Japanese Artist Will Blow Your Mind With His Incredibly Life-Like Paintings

Meet Yasutomo Oka, the Japanese artist who can create mind-blowing portraits without using expensive gadgets or tools like a thousand dollar camera or an expensive computer and software.

油絵で、主に人物画を描いております。
写真ではなくて絵画ですよ～😆
よろしくお願いいたします。
#私の作品もっと沢山の人に広がれ祭り pic.twitter.com/B7isLLn8FT

— 岡靖知 (@yasutomooka) March 8, 2018

Oka, a 43-year-old artist from Aichi Prefecture, Japan, can paint incredibly realistic portraits that people often confuse with either real-life photography or a picture created using Computer-Generated Imagery (CGI).

「黄昏の庭」F10号　油彩　２０１５年　個人蔵
珍しい横長の作品で「第一回　自選新作展」のDMにも使った出品作品でした。
筆でニットのモフモフ感にを出すに苦労した思い出があります。 pic.twitter.com/Yxsaizfr3M

— 岡靖知 (@yasutomooka) March 5, 2018

According to SoraNews24, Oka uses pure talent and his oil painting tools to create these amazing masterpieces.

「BrownHair」F4号　油彩　２０１６作　個人蔵
グリフィンドールにいそう。

２月は個展でバタバタして一枚も絵が完成しませんでしたが、良いものが出来そうな予感がしてます😫 pic.twitter.com/YOqg3ucF1y

— 岡靖知 (@yasutomooka) March 1, 2018

The artist really puts everything into his work. You can even spot the tiniest details, like the reflection of light in the model’s eyes as well as their eyelashes.

人物画において、目を描き込む際が一番緊張します。
それだけ重要な部位だし、絵そのものの良し悪しを決めると言ってもよいです。 pic.twitter.com/pqdO54H19u

— 岡靖知 (@yasutomooka) February 18, 2018

The color he uses as well as the gloomy background somehow helps make the portraits look more realistic – or even make it look like it was made using a computer.

「白百合の麗人」額バージョン
このデザイン額が一番のお気に入りだったのですが廃盤になってしまいました、トホホ、、😫
額は見栄えももちろんの事、紫外線からくる変色や粉塵防止の意味でも着けたいところ。
ただ結構お高いんで、まだ値段の安い作家は無くても仕方がないかと思います。 pic.twitter.com/NuYjVIR4We

— 岡靖知 (@yasutomooka) February 14, 2018

It takes a lot of hard work to make such intricate masterpieces, which is why Oka takes several days to more than half a month to finish one piece. One of the pictures below – the woman in a kimono – took 20 days to finish.

２０１４年作の油彩作品　F4号（個人蔵）
花粉に負けず今日も一日がんばります！！ pic.twitter.com/3ELhCHrpud

— 岡靖知 (@yasutomooka) March 6, 2018

Oka is also very good with using colored pencils and markers for drawing realistic-looking artwork. Take these few, for example, they all look like they were taken using a camera with a black and white filter.