that use hyperrealism in their works,
not many use the humble ball point pen, but Nigerian
artist Oscar Ukonu does, he is able to draw artworks that cannot be
distinguished from high-resolution photographs, all photographs Oscar Ukonu,
the
self-taught artist started drawing when he was nine-years-old, but only got
into hyperrealistic art during his time in architecture school,
Oscar spends an insane amount of time trying to capture the tiniest details and
features of his subjects on a piece of paper, every
one of his pieces takes between 200 and 400 hours of work to complete, but the entire process is
actually even more complex, as he begins by brainstorming for ideas, sometimes
sketching some of them, then photographing possible subjects, and spending some
time getting to know them, before he actually starts to draw them, “Yea, the
photoshoot is an important part of my process. When I have an idea for a series
or artwork I pen them down and sometimes flesh out a few sketches. Then what
follows is photography where I take maybe 100 pictures and select about 10,”
Oscar told Vsionvry. “When it’s time to put pen to paper I let these
pictures inform me. What I mean by ‘inform’ is that I don’t just use one
picture: I use the whole photoshoot. That way I’m able to take down all the
different individual pieces and maintain the fidelity of the initial idea
I had.” what stunning pictures, if you want to purchase any of them have a look at his gallery.
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