This chap is making quite a buzz in the UK at the minute for his photorealistic pencil drawing portraits. Check these out, they're genuinely not photo's:
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^Check out the step-by-step evolution of the above, and of some of his other pictures, on his blog truly amazing seeing the creative process of such technically accomplished drawings:
Kelvin Okafor Art

