Kohei Ohmori’s Hyperrealistic Pencil Drawings
Wow, check out these amazing hyperrealistic pencil drawings by Kohei Ohmori. The detail is next-level…here’s a close-up view of the drawing above:
This drawing took 280 hours (~11.7 days) over a period of five months. You can check out some BTS and Ohmori’s other work on Instagram. (via clive thompson)
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I’d like to have a cup of tea with this gentleman to talk about his motivation. I always feel that a large part of it must be the meditative aspects.
I'm chuckling to myself imagining showing/explaining these drawings to the inventors of photography. "Yes, yes, I know it looks just like a photograph but isn't it amazing that someone spent 11 days drawing it?" I'd say to to their baffled gazes.
Looks like he's decided to stop, as per a note on one of his posts:
"I ended my pencil drawing life for now.
As a result of continuing to draw while taking advantage of my nervousness, my nervousness was further encouraged and my obsessive-compulsive disorder (confirmation compulsion) worsened.
From now on, I will spend the rest of my life with less stress on my nerves. Thank you for your continued support (SNS will continue)."
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