate minds. – GH Hardy.
I will refrain from making any assumptions about this “art” until I see a vid of the guy drawing these. There are already a lot of assumptions in these comments about his technique which are unsupported by the images above.
@ Drewlange- I’d be interested in seeing your work then.
I in no means call myself an artist, but when drawing with pens (expecially bic) they turn out blobbishly uneven and messy. I applaud the artist, because I think the precision to detail is incredible and the images themselves are great- especially without use of a projector. I was a little shocked at the random exposure of specific body parts, but to each his own I say. I enjoyed this work- thank you for sharing.
I came to boredpanda.com because I was a very bored panda. When I saw this, I thought “What about this would be interesting to a panda? It looks much more like entertainment for humans than pandas. This makes me a sad panda. Let’s see more images of bamboo.
Shopped
I applaud his skills in drawing, but wish the images were more interesting than typical party porn. I can’t really imagine spending money on a drawing of a random guy with a camera to his face, even if it is exquisitely rendered.
in-cre-í-bles!
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really cool! RT @abaigorriaz: RT @boredpanda: 25 Photorealistic Pictures Drawn with a BIC Pen #photography http://bit.ly/bWPgSH
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Bic pen drawings…and you’d never know – http://bit.ly/dpjF8l (Also, please note the name of the publication.)
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if i could do this with a bic pen i’d be so much more productive in class… http://bit.ly/bBdIhd
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This guy draws incredible pictures with just a BIC pen, looks like actual photos http://bit.ly/9doU52
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INSPIRED! WOW!!! #oli @mynameisguygal This guy draws incredible pictures with just a BIC pen, looks like actual photos http://bit.ly/9doU52
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I could do this too…..not that impressive. Nope, not at all. http://bit.ly/bBdIhd
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AHHHH-maze-ing
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