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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 unique artworks have so many details that they actually can be easily confused with real photographs.
“After the first portrait I drew in my high school art class, I became captivated with the challenge of realistic drawing and the meticulous attention to detail that is required,” says Heather on her website. “The labor-intensive commitment to realistic art caused me to feel driven to continue improving my drawing technique.”
It takes from a few to hundreds of hours for this talented 25-year-old artist to finish one pencil drawing, but every single of them is special in its own way. Scroll down and see these detailed artworks for yourself.
More info: heather-rooney.com | Instagram
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Charlotte Brine 6 years ago
What a beautiful, amazing and mind blowing homage to an equally amazing man with such a beautiful soul!
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BunnyBlubber 6 years ago
At first I thought "Wow thats so cool they came and took a picture with it" But THEN
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Leslie Cully 6 years ago
Incredible skill at drawing hair! It's difficult to get it right. Wow.
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Larkin Elliott (student) 6 years ago
Wow. This looks exactly like a picture. I love how small all of the details are!
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BarryAllenTheFlash 6 years ago
C**p. I cried so much during that movie. This is gorgeously drawn!
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BarryAllenTheFlash 6 years ago
He looks so feminine in this picture - she captures that femininity perfectly.
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Larkin Elliott (student) 6 years ago
It still looks just like a picture. I love the style of this artist!
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Charlotte Brine 6 years ago
What a fantastic job of capturing Jonny Depp in all his bazaar but amazing glory!
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Edith Cunningham 6 years ago
These are so incredible I cried. I would love to see her doing this. Heather you are fantastic.
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Riddle-Le-Tails 6 years ago
the mouth a eyes look like they took a long time i would never b able to do this the best ive ever drawn is me profile pic!
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Dat.One_guy 6 years ago
Woah I literally was like.. Maybe she's just taking pictures of actual photos then I saw one with a pencil in the picture and was likd .. Nope that's colored alright. Nice work 😁
Honesty Olishia 6 years ago
In your defense, it's nearly impossible to draw a perfect circle. But I feel your pain, drawing is so hard.
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diane a 6 years ago
This skill is too good - to spend 100 hours creating an image that can be done in 20th of a second by a camera --- true dedication
LilicatUK 6 years ago
Van Gogh IS one of the greatest artists, just a different style from this lady, who is also very talented
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Paul Dixon 6 years ago
It's amazing talent. But I can get the same effect with a photo. I'd love it if the artist would put some of them into the image (some creativity).
Tracey Arthur 6 years ago
Work on your spelling before you criticize people you illiterate, ignorant, cretinous, moronic poor excuse of a human being.
Eric Mikalo 6 years ago
Had i not seen the artist's photo while at work i wouldn't had believed that these are handdrawn. Amazing!!!!
Kahlo Smith 6 years ago
These are so stunningly detailed! I love them, especially the Harry Potter ones~
phansfanta 6 years ago
If I didn't know that these were made with coloured pencils I would of thought that these are photos! They are absolutely amazing!
Edward LePontney 6 years ago
Obviously, you don't read very much or you would see that she has YouTube videos of her creating her works of art. Such negativity! You are one sad person and I'm sorry for you.
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Dat.One_guy 6 years ago
Woah I literally was like.. Maybe she's just taking pictures of actual photos then I saw one with a pencil in the picture and was likd .. Nope that's colored alright. Nice work 😁
Honesty Olishia 6 years ago
In your defense, it's nearly impossible to draw a perfect circle. But I feel your pain, drawing is so hard.
Load More Replies... diane a 6 years ago
This skill is too good - to spend 100 hours creating an image that can be done in 20th of a second by a camera --- true dedication
LilicatUK 6 years ago
Van Gogh IS one of the greatest artists, just a different style from this lady, who is also very talented
Load More Replies... Paul Dixon 6 years ago
It's amazing talent. But I can get the same effect with a photo. I'd love it if the artist would put some of them into the image (some creativity).
Tracey Arthur 6 years ago
Work on your spelling before you criticize people you illiterate, ignorant, cretinous, moronic poor excuse of a human being.
Eric Mikalo 6 years ago
Had i not seen the artist's photo while at work i wouldn't had believed that these are handdrawn. Amazing!!!!
Kahlo Smith 6 years ago
These are so stunningly detailed! I love them, especially the Harry Potter ones~
phansfanta 6 years ago
If I didn't know that these were made with coloured pencils I would of thought that these are photos! They are absolutely amazing!
Edward LePontney 6 years ago
Obviously, you don't read very much or you would see that she has YouTube videos of her creating her works of art. Such negativity! You are one sad person and I'm sorry for you.
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