Hyper Realistic Artist

WOW! Thanks for sharing this amazing video Jeffery.
I found another amazing talent the other day on FAA. Check him out...

Superb stuff... as is Adel's work Phyllis..

At the risk of getting a slap on the wrist for posting images.. I'd also like to share one of my favourite artists on FAA.. Brian Scott creates these amazing images with coloured pencils.

When I was a kid (12) I took a notion to attempt a copy of a one pound note (dollar bill:-).. It turned out great and my big bro dared me to try spend it. I took it to the local post office and bought 2 Mars Bars... they never looked twice at it.. Why the hell I didn't draw a fifty instead??? lol.. it would have taken the same amount of work...doh!

Amazing, Jeffrey..thanks.
Here's another member whose hyper-realistic work is tops........Denny Bond

Jealous - who me?

That is astonishing! I wonder if hyper realistic works like these will be the Vermeers of the future.

Lol, Barry... your secret is out now! Perhaps subconsciously you didn't feel as guilty drawing smaller currency.

Roy, I am a tad jealous too!!! LOL

Almost as realistic as an unedited photography.

Vivian..Denny's work is mindblowing.. great share!

Patricia... I started young in my career as a master forger... not guilt...just stupidity :-)

Simply amazing!

--Roz Barron Abellera

unedited photography vs hyper-realism ART ..........no-brainer

Fantastic, Jeffrey! Is that Mike Savad on the label?

Barry.. they sell candy at the post office? What will you Brits think of next ;O)

in the early 80's it was called Super-Realism. Much of this art was also produced with airbrush. lotz of graphic techniques involved and many hours spent basically to prove hand crafted art can be directly compared with photography one to one.
kinda like John Henry vs. the Steam driven jack -hammer.

Bob, just for you, I'm going to get permission to photograph our PO interior...talk about candy! And as 'businesses' they are in the Red....horrifically over-extended themselves. "Later"

Of course, my image is a joke parodying trompe....

The art department at my school VPI&SU had a class called "Photo Realism" and is the same idea. The student using a grid drawn on a canvas reproduced an oil painting from a magazine ad. The only difference from the video is most of the paintings were large but very impressive and just like the ads!

I have often thought about the images (only last week!) and how stunning they were. Go VA Tech art department!

I would think with practice (eye hand coordination) this technique could be accomplished without a grid and on a smaller scale like the video. Although the bottle appeared to be life size.

For this type of imagery, also see M. C. Escher...especially Escher's famous self-drawing hands. "Drawing Hands", a work in which two hands are shown, each drawing the other

The realism work displayed here is truly beautiful.
When I was younger, I worked at being a hyper realistic artist. I only did it because that was the type of art that my parents thought was true artistic talent. As I got older I began to find my own artistic style and it was not to do hyper realism. For me, hyper realism was all about being perfect and making no mistakes without using a grid. My dad would pick out every imperfection and focus on that instead of what I did correctly. I'm not angry about it. It taught me a great deal. Now, I find joy in making art with its imperfections. I get excited about the "happy accidents". It's been a long road to loosen up my style to a more impressionistic look. I still enjoy looking at hyper realism works. Sometimes, I do realism pieces, but will probably never do a hyper realism piece because I find beauty is also in the imperfections.