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These Hyperrealistic Paintings By A Japanese Artist Are So Precise You Might Confuse Them With Photos

Kei Mieno is a Japanese artist born in Hiroshima who has been painting professionally for more than 10 years already. This 33-year-old painter specializes in hyperrealism, and mostly uses oil paint to create his masterpieces. Recently, Kei shared an image on Twitter...

Kei Mieno is a Japanese artist born in Hiroshima who has been painting professionally for more than 10 years already. This 33-year-old painter specializes in hyperrealism, and mostly uses oil paint...

I Painted A Poppy Flower From Birth To Death In Watercolor

I started painting flowers 6 years ago using watercolor. My paintings don’t raise discussion on worldviews, woman’s rights or the climate..

I started painting flowers 6 years ago using watercolor. My paintings don’t raise discussion on worldviews, woman’s rights or the climate..

Despite Being Born Without Arms, I Still Managed To Fulfill My Dream Of Opening A Solo Exhibition In NYC

My name is Mariusz Kedzierski, I'm a 25-year-old artist from Poland who creates phenomenal hyperrealistic portraits. You may be surprised by these extremely detailed drawings, but the most surprising is the fact that I was born without arms. I have been selling my...

My name is Mariusz Kedzierski, I'm a 25-year-old artist from Poland who creates phenomenal hyperrealistic portraits. You may be surprised by these extremely detailed drawings, but the most surprising is the fact...

Artist Draws Realistic Portraits Using Color Pencils, And You Might Confuse Them With Photos

Heather Rooney is an American artist who specializes in photorealistic colored pencil and graphite drawings. Her work has so many details that they actually can be easily confused with real photographs. “After the first portrait I drew in my high school art...

Heather Rooney is an American artist who specializes in photorealistic colored pencil and graphite drawings. Her work has so many details that they actually can be easily confused with real photographs. “After...

What Seems Like An Awesome Tattoo On This Woman’s Back Is Not What It Seems

"Humans are full of contrasts and contradictions, they want to do good and instead they do evil. I was thinking about human nature, about sin and the will of evil which are inscribed in our being, like written inside us."

"Humans are full of contrasts and contradictions, they want to do good and instead they do evil. I was thinking about human nature, about sin and the will of evil which...

This Artist Will Blow Your Mind Once You Realize These Are Not Photos At All

Italian painter Marco Grassi paints intricate portraits so realistically, they seem like photographs. What makes his works even more remarkable, however, are the slight unconventional details he "gives" to his characters. By doing this, Grassi starts balancing on a very thin...

Italian painter Marco Grassi paints intricate portraits so realistically, they seem like photographs. What makes his works even more remarkable, however, are the slight unconventional details he "gives" to his characters....

Giant Hyperrealistic Portraits By South Korean Artist Joongwon Jeong

Joongwon Jeong is a hyper-realistic painter from South Korea who uses acrylic paint on canvas. The artist meticulously uses real models, photos or busts of historical characters to create his works.  Each of his paintings are so detailed that many people can...

Joongwon Jeong is a hyper-realistic painter from South Korea who uses acrylic paint on canvas. The artist meticulously uses real models, photos or busts of historical characters to create his works.  Each...

Unbelievably Realistic Pencil Drawings By This Nigerian Artist Look More Real Than Photos Themselves

Drawing portraits already takes an incredible amount of patience and skill, but Nigerian artist Arinze Stanley has decided to make his task even tougher and stick only to simple monochrome pencils.

Drawing portraits already takes an incredible amount of patience and skill, but Nigerian artist Arinze Stanley has decided to make his task even tougher and stick only to simple monochrome pencils.

I Paint Animal Portraits Using A Rare Technique, Oil On Paper

These paintings were done with oil on paper using a "Dry Brush" technique. Oil dry brush is a painting technique where a paint brush is relatively dry but still holds paint. A very thin layer of color is applied to a...

These paintings were done with oil on paper using a "Dry Brush" technique. Oil dry brush is a painting technique where a paint brush is relatively dry but still holds paint....

Spanish Artist Creates Picasso-Inspired Murals Combining Cubism With Realism

Born in 1979 in Linares, Spain, Miguel Angel Belinchon Bujes alias Belin is already famous for his talented way of spreading the codes of hyperrealism among suburban landscapes. A natural sense for proportions allows Belin to be considered as a reference since...

Born in 1979 in Linares, Spain, Miguel Angel Belinchon Bujes alias Belin is already famous for his talented way of spreading the codes of hyperrealism among suburban landscapes. A natural sense for...