Ben Heine, a talented Belgian artist, has created a series of awesome images by combining photographs with pencil drawings. Enjoy!
Also check out: 3D Paintings and Photorealistic Drawing
Ben Heine, a talented Belgian artist, has created a series of awesome images by combining photographs with pencil drawings. Enjoy!
Also check out: 3D Paintings and Photorealistic Drawing
Mr.Rainbowfist
Wow, I love these. I am making the cat one my wallpaper.
Apr 24th, 2010
zach
These are composites. There is a color temperature, resolution, and lighting directing mismatch. It’s not nearly as cool as you think it is. The photos were taken, drawings referenced, reshot with hand element, then superimposed.
Apr 24th, 2010
ilif
Yup, so agree with zach’s comment :\
Apr 24th, 2010
gunneos
i knew it looked fake somehow! the hand with the cat looks like it went through the blur tool.
Apr 25th, 2010
lea
yep zach is right they are still neat but totaly done with photoshop the drawings are still pretty sweet and they are all lined up well so he at least is pretty good at photo altering
Apr 25th, 2010
Den
I agree, I’d say most likely his talent is at manipulating images…
Too good to be true?…
I’m a photographer and I also manipulate images and in my opinion that doesn’t look real at all, nice result, but there’s no way someone would make each and every line from a drawing fit into the real world, and THEN photograph it with stunning result matching every line and pixel…
Apr 25th, 2010
takpar
great idea!! i will play with it
Apr 25th, 2010
ojanto
wahhh.. really nice.. :D
Apr 25th, 2010
Julie
Was thinking what Zach said. Although agreed these are really cool :)
Apr 25th, 2010
Ahmad
Isn’t there high res desktop size versions of these photos? who love to use one as a background!
Apr 25th, 2010
Vie
Oh, how cool!!!
Apr 25th, 2010
cooljaz124
very nice !
Apr 25th, 2010
Oliver
Even though it’s been faked, they’re still really cool. I love the clean line drawings
Apr 25th, 2010
Elliott
I ain’t never seen a piece of paper that stays that flat and unwrinkled when held up to the wind. Especially after having been drawn on. I’m adding my voice to the chorus of “fake”s
Apr 25th, 2010
Charli
Isn’t that what art is though? Art is just faking something else. Who cares if he didn’t sit down and sketch it outside? I’m sure he didn’t make the projects to trick you! He did it because he wanted to design a beautiful, interesting images.
Congratulations on your detective skills though..
Apr 25th, 2010
P. Knows
F y’all hatin’ on the man, lets see one of you do something like that, photoshop or not, he’s still the one featured on this site, and y’all just complainin’ about it’s not real…smh
Apr 25th, 2010
kegan
the hand in the cat and the field are identical. attention to detail is crucial when creating illusions such as these, that is if you want them to be believable. and just because toxel features it doesnt mean it’s perfect and not allowed to be criticized.
it’s really not that challenging if you have a basic understanding of photoshop.
how’s this: a good idea, but could be executed with a higher level of realism.
Apr 25th, 2010
kegan
scratch that. they arent identical, but my point still stands. They would look better with a few imperfections, and more interesting drawings.
Apr 25th, 2010
Cait
Nope, you meant the hand on the GOAT and in the field are identical…. because they are!
Apr 25th, 2010
MochiPu
Like This!
Apr 26th, 2010
aditia
do the cat really have 4 eyes??
Apr 26th, 2010
M!
agree with zach + other posts re: Photoshopped work.
honestly, is this really talented? the concept is nothing original. the article says ‘talented’. it would be really talented if he did it with the drawing first, and then the photography.
Apr 26th, 2010
Karlitta
The artist is Ben Heine!
Really great!
Apr 26th, 2010
jack ace
Yeah. I’m so with all the others. These aren’t real. Stupid of Ben to think he can fool people. Like you could take a photograph of a drawing. Ridiculous.
Apr 26th, 2010
For the love of Digital Art
WOOOWW. GREAT GREAT IDEA of getting together in the same image drawing and photography to express a fusion between reality and imagination… When even the photography is finally a subjective reality of the photographer!
Keep on the good work.
Apr 26th, 2010
timmay
1 word, amazing
Apr 26th, 2010
matt
its photoshopped, on the picture with the statues the lines don’t continue beneath the finger
Apr 26th, 2010
dave e.
Just wonder if it’s possible that any of you critics could actually just enjoy what’s been presented instead of picking it apart like little whiners.
Apr 26th, 2010
For the love of Digital Art
It is photoshoped, then What??? :)
haha the idea is great, I love it, especially the one in Lisboa
Apr 26th, 2010
Anina
Agree with zach & others and I don’t see the point of doing this on top of a picture… if it had been done on real settings it would have been something completely different.
Apr 26th, 2010
Jae Xavier
This has actually been done in animation many times over. For instance, the hit 80’s video “Take on me” by Aha (see youtube).
However, the artist’s delivery is spot on.
Apr 26th, 2010
eddie
zach the cat was probably born that way.
some genetic mutation is most likely
the photos are great people and *of course* they’re photoshopped, it’s like not liking the wwe because you recently found out that it’s an act!
Apr 26th, 2010
Joze
HI! nice work!… by the that photo with the “electric” (public transport” is in LISBON right???? if not.. where?
bye! cumpliments!
Apr 26th, 2010
Susan
I don’t care how this effect was accomplished, I think your work is really, really cool!
Susan
Apr 26th, 2010
DeniSmartBox
I’d like to add that if you want to make emphasis on the technique (which seems to be the case since he didn’t create ONE image of this kind, but many…) then someone will comment on it…
And it’s OK for the viewer to focus and express whether the technique is good or not…the artist himself put the emphasis there.
Apr 27th, 2010
Jethro
Great drawing abilities!
Apr 27th, 2010
crystal driedger
Of course they’re faked – who cares? They’re really fun!
Apr 28th, 2010
wooki
It’s good~!!
and make a smile ^ – ^
Apr 29th, 2010
Sudarshan Gurung
Wow, awesome work! You inspired me to start one of my own :) Cheers!
May 2nd, 2010
jose lee
great thoughts…. i am amazed..
May 6th, 2010
JADE
I think everyone that is moaning about how it is obviously fake OBVIOUSLY isnt admiring the image itself as a piece of art, so what if he just messed around with some photographs. This has obviously taken some time to work out what to do how to do it and when. Appreciate the work dont slate it!!!
Feb 9th, 2011
amme
I think that Ben did a good job, I already knew that he took the picture,then drew the sketch, and then took the picture again, but still, it looks really kool, can any of you people do that. maybe. still, i am doing something like this for my comming art project because i was inspiered by it.
Sep 1st, 2012