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A Young Nigerian Man With Extraordinary Gift At Drawing by Andema(m): 10:35am On Mar 30, 2017 |
Arinze Stanley is a talented young
Nigerian artist whose works often leave
people scratching their heads and asking
themselves if they ’re looking at a pencil
drawing or a high -definition black and
white photograph . Yes , his drawing skills
are that good !
Arinze ’s interest in art, and drawing in
particular, was sparked at a young age ,
primarily by the fact that he was always
surrounded by paper. His family ran a
paper company , so he would often kill
time by grabbing a piece of paper and
trying his hand at drawing.
But he only started exploring hyper -
realism in 2012 , and became a
professional artist a year later . He has
never taken any professional art classes ,
and claims that the level of detail he is
able to produce is solely the result of
years of practice . Looking at his
fantastic artworks, it’s safe to say that
he has come a long way in very little
time.
“I ’ve got a slogan I work with and that ’s
‘Practice, Patience , and Persistence ’,”
Arinze Stanley said in an interview with
Ruqayya . “ They have actually guided me
throughout the years and still guiding
me till now . Constant practice, I think ,
made me better at what I do but It
would not have been possible without
persistence and patience, as I take over
200 hours to complete a drawing and I
only have time to work during the night
due to my busy schedule at work during
the day. ”
But it ’s not just drawing that Stanley
puts a great deal of time into. According
to All Africa , “when he ’s drawing hair in
a portrait , he studies the kind of hair
he ’s using as reference , the volume of
hair , the size of the strands of hair
depending on the kind of hair ,” in order
to come up with the best way to
replicate it on paper .
Arinze says that he takes inspiration for
his artworks from everything around him ,
and takes reference photos himself
using a Canon Rebel T5 camera , but
focuses primarily on portraits. He
confesses that he often ends up staring
at people’s faces unconsciously, and
adds that being a portrait artist has
made him appreciate the varieties of
human facial structures and details.
Stanley’s favorite artist is fellow
countryman Kelvin Okafor, whose works
we’ ve featured on OC a few years ago .
The young artist also cites Okafor as the
one who really got him interested in
hyper -realistic drawing. It was after
seeing some of his amazing artworks
online that he started making
photorealistic charcoal and graphite
drawings of his own .
With his latest artworks, Arinze Stanley
joins the ranks of other hyper - realism
greats, like Paul Cadden , Franco Clun,
Douglas McDougall or Dirk Dzimirsky 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: A Young Nigerian Man With Extraordinary Gift At Drawing by majicplus: 10:50am On Mar 30, 2017 |
I believe in the saying; "A Picture Is Worth A Million Words". Why not upload samples of his works and let them speak for Him(Stanley). 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: A Young Nigerian Man With Extraordinary Gift At Drawing by Cofrancis(m): 3:59pm On May 18, 2017 |
that guy is awesome |
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