I Enjoy Looking At Photographs,

whether they are taken out of doors,

 or in a studio setting,

I always think of how difficult,

it must be to compose living fish,

 amphibians,

and insects to be in just the right position, but these stunning examples,

 are different in one particular way,

 they are not photographs at all! the artist admits that he has been fascinated by insects, reptiles and amphibians since he was a young boy, keeping them in his room and painting them, back then, the result of his hard work were nowhere near the level of his most recent works, but that only made him want to become a better painter. “It wasn’t easy to paint their structure and colour well, it was much harder than I had expected, I promised myself I will train myself at art school when I grow up and paint them perfectly,” the artist told Yonhap News Agency, unfortunately, his parents didn’t approve of his decision to focus his studies on art, fearing that he would not be able to land a good job,

Kim eventually convinced his parents that they made the right decision, not only does he get to earn a living doing what he loves most, but he became one of the world’s most highly-regarded hyperrealistic painters, earning between $10,000 and $130,000 per artwork, that may seem like a high price to pay for a painting, be it as realistic as a digital photo, but you’re also paying for the time put into it by the artist, Youn-Sung Kim paints for more than 12 hours a day, even on weekends, but, even so, he sometimes spends up to a year on his large scale masterpieces, and what is even more amazing is how critical he is of his own work, despite the stunning realism of his paintings, Young-Sung Kim is never completely happy with his work, He scores his artworks on a 100-point scale, and none of his dozens of paintings have ever scored above 90 points, Kim hopes to better himself and get as close to that 100-point mark as possible, all I can say is that what a talent he truly has, amazing!