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Artist Mike Dargas paints with oil, but his images look like photographs. What's more amazing is that he's self-taught. "I have never studied at an art school," Dargas told Bored Panda, "I just started painting at the age of 3."

Artist Mike Dargas paints with oil, but his images look like photographs. What's more amazing is that he's self-taught. "I have never studied at an art school," Dargas told Bored Panda,...

100 Incredibly Realistic Artworks That Are Hard to Believe Are Not Photographs

Since the ancient Greeks, realism has been aspired by Western art lovers, but during the late 1960s and '70s the popularity of highly-realistic paintings reached its peak. Thus, Photorealism and Hyperrealism were born. These genres are still popular, and some artists...

Since the ancient Greeks, realism has been aspired by Western art lovers, but during the late 1960s and '70s the popularity of highly-realistic paintings reached its peak. Thus, Photorealism and Hyperrealism...

Incredibly Realistic Paintings By Mike Dargas

I have never studied at an art school, I just started painting at the age of 3. Later I had my own tattoo studio for 14 years to do my living until I decided to become an artist.

I have never studied at an art school, I just started painting at the age of 3. Later I had my own tattoo studio for 14 years to do my living...

After Having Tattoo Studio For 14 Years, I Decided To Become A Painter And Create Hyper-Realistic Art

I have never studied at an art school, I just started painting at the age of 3. My mother told me, she noticed my artistic talent very early, when I drew my first sketches. After kindergarten I started using oil colors....

I have never studied at an art school, I just started painting at the age of 3. My mother told me, she noticed my artistic talent very early, when I drew...