black_beau: Amazing.he's got talent.he looks like a drawing himself.so handsome

Dfrenzy: My parents eh, oh G :Pod!!! Nigeria eh, damn!!! When i was a kid eh, come see talents: drawing, writing, singing etc. But, as tym goes on, parents keep forcing you to be serious with your studies n 4get all this childishness 4 now, dat later on when u are done with school n start to work u can waste your own money in all dis your childish rubbish. Then finally, u get to b on your own n they start to tell u, wat are u doing o? Didn't u see felix, your childhood friend has married n now has two children? Don't grow up o, be wasting your tym n money to play around o. Then, der's d bad leadership problem, leaders who don't want d youths to survive. Instead of creating recreational centres, skills acquisition centres n what have u, na lie. Dem go buy guns n bomb give us. What am i saying? We have lots of dat same talents in this country but d unenabling environment is killing us. I bet u, if he had being in 9ja u would not have know him, u dey der dey die 4 am, painter non dey your street? Mtcheeew

nne3870: Is he still single? I can draw too you know, the two of us can make a wonderful couple....

Don't quote me o

gluv01: Wow...this is wonderful

A series of pencil drawings by a north London artist has been amazing art critics.

Kelvin Okafor, from Tottenham, has scooped a number of national awards and exhibited art galleries across the country.

The 27-year-old Middlesex University Fine Art graduate's drawings are often mistaken for photographs.

Sarah Harris reports.

He is from Nigeria but stays in Tottenham. His art works are usually mistaken for photos. Fantastic art works. One of his art work or any is sold for £10,000 which is approximately #265,000 in Nigerian currency. That is the minimum amount especially depending on who or what he is painting. If he is to paint the queen of England it should be a higher amount. And to the surprise of people, his work sells quickly and to a lot of people. Very profitable I must say. (hehehehe ...these yankee babes go start wetin them sabi now, he'll look more attractive to them now. Wish he was my bf, just kidding o please.)
Meet Kelvin Okafor, an amazing artist whose drawings most people insist are photographs.










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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LlSb-6DuIQ

view more of his work:

facebook - http://www.facebook.com/pages/Kelvin-Okafor-Art/109909719036016
twitter - @kelvinokaforart
blog - http://kelvinokaforart..com
youtube - http://www.youtube.com/user/Kokaforart
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-21234214

Ejiné:

Bros... I got this from your site:



These caricatures, I really don't know what to call sha...

Your "Don Jazzy" looks more like Dr Dre

Your 'Omotola' looks like Kerry Washington

Your "Genevieve" looks more like Grace Jones

and your 'DBanj'? OMG

But hey, atleast the Ruggedman and 9ice caricatures are on point

gluv01:
Lmao....chei, iyaf laff my belle out o, because i said I wish he was my bf ...i haven't seen ur work so how am i to conclude that indeed u can...show me what u've got. Or better still do u mind giving me a portrait of myself?

Shollypopz: The Rhianna's pic is a drawing?! I need to show my friend this, what number of pencil did he use for her jeans? Are u sure a Lil "editing" is not involved??

Arin777: Pleasevavoid 'Safe Forte Investments Limited', Cairo Street, Opposite Diamond Bank, Wuse 2, Abuja.mThis is a criminal enterprise, a 419 business. Please do not go near these people. Once your money gets into their system, you will struggle to get it all back. They collect your money and use some to settle their old debts then you have to wait for them to get another maga whose funds they'll use to settle some of your own indebtedness. They will never pay you in full except Heaven helps you.

The owner, Mr. Adesola Adesola is as fraudulent as they come.

Please avoid these three numbers as much as possible:

A. 08103951616
B. 08023321292
C. 08037865525

Please stay safe. Don't deal with these fraudsters.

redcliff:

No, no no. Don't get me wrong. I'm saying that he's so good that it would be hard to differntiate his work from a coloured picture converted to grayscale.

sayso: 265,000.00k for one art work.That is very amazing.
Congrats bro.

scopusng: Story.All fake.

emilyone: that guy is nothing but a genus

emilyone: that guy is nothing but a genius