This photo was drawn with a ballpoint pen by Samuel Silva. The 29-year old Portugal based artist is an attorney by profession. Art is his hobby. He uses just eight different colored ballpoint pens and creates photorealistic portraits of people, animals, and landscapes. Each drawing can take from 5 to 50 hours to finish. He doesn’t mix colors or blend them. Ballpoint pen ink dries instantly and cannot be erased. Read more and see more of Silva’s beautiful drawings at Deviant Art.
Source: Kaushik @Amusing Planet via Madame Scherzo
Unbelievable! This is really impressive (and beautiful) – what talent!
Yes, I checked out his other words. Almost too good, right?
Truly – it really is hard to believe that this is created with eight ballpoint pens. Which is not to suggest that I don’t believe it is – I do – it’s just incredible.
Yes, I didn’t want to imply that it wasn’t real. Just that good. I’m with you…
Yes, almost too good! It is amazing!
Agree Mark. (This coming from a man who can’t draw a stick-man)
amazing ! thank you for sharing
have a great day
Thanks. You too…
People’s talents never cease to amaze me…..terrific!
Yes! Totally agree.
Wow! Amazing ~ so happy you shared it! Thanks!
Holy smokes, that’s incredible! Wish I could see them much larger–they REALLY look like photos in some instances. That poor kid is gonna be blind by 30 :-/
Yes they do, don’t they. I could only imagine how long these took. And it’s not like he can erase and mix colors either. Awesome.
That is truly amazing. There is so much real talent in the world and not enough appreciation. Thank you for passing it on.
Yes, I so agree.
Wow. Absolutely incredible. I have to leave now to check out more of his work. Thanks for sharing.
Me again. I went on his site, absolutely incredible. One line from his bio jumped out at me “It’s not about what you use, it’s about how you use it.” A simple truth applicable in so many situations.
I missed that Laurie. Thanks for pointing it out. He certainly is the poster child for this statement.
Like painting with fine-tipped brushes, but you’d have to be very confident. No mistakes!
Yes. Exactly. The level of precision required is amazing.
WOW!
YES, I was WOWED too! 🙂 It is so perfect!
Good! Mission accomplished. I was hoping not to be alone.
Fantabulously brilliant!!! Such self-taught artists inspire me to look within myself to check my creative side 🙂 *Applaud*
Smiling. Yes, brilliant is the appropriate description here.
Outstanding!! All his drawings are hard to phathom.
I saw this is the Daily Mail yesterday. The art is amazing! Especially the big cat drawings – superb!
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Absolutely amazing, there is really no way to tell, that it is just ball point pen. Her skin is perfect! Thank you for sharing this.
Yes, Tina. It is amazing. I come back to his work and shake my head.
Inspriing and awesome – and it reminds me of hearing someone once say that the best tool any of us have is a pencil – all our dreams can be written, it’s a model of simplicity and it not only is elegant, it can put down our ideas and also erase them too.
Yes, Shawna, agree. I think that it was captivates most of us – simple tool – simple idea – incredible output and outcome.
That’s amazing!
AMAZING! What great talent. Thanks for sharing. This is what he does as a hobby! Thanks for sharing.
BE ENCOURAGED! BE BLESSED!
Yes, that’s the word Francine. Amazing.
I saw this in the UK media. A highly clever drawing.
Yes, very.
Wow!
My reaction too!