Mark Crilley is an artist who does many drawing tutorials and time-lapse videos where he shows his incredible drawing technique.

He has one challenge: how real can a drawing look?

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Here is a video with one of his most realistic drawings – of a playing card:

A real challenge starts with a very specific object, which looks immensely difficult to draw

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Mark not only is going to draw the same card, but he tears it in pieces first and then recreates it

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So first he outlines the card’s borders

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And creates the basic shape as the real card on the left

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Then he starts drawing the tiny details

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And starts coloring the drawing

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He uses various tools to draw

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And various drawing/painting techniques

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To recreate an absolutely same-looking card

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Source: Realism Challenge #3: Playing Card