Impressive stuff. Grand Seiko time lapse.

[gcleminson]

I've seen this guy's work before but this one has added watch interest:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szuFjmVM2qY

[RustyBin5]

Excellent - I swear if I had that talent I would never leave the house.

Found it a little frustrating not to see him do the writing etc. it seemed to edit/cut chunks out. Superb nonetheless

[Paradiddle]

Those are some sharp pencils!

I love how the artist used a well-used watch and included all the scratches and swirlies in. Added that bit of realism.

[timor54]

Amazing talent. His Instagram has some incredible stuff as well

[M1011]

Wow, great work. The level of patience and attention to detail is astounding.

[abraxas]

Put a picture in photoshop erase a little bit at a time and then run it backwards.

[monogroover]

Put a picture in photoshop erase a little bit at a time and then run it backwards.

With pencils? Er, OK

[chrisparker]

Excellent - I swear if I had that talent I would never leave the house.

He's certainly got a skill but it's not quite as difficult as it may look and something you could learn.

It's not show in the shot but he's effectively copying a photograph. Take any photo, make it black and white, apply a grid to it, then grid out a sheet of paper and sketch-out exactly what you see in each grid of the photograph – with a lot of practise and patience you eventually you'll end up with something that looks pretty much like the original photo.

[Nytol]

Wow!!!

[gcleminson]

He's certainly got a skill but it's not quite as difficult as it may look and something you could learn.

It's not show in the shot but he's effectively copying a photograph. Take any photo, make it black and white, apply a grid to it, then grid out a sheet of paper and sketch-out exactly what you see in each grid of the photograph – with a lot of practise and patience you eventually you'll end up with something that looks pretty much like the original photo.

With a lot of practice and patience - is that not the exact definition of an acquired skill?

In fairness I don’t think he’s attempting to deceive - the grids are pretty evident on the artboard and having watched a few of his vids he’s more open than some of his contemporaries about his technique and materials.

In my experience only a quarter of the skill is in the mark making. The other three quarters is in the observation (or thereabouts).

[Maysie]

I would be happy enough if I could just sharpen a pencil anywhere near as well as that, let alone use them with such great skill.

[abraxas]

Has anyone seen the Vermeer documentary "Tim's Vermeer"? Thoroughly recommended. Cheating with mirrors and stuff goes back a long way.