An Artist Paints Celebs So Lifelike, We Bet You Won’t Be Able to Tell the Difference

Art
4 years ago

Sheila Giovanni, an artist from Brazil, knows how to trick your eyes and enthrall your mind. With only pencils, she’s able to create hyperrealistic paintings that look like your favorite celebrities might move at any second. Even though they’re nearly unbelievable, we promise you, her creations are not photographs.

We at Bright Side are completely hypnotized by Giovanni’s art and now it’s your turn to get swept off your feet by her pure talent.

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Which of these paintings had you rubbing your eyes in disbelief?

Preview photo credit Aquaman / Warner Bros. Pictures, sheilargiovanni_artes / Instagram

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Stacy Mar
4 years ago

WHat??? How... I really cannot believe how some people can be so SO talented. Are those portraits for real??

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Yolanda Bellou
4 years ago
Stacy Mar

haahaha I thought the exact same thing. But some people just have the gift. Like the old academic artists of renaissance

who used to portrayed in large scale painting whole rooms full of people.

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Stacy Mar
4 years ago
Yolanda Bellou

that's true. being a child and looking at painting like those, I was sure that those were photographs. THen my mom used to say "well, in fact those were the photographers of the era, the painters".

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Belinda
4 years ago

Great artist! It really need lots of practice and patience and of course... TONS OF TALENT ;)

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3 years ago
Something crazy happened here... Sorry, it's a secret.
4 years ago
A cat is having a nap right on this comment.

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