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Russian Artist Creates Mind-Blowing Hyperrealistic Portraits That Seem To Jump Off The Page (70 Pics)
Hyperrealism art is always a feast for our eyes. It's a type of realistic art that makes us look twice as paintings seem to jump off the page leaving us wondering how the artist managed to deceive our eyes. At first glance, it may seem effortless but after you take a second look, it's quite an amazing art!
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The Random Merp 6 years ago
I can guarantee you, it was. Colored pencils are some of the best for this, as the wax is pretty moldable upon the tooth of the paper.
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One talented Russian artist certainly knows how to amaze people with her realistic drawings. Alena, also known as _litvinalena_ to her 163k followers on her Instagram account, captures people's faces just by looking at them and only using pencils to create amazing drawings. She focuses on the tiniest details in each portrait so these pencil drawings may look like printed photos but well, they aren't.
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Charles Nolan 5 years ago
This doesn't seem possible. I would love to watch a video showing the progress.
Steve Cruz 6 years ago
If I drew a pencil that looked as realistic as these, I would feel accomplished!
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Pippa Runs 6 years ago
This is absolutely mind blowing. The closest I can get to drawing people are stick figures.
Alena specializes in painting people of different ages, shapes, and colors. She masterfully brings out the best features of each person making their portrait drawing unique and forever memorializing the person in it. Most of her beautiful paintings are custom portraits which take her up to 10 days to make but she also paints famous celebrities like Neymar, Keira Knightley, Dwayne Johnson, Marilyn Manson, Matt Damon, and many more!
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Sarah Hoskovec 6 years ago
Ok, can't tell if you guys are serious, but in case you are... pretty sure that is Scarlett Johansson
joe 6 years ago
Quite apart from the fantastic drawings, I'm amazed at how they got such an even background colour. Top colouring in skills!
Rui Zhi 6 years ago
Toned paper - that’s actually the starting paper colour, with white pencil wherever they need to go lighter.
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B 6 years ago
This is absolutely amazing except for the fact that his pupils are floating somewhere north of his irises.
As the artist introduced herself to Bored Panda, she's a Moscow-based self-taught artist who's been painting portraits for over 8 years. Well, we can certainly see that these 8 years of hard work have paid off as it's hard to separate her unique artworks from real photos!
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Kathleen Nelson 6 years ago
Shouldn't you be able to see pencil strokes when you zoom in? This is just unbelievable!
Christine Dixon 4 years ago
Only if they are meant to be seen as hairs etc, better types of coloured pencils blend so well they just melt into one
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Nina Hill 6 years ago
Looks like a jerk that has no appreciation for beauty
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George Hudacko 6 years ago
Beautiful man would love fuller lips but GIF fast for a long long time.
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Donna Leske 6 years ago
Why? If kids were adopted for their "looks" many new mom and dads would be disappointed. Adopted kids are real kids.
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Ildiko Okido 6 years ago
I'm wondering how long it takes to make such a perfect drawing. It must be hours and hours of work. They're all amazing!
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Angela Davis 2 years ago
This is a stunning portrait. The artist is seriously talented to achieve this effect. Respect.
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ojjunior 6 years ago
The French twins in earlier days. Known as the beautiest twins on Earth to this day.
Jim Ellington 6 years ago
No, it's Ava and Leah Clements and they're quite American.
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Lilli 6 years ago
And Jackson, you must be about eight years old to have such a dire need for attention. I looked at your profile and looks like you have negative thirty-six points. How unfortunate. You may notice that positive people like myself and many others on here dislike and downvote you trolls. If anything, your comment made me feel empowered and strong. If your goal is to be the most basic (b)itch ever, you have succeeded. So, congrats. *slow clap*
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MidnightFury 6 years ago
She reminds me of Meghan Trainor for some reason... idk. Really, really beautiful though!
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How Terribly Unfortunate 6 years ago
That's profiling, and VERY rude. That's just a very unnecessary comment.
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Id row 6 years ago
The crocheting on that sweater must have taken a long time and must have been tedious.
Ahnnah Newell 6 years ago
YESSS! I work on those kinds of things and they DO take forever!
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MidnightFury 6 years ago
What's up with all these beautiful children? I wasn't this cute and pretty when I was little ;-;
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MidnightFury 6 years ago
The lighting in this picture is beautiful! The way they drew the hair blowing from behind... and those eyes! Oh my God this is so beautiful!!
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MidnightFury 6 years ago
Who is this? I feel like her face is so simple, yet recognizable. And beautiful, of course.
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your_lesbian_friend 6 years ago
The amount of time and skill these must have taken... wow! Pure talent!!! :)
Tracy Lord 6 years ago
Wow. Just wow. There are some that if someone had shown me out of context and said they were photographs, I would 100% believe that. It's amazing the talent people have.
Bettye McKee 5 years ago
This is the most incredible art I have ever seen. Was the artist working with a live model? A photograph? Just incredible.
Jackie Wacky 6 years ago
These are such amazing drawings: such precision, and only using pencils.Wow.
Albert Ambrosia 6 years ago
BRAVO well done, what a gift! Please send email or link to your website would love to see if you can do a few for our family... haccp.us
your_lesbian_friend 6 years ago
The amount of time and skill these must have taken... wow! Pure talent!!! :)
Tracy Lord 6 years ago
Wow. Just wow. There are some that if someone had shown me out of context and said they were photographs, I would 100% believe that. It's amazing the talent people have.
Bettye McKee 5 years ago
This is the most incredible art I have ever seen. Was the artist working with a live model? A photograph? Just incredible.
Jackie Wacky 6 years ago
These are such amazing drawings: such precision, and only using pencils.Wow.
Albert Ambrosia 6 years ago
BRAVO well done, what a gift! Please send email or link to your website would love to see if you can do a few for our family... haccp.us
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