Dylan Eakin and his photorealistic charcoal drawings

Dylan Eakin and his photorealistic charcoal drawings

Categories: World

At first glance, these hyper-realistic images look like photographs, but in reality they are carefully crafted charcoal drawings.

Dylan Eakin and his photorealistic charcoal drawings

American artist Dylan Eakin has been trying his hand at photorealism since 2016. It was not an easy journey, but today Dylan is proud of the work he has done and his progress in drawing. His main tool is charcoal, and to highlight the details, a graphite pencil is used.

Dylan Eakin and his photorealistic charcoal drawings

30-year-old Dylan from New York uses photographs as a sample when creating drawings. He takes photos of his girlfriend, roommate, and friends, turning the images into realistic drawings of 45×60 cm.

Dylan Eakin and his photorealistic charcoal drawings

From the drops of sweat on his forehead to the well-drawn eyelashes, Dylan's drawings look surprisingly realistic. In the genre of photorealism, the artist usually carefully studies the photo, and then tries to reproduce it as realistically as possible. 

Dylan Eakin and his photorealistic charcoal drawings

Usually, it takes about 100 hours for an artist to create each work, and once Dylan even spent 205 hours on one of his works.

Dylan Eakin and his photorealistic charcoal drawings

Dylan's drawings at some point became so popular that now he sells them for about 6 thousand dollars. Despite his incredible skill, Dylan admitted that he is never completely satisfied with what he does.

Dylan Eakin and his photorealistic charcoal drawings

Dylan creates exclusively black-and-white images, and he is not tempted to draw with colored pencils.

Dylan Eakin and his photorealistic charcoal drawings

Dylan Eakin and his photorealistic charcoal drawings

Sometimes he has customers for color drawings, but Dylan does not take such orders.

Dylan Eakin and his photorealistic charcoal drawings

Dylan doesn't draw professional models. He is more interested in choosing his friends as objects for his work, including his best friend Lauren Hlubny, who helped him a lot in his development as an artist.

Dylan Eakin and his photorealistic charcoal drawings

Dylan Eakin and his photorealistic charcoal drawings

Dylan Eakin and his photorealistic charcoal drawings

Dylan Eakin and his photorealistic charcoal drawings

Dylan Eakin and his photorealistic charcoal drawings

Dylan Eakin and his photorealistic charcoal drawings

Dylan Eakin and his photorealistic charcoal drawings

Dylan Eakin and his photorealistic charcoal drawings

Dylan Eakin and his photorealistic charcoal drawings

Dylan Eakin and his photorealistic charcoal drawings

Dylan Eakin and his photorealistic charcoal drawings

Keywords: Photo assembly | World | Charcoal | Drawings | Realism

Post News Article

Recent articles

The story of strong-willed circus performer Dolly Dimples, who became famous first for gaining weight and then for losing it
The story of strong-willed circus performer Dolly Dimples, ...

Although body positivity is actively promoted to the masses these days, slim figures remain trendy. Even those who demonstrate ...

Disturbing fairy tales by the artist Marc Gagnier, who was able to combine the terrible and the sweet
Disturbing fairy tales by the artist Marc Gagnier, who was ...

Illustrator from Canada Mark Gagne (Mark Gagne) presented a series of works called "Ink Photography" (Inked Photography). If you ...

20 photos that fans will appreciate is just perfect
20 photos that fans will appreciate is just perfect

Someone thinks that perfectionism is a disease that should be treated. Someone, on the contrary, teaches others how to restore ...

Related articles

The most beautiful footbridges in the world
The most beautiful footbridges in the world

Walking through this picturesque bridges, you can admire the views from these stunning views and breathtaking landscapes. We invite ...

25 houses of famous films and their real value
25 houses of famous films and their real value

Not all the house where they filmed the cult movies and TV shows, become "house-museums". Many of them are then sold as the ...

Master cozy illustration of Jill Barklem and her cute mouse tale
Master cozy illustration of Jill Barklem and her cute mouse tale

Inspired by the observations of the countryside around Epping in Essex, where she grew up, Jill Barklem came up with a series of ...