34 Realistic Artworks That Just Look Like HD Photos. I Can’t Believe My Own Eyes…

There are some incredibly talented and creative people in the world, but the work of the following artists will absolutely blow you away. Instead of instantaneously capturing people, places, and things with a camera, they opt to take their time and focus their skilled hands on recreating lifelike moments with various, often simple, tools like pencils, pens, and paintbrushes.

IMPORTANT: Despite how photorealistic the following images may appear, keep in mind that they aren’t photographs.

Rob Heffernan – Oil paints

Samuel Silva – Colored ballpoint pens

Franco Clun – Pencil on watercolor paper

Omar Ortiz – Oil on canvas

 

Pedro Campos – Oil on canvas

Diego Fazio – Pencil on paper

Eloy Morales – Oil on canvas

 

Robert Longo – Charcoal on mounted paper

Teresa Elliott – Oils

Amy Robins – Color pencils on cartridge paper

Doug Bloodworth – Oil paints

Mike Bayne – Oil on wood panel

Yigal Ozeri – Oil on paper mounted on board

Paul Cadden – Pencil on recycled cartridge paper

Joongwon Charles Jeong – Acrylic on canvas

Armin Mersmann – Pencil

Joshua Suda – Oils

Marcello Barenghi – Colored pencils, pens, and watercolors on pasteboard

Jason de Graaf – Acrylic on canvas

Sarah Graham – Oil on canvas

Robin Eley – Oil on Belgian linen

Linnea Strid – Oil on wood panel

Paul Lung – Pencil

Emanuele Dascanio – Charcoal and graphite on Schoeller paper

Redosking – Colored pencils

Alyssa Monks – Oil on linen

Kelvin Okafor – Graphite and charcoal on sketching paper

Gottfried Helnwein – Oil and acrylic on canvas

Yanni Flores – Charcoal

Dirk Dzimirsky – Graphite on paper

Gregory Thielker – Oil on canvas

Roberto Bernardi – Oil on canvas

Antonio Castelló Avilleira – Oil on linen

Bertrand Meniel – Acrylic on linen