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Realistic Animal Drawings Surrounded By The Tools Used To Create Them

Talented artist Karla Mialynne isn't content with simply sharing her stunning hyper-realistic art with her 44,000 Instagram followers – she posts these images together with the artistic utensils she used to create these pieces, as if to prove that these are...

Talented artist Karla Mialynne isn't content with simply sharing her stunning hyper-realistic art with her 44,000 Instagram followers – she posts these images together with the artistic utensils she used to...

16-Year-Old Girl Wins National Art Competition With Stunning Hyper-Realistic Pencil Portrait

Amazing 16-year-old artist Shania McDonagh just won the annual Texaco Children’s Art Competition in Ireland with "Coleman," her impressive hyperrealistic pencil drawing of an old man. The girl drew the portrait from a photograph she found in the Vanishing Ireland book....

Amazing 16-year-old artist Shania McDonagh just won the annual Texaco Children’s Art Competition in Ireland with "Coleman," her impressive hyperrealistic pencil drawing of an old man. The girl drew the portrait...

19-Year-Old Artist Draws Unbelievably Realistic Eyes Using Just Colored Pencils

Jose Vergara (a.k.a. Redosking), a 19-year-old artist from Texas, is drawing close-ups of the human eye with the sort of hyper-realistic level of detail that one would ordinarily expect from experienced masters. Vergara draws using only colored pencils, which makes his...

Jose Vergara (a.k.a. Redosking), a 19-year-old artist from Texas, is drawing close-ups of the human eye with the sort of hyper-realistic level of detail that one would ordinarily expect from experienced...

Artist Uses Paint To Disguise Foods As Other Products

Imagine biting into an eggplant and feeling raw egg run from your teeth through its brittle shell... Talented Japanese artist Hikaru Cho has made such a bizarre experience possible by misleadingly painting these food items to look like totally different food...

Imagine biting into an eggplant and feeling raw egg run from your teeth through its brittle shell... Talented Japanese artist Hikaru Cho has made such a bizarre experience possible by misleadingly...

Artist “Takes” Incredible Self-Portraits In A Way You Didn’t Expect

Editor's Note: For full effect, we suggest viewing the images in this series in order before reading about them. Talented Spanish artist Eloy Morales has created an eye-catching series of self portraits with an interesting catch – they're...

Editor's Note: For full effect, we suggest viewing the images in this series in order before reading about them. Talented Spanish artist Eloy Morales has created an eye-catching series of self...

Iceberg Drawings by Zaria Forman Fulfill Late Mother’s Dream And Raise Awareness On Climate Change

Zaria Forman creates breathtaking pastel drawings of Greenland's icebergs that are exceptional in three ways. First of all, the drawings look so realistic that you might feel the frost coming out of them. Secondly, the artist is raising awareness on climate...

Zaria Forman creates breathtaking pastel drawings of Greenland's icebergs that are exceptional in three ways. First of all, the drawings look so realistic that you might feel the frost coming out...

This Picture Of Morgan Freeman Is The Most Realistic Finger Painting Ever [VIDEO]

Believe it or not, that picture of Morgan Freeman is not a photo – it's a finger painting. UK-based artist Kyle Lambert finger-paints (or finger-draws, if you're a purist) extraordinarily photo-realistic portraits of famous Hollywood stars on his iPad. Although the...

Believe it or not, that picture of Morgan Freeman is not a photo – it's a finger painting. UK-based artist Kyle Lambert finger-paints (or finger-draws, if you're a purist) extraordinarily photo-realistic...

40 Hyper-Realistic Artworks That Are Hard To Believe Aren’t Photos

It’s art, not real! These unreal hyper-realistic artworks will blow your mind! A guide to understanding hyperrealism and how it differs from photorealism.

It’s art, not real! These unreal hyper-realistic artworks will blow your mind! A guide to understanding hyperrealism and how it differs from photorealism.

New Hyperrealistic Sculptures by Ron Mueck

We wrote about Ron Mueck's hyperrealistic human sculptures three years ago, and now he is back with three more incredible works. Mueck never rushes the scrupulous process - the sculptures, called "Young Couple," "Woman with Shopping Bags" and "Couple under an...

We wrote about Ron Mueck's hyperrealistic human sculptures three years ago, and now he is back with three more incredible works. Mueck never rushes the scrupulous process - the sculptures, called...

25 Photorealistic Pictures Drawn with a BIC Pen

At 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...

At 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...