Ballpoint pen drawings by talented London based artist James Mylne can be mistaken for real photographs.
Each photorealistic drawing requires high level of concentration, takes hundreds of hours to complete, and can be ruined with a single mistake.
Drawn with BIC ballpoint pens, beautiful artworks are extremely detailed.
Also check out: 3D Illusion Drawings and Spiral Drawings
jhody
amazing… mind blowing artwork!!!!
Feb 4th, 2013
Alex Clark
I wish I had a fraction of the talent shown here !
Feb 4th, 2013
cole
yeah, incredible – the basquiat is my favorite
Feb 5th, 2013
kadal
i was jealous and i want to feel the satisfaction as the artist feel after finishing the drawing, must be super great…..very nice talent!!!
Feb 5th, 2013
PaulB
These are f@cking wild! I want these in my home!
Feb 5th, 2013
E
Awesome!
Feb 5th, 2013
Pavel
Very talented work !!!
Feb 5th, 2013
Phil
What’s the point??
Feb 5th, 2013
poet
@Phil
The point is demonstration of skill, if you can copy a photo that exists in photo-realistic precision, you can also make a photo that does not exist in photo-realistic precision.
Feb 5th, 2013
Matt
talent.
Feb 5th, 2013
nanobelle
As an artist that specializes in photo realism I still question whether something qualifies as art if the artist is merely copying something like an inkjet printer. There seems to be little planning, only execution. There is no doubt to ability but is it talent for art or mere mimicry? By duplicating in such rote it seems to make it a trick and nothing more.
Feb 5th, 2013
Ahmet Uzun
Are they real?
Feb 5th, 2013
Gert
Yes Ahmet, those are real. I can do the same thing but I do it in pencil. Doing it in pen is MUCH harder and I suspect he starts with a pencil drawing or at least a light box over a sketch.
Feb 5th, 2013
Joe
It always amazes me to see people who think that complete mastery of something is pointless. It doesn’t matter what kind of value the end product has, the art to me is the process of achieving the level of proficiency in order to produce it. It takes a certain kind of dedication to reach such a level, whether it be with visual art, musicianship, athleticism, or any number of mechanical skills. Take the end product of any one of such pursuits and view it as an object, in and of itself, and you won’t find any objective value (subjective, utilitarian conceptions aside, which I think defeat the purpose of art, anyway). The value is that each piece is a monument to the process of its creation; a tiny window into the mind of the artist.
Feb 5th, 2013
NIcé
Well what I think they should do is to apply the realistic drawing onto something imaginative and unrealistic (by means not existant in the world). Not just imitating what a camera can already do.
Feb 5th, 2013
Karen
How are people that good!
Feb 5th, 2013
Kid
@Joe – Thank you for grounding the conversation. For those that question art (whether it be the process, end result, or anything in between), take your head out of your ass and refer to Joe’s response. This applies to just about every idiotic comment that comes through the front page everyday on this site attacking artistic value.
Feb 5th, 2013
SNAKEMAN
just another stupid way of copying photographs. thats not true, he could do this without an original photo, i’m sure.
Feb 5th, 2013
Jade
While everyones entitled to their opinion on this..
im not a fan
He’s a human photocopier, the end result expresses no creativity and i guess subjectively that doesn’t interest me.
Feb 5th, 2013
Running man
I don’t even believe that this is about skill, or showing off, or especially that it is pointless. I believe that this and any form of art, or anything at all really, is about doing what you love to do. Being you. Showing people what you love to do, and being proud of it. So to all of the people that think this is pointless and stupid, go find something you love to do. be proud of that.
Feb 5th, 2013
NIcé
It is just so weird that now people can draw like this but not in the past.
Feb 5th, 2013
Swamy
One Word… Wow
Feb 6th, 2013
Joe
@ NIcé
Ever heard of Michealangelo? DaVinci? Even Picasso, before he turned to cubism, produced incredibly photorealistic sketches. In the past, these skills were a requirement in order to be an artist, and only after you mastered them, would you adopt a style of your own. Nowadays, in a world where so many artists skip the fundamentals and go straight into stylizing, photorealism is often the end product rather than just a way for the artist to cut their teeth. It used to be practice for those old masters, and didn’t often show up in their works at this level, but you can definitely see it in their old sketch books. Nevertheless, it still impresses me to see it.
Feb 6th, 2013
caroline c
just fantastic what wonderful talent walks our earth if you feel drawn to a psinting, sketch, piece of music, a man or woman then surely art is not about good or bad, accurate technics, its about personal choice. if some paintings etc dont do it for you it does not mean they are not brilliant works of art it means you get anyting from it but someone else will if we all liked the.same things it would be s pretty lonley boring world just see something for what it is if its for you great if its not move on dont analyse too much after all art is here to entertain and enjoy.
Dec 10th, 2014