Sweet treats
They say the first bite is with the eye and we all enjoy a sweet treat from a vending machine, but this image really plays tricks on you too.
Empire State Building in oil
At first glance, you might dismiss this image as a rather dull photo of New York City. But it was actually created by hand.
Reflections
It’s hard to believe these images weren’t captured with a camera but instead with a paintbrush and an incredible eye for detail.
Pencil drawn feline
Sun flowers
Steve Mills is another photo-realistic oil painter with a keen eye for still life. Including these remarkable sunflowers.
Moisture
This highly detailed portrait is an incredible oil painting on canvas and part of a series capturing the beauty of the subject Antonia for all to see.
The Soulcatcher
This work by Angelstorm was crafted using a mix of graphite pencils and Faber Castell Polychromos coloured pencils. No digital trickery or tools were used here.
Poolside car
Nicola Wood is another hyper-realistic painter who creates incredible works of art with cars as the main focus.
A gorilla in thought
Red bull sitting
American photorealist painter uses oil and acrylics to create art so good it’ll make you look twice. Like this Red Bull pit-stop team in action.
Driving in the rain
This oil painting is one of a series of images from a driver’s perspective with views spoiled or obscured by ice, water and brake lights.
Toy soldiers
Coke Cans
These convincing images by Pedro Campos include still life oil paintings of everyday objects including Coke cans.
Suspension of disbelief
Bedlam
Another of Jason de Graaf’s works shows paint bursting forth from tubes and reflections to match.
Asterix and co
It seems that Jason de Graaf’s talents know no bounds. Here he’s faithfully re-created a vision of Asterix, Obelix and Dogmatix.
Still life newspapers
Another of Steve Mills’ images includes carefully folded newspapers that not only highlight the words on the paper but the folds and creases too.
Pencil portraits
Ballpoint fox
These images by Samuel Silva were created using a ballpoint pen of all things and yet are convincing enough to capture every minute detail of the subject.
Cradling a baby
Samuel Silva notes just how much time goes into this work, with over 100 hours put into the image of the father cradling his baby in his hands.
Ball point pen cat
Each of the artists on this list has their own personal style and technique. Some use quite different tools to create their own astounding work of art too.
Anne Hathaway
Franco Clun is capable of creating hyper-realistic hand-drawn portraits of celebrities as easily as he can masterfully pen an angry shark.
Great White in black and white
Franco Clun’s shark is shockingly convincing and not something we’d want to mess with.
Microfinale
From the vicious teeth of a great white shark, to the calm eyes of a feline. Franco Clun clearly has a fine set of skills and a range of talent in this realm.
Attention to detail
It’s easy to find yourself lost in the depth and detail of this image by Kit King and Corey Oda Popp.
An eye with a view
The works of Kit King and Corey Oda Popp are a real eye-opener.
