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polly7

(20,582 posts) Tue Dec 3, 2013, 11:37 AM Dec 2013

This Picture Of Morgan Freeman Is The Most Realistic Finger Painting Ever [VIDEO]

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Believe it or not, that picture of Morgan Freeman is not a photo – it’s a finger painting. UK-based artist Kyle Lambert finger-paints (or finger-draws, if you’re a purist) extraordinarily photo-realistic portraits of famous Hollywood stars on his iPad.

Lambert, who is a trained oil painter and illustrator, uses an iPad Air with the Procreate application. This Morgan Freeman portrait was drawn based on a photograph, but the video proves that Lambert recreated it entirely through his own artistic talent. Although the brief time-lapse makes it look like a breeze, it actually took Lambert more than 200 hours and 285,000 brush strokes to complete.

http://www.boredpanda.com/hyper-realistc-finger-painting-morgan-freeman-kyle-lambert/

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This Picture Of Morgan Freeman Is The Most Realistic Finger Painting Ever [VIDEO] (Original Post) polly7 Dec 2013 OP

Wow. Recommended. (nt) NYC_SKP Dec 2013 #1

That is amazing. Thanks dr.strangelove Dec 2013 #2

You're very welcome! nt. polly7 Dec 2013 #5

Wow! I just bought this $5.99 app! NV Whino Dec 2013 #3

I don't even have an iPad:( polly7 Dec 2013 #4

My dad, one of my siblings, my wife, and one of my kids can do that sort of thing... hunter Dec 2013 #6

Chris Hayes just spotlighted it on his show. n/t RebelOne Dec 2013 #7

That is awesome! Sissyk Dec 2013 #8

Wow. Brigid Dec 2013 #9

W..o...w!! nt. Locut0s Dec 2013 #10

Would not have believed it if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes. a kennedy Dec 2013 #11

NYC_SKP

(68,644 posts)

1. Wow. Recommended. (nt)

Reply to polly7 (Original post)

Tue Dec 3, 2013, 11:48 AM

Dec 2013

dr.strangelove

(4,851 posts)

2. That is amazing. Thanks

Reply to polly7 (Original post)

Tue Dec 3, 2013, 02:30 PM

Dec 2013

for sharing!

polly7

(20,582 posts)

5. You're very welcome! nt.

Reply to dr.strangelove (Reply #2)

Tue Dec 3, 2013, 02:44 PM

Dec 2013

NV Whino

(20,886 posts)

3. Wow! I just bought this $5.99 app!

Reply to polly7 (Original post)

Tue Dec 3, 2013, 02:35 PM

Dec 2013

This is an incredible app. Mind you, I'm not going to produce any Morgan Freeman type art, but this is extremely versatile.

I had previously purchased Paper52, which is very limited in the types of strokes you can use. Not so with Procreate. If you draw, sketch, paint and want to do it on an iPad, this is the app for you.

polly7

(20,582 posts)

4. I don't even have an iPad:(

Reply to NV Whino (Reply #3)

Tue Dec 3, 2013, 02:41 PM

Dec 2013

But I paint and make dolls, painting and baking in layers, and am constantly trying for the most realism possible. Watching him add the texture and light here bit by bit is very helpful! It does seem like a fantastic app.

hunter

(38,328 posts)

6. My dad, one of my siblings, my wife, and one of my kids can do that sort of thing...

Reply to polly7 (Original post)

Tue Dec 3, 2013, 06:42 PM

Dec 2013

... and it's just astonishing to me.

It doesn't matter what the medium is. It could be a ball point pen and a yellow pad at a boring meeting and they create art.

My own doodles are always those of someone you'd move away from if they were sitting next to you on the bus. It's always best if I'm just reading, napping, or staring out the window.