Nebraska Posted January 30, 2013 Report Share Posted January 30, 2013 (edited) Quote this portrait is not the product of a camera but the steady hand and sharp pencil of a London artist with an astonishing eye for detail. http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/features/in-pictures-drawn-to-perfection--the-pencil-portraits-8471239.html http://kelvinokaforart.blogspot.com/ Edited January 30, 2013 by Nebraska Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/77432-drawn-to-perfection/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest dese manz hatin Posted January 30, 2013 Report Share Posted January 30, 2013 eyez look shit mate Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/77432-drawn-to-perfection/#findComment-1941262 Share on other sites More sharing options...
YO303 Posted January 30, 2013 Report Share Posted January 30, 2013 This one is pretty good Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/77432-drawn-to-perfection/#findComment-1941264 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest zaphod Posted January 30, 2013 Report Share Posted January 30, 2013 impressive, though he's not exactly the first person to do something like this. Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/77432-drawn-to-perfection/#findComment-1941271 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest A/D Posted January 30, 2013 Report Share Posted January 30, 2013 I love them. Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/77432-drawn-to-perfection/#findComment-1941279 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nebraska Posted January 30, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2013 doesn't helnwein use mixed media for his accuracy? Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/77432-drawn-to-perfection/#findComment-1941284 Share on other sites More sharing options...
YEK Posted January 30, 2013 Report Share Posted January 30, 2013 talent Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide YEK's signature Hide all signatures Reveal hidden contents !:/music Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/77432-drawn-to-perfection/#findComment-1941285 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny O Flannagin Posted January 30, 2013 Report Share Posted January 30, 2013 Why don't you just take a picture? Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide Danny O Flannagin's signature Hide all signatures https://nimajeb.bandcamp.com/music https://www.instagram.com/bengastphoto/ Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/77432-drawn-to-perfection/#findComment-1941289 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goiter Sanchez Posted January 30, 2013 Report Share Posted January 30, 2013 These are astonishing! Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide Goiter Sanchez's signature Hide all signatures Soundcloud - http://soundcloud.com/swegunoFacebook - http://www.facebook.com/sweguno Mixcloud - https://www.mixcloud.com/Sweguno/ Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/77432-drawn-to-perfection/#findComment-1941296 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Braintree Posted January 30, 2013 Report Share Posted January 30, 2013 Amazing technique. He's only 27, so I hope he continues to hone his craft, but eventually combine it with other genres. Photo-realistic surrealism would be fucking crazy. Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide Braintree's signature Hide all signatures colindyer.bandcamp.com williamsbraintree.bandcamp.com Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/77432-drawn-to-perfection/#findComment-1941302 Share on other sites More sharing options...
geosmina Posted January 30, 2013 Report Share Posted January 30, 2013 patience Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide geosmina's signature Hide all signatures https://animanoir.xyz/ Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/77432-drawn-to-perfection/#findComment-1941303 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Lucy Faringold Posted January 30, 2013 Report Share Posted January 30, 2013 On 1/30/2013 at 5:01 AM, Braintree said: Photo-realistic surrealism would be fucking crazy. re. Kelvin Okafor, I'm glad to see he's getting some coin for his hours of work, but his stuff is pretty indistinguishable from the work of other high-level hyper-realists. Dirk Dzimirsky is one of the few I've seen whose stuff has actually moved me: Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/77432-drawn-to-perfection/#findComment-1941553 Share on other sites More sharing options...
gaarg Posted January 30, 2013 Report Share Posted January 30, 2013 This last one is the only one that moved me. If you're gonna be too good at copying a camera there's no point, you gotta humanize what you see not technologize it. Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide gaarg's signature Hide all signatures www.petergaber.com is where I keep my paintings. I used to have a kinky tumblr, but it exploded. Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/77432-drawn-to-perfection/#findComment-1941554 Share on other sites More sharing options...
keltoi Posted January 30, 2013 Report Share Posted January 30, 2013 On 1/30/2013 at 4:30 PM, gaarg said: This last one is the only one that moved me. If you're gonna be too good at copying a camera there's no point, you gotta humanize what you see not technologize it. agree. Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide keltoi's signature Hide all signatures Reveal hidden contents Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/77432-drawn-to-perfection/#findComment-1941559 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcbpete Posted January 30, 2013 Report Share Posted January 30, 2013 Damnit, I was trying to find futuregirlfriend's (I think it was) drawing of Tom Cruise doing yoyo tricks too close to Craig Anderson's head, but it seems to have vanished off the net. Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide all signatures I haven't eaten a Wagon Wheel since 07/11/07... ilovecubus.co.uk - 25ml of mp3 taken twice daily. Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/77432-drawn-to-perfection/#findComment-1941564 Share on other sites More sharing options...
patternoverlap Posted January 30, 2013 Report Share Posted January 30, 2013 (edited) Yeah, imo no fucking point in spending all of that time reproducing what a camera already did in a fraction of a second. Edited January 30, 2013 by patternoverlap Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide patternoverlap's signature Hide all signatures New Prints Available Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/77432-drawn-to-perfection/#findComment-1941565 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Aserinsky Posted January 30, 2013 Report Share Posted January 30, 2013 On 1/30/2013 at 4:46 PM, mcbpete said: Damnit, I was trying to find futuregirlfriend's (I think it was) drawing of Tom Cruise doing yoyo tricks too close to Craig Anderson's head, but it seems to have vanished off the net. Good thing I archived it! Here you go: Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/77432-drawn-to-perfection/#findComment-1941572 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcbpete Posted January 30, 2013 Report Share Posted January 30, 2013 Good man - never fails to bring a smile to my face ! Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide all signatures I haven't eaten a Wagon Wheel since 07/11/07... ilovecubus.co.uk - 25ml of mp3 taken twice daily. Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/77432-drawn-to-perfection/#findComment-1941573 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rixxx Posted January 30, 2013 Report Share Posted January 30, 2013 On 1/30/2013 at 4:26 PM, Lucy Faringold said: On 1/30/2013 at 5:01 AM, Braintree said: Photo-realistic surrealism would be fucking crazy. Dirk Dzimirsky is one of the few I've seen whose stuff has actually moved me: Fucking hell, that's beautiful. Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide rixxx's signature Hide all signatures Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/77432-drawn-to-perfection/#findComment-1941599 Share on other sites More sharing options...
eugene Posted January 30, 2013 Report Share Posted January 30, 2013 impressive but pointless indeed, the Dream Theater of drawing. Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/77432-drawn-to-perfection/#findComment-1941610 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest isaki Posted January 31, 2013 Report Share Posted January 31, 2013 woah, how did he get it looking all noisy? On 1/30/2013 at 3:38 AM, zaphod said: impressive, though he's not exactly the first person to do something like this. and this, the reason it looks like a camera is because the artist has actually drawn in the colour noise, particularly on her forehead. impressive! I wouldn't call it pointless... more a "hey, look what I can do" Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/77432-drawn-to-perfection/#findComment-1941857 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Lucy Faringold Posted January 31, 2013 Report Share Posted January 31, 2013 On 1/31/2013 at 12:52 AM, isaki said: and this, the reason it looks like a camera is because the artist has actually drawn in the colour noise, particularly on her forehead. impressive! Helnwein is great at projecting the image of a painstaking master (there used to be some hilarious pics on his site of him setting about a vast thirty-foot canvas with a miniscule little brush), but his stuff loses some of its magic once you find out that he often paints on top of photographic images and has a 'team of assistants' to help him realise his work. I still dig a lot of his stuff though, and I like that he usually brings a conceptual angle to these things, even if it's often pretty heavy-handed. Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/77432-drawn-to-perfection/#findComment-1941888 Share on other sites More sharing options...
lumpenprol Posted January 31, 2013 Report Share Posted January 31, 2013 Some of this stuff is cool but I think painting from a photo is utterly pointless. Why? Because the human eye can see subtle hue and value shifts that a camera can never capture - that, or the human eye just introduces a bunch of imperfections or exaggerations. Whatever the case, you can usually instantly tell if something was painted from a photo - it looks dead and tacky - vs. painted from life. Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide lumpenprol's signature Hide all signatures After this I listened to geogaddi and I didn't like it, I was quite vomitting at some tracks, I realized they were too crazy for my ears, they took too much acid to play music I stupidly thought (cliché of psyché music) But I knew this album was a kind of big forest where I just wasn't able to go inside. - lost cloud I was in US tjis summer, and eat in KFC. FUCK That's the worst thing i've ever eaten. The flesh simply doesn't cleave to the bones. Battery ferming. And then, foie gras is banned from NY state, because it's considered as ill-treat. IT'S NOT. KFC is tourist ill-treat. YOU POISONERS! Two hours after being to KFC, i stopped in a amsih little town barf all that KFC shit out. Nice work! So i hope this woman is not like kfc chicken, otherwise she'll be pulled to pieces. -organized confused project Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/77432-drawn-to-perfection/#findComment-1941961 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest zaphod Posted January 31, 2013 Report Share Posted January 31, 2013 (edited) is this guy drawing from photos? i can generally tell when something is copied, but these look like they're from life. and then helnwein does both i believe. either way, it's only impressive on a technical level. i don't think i've ever been moved by a representative piece unless it's subtly manipulating the reality of the subject. Edited January 31, 2013 by zaphod Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/77432-drawn-to-perfection/#findComment-1941991 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Lucy Faringold Posted January 31, 2013 Report Share Posted January 31, 2013 On 1/31/2013 at 4:22 AM, zaphod said: is this guy drawing from photos? i can generally tell when something is copied, but these look like they're from life. Really? They couldn't look more like they were from photos imo. But yeah, the article says "he spends days analysing his source photographs." Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/77432-drawn-to-perfection/#findComment-1942001 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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