Hyperrealism

Diego Fazio, a 22-year-old artist in Italy who also goes by DiegoKoi online, is known for his “precise lines and Oriental techniques,” according to his DeviantArt page. But just how precise and technical his work can be is best exemplified by how realistic his drawings appear.

















One might be tempted to argue and say the above image is photograph, but Fazio created it entirely with pencil. Here’s the piece, which would be considered photorealistic, while still in the works.


According to DeviantArt, Diego was first a tattoo artist but eventually left to focus on drawing bodies. Instead of drawing on them, the artist uses hundreds of shades to create contrast and reproduce photo/hyper realistic work.