Japanese artist Kohei Ohmori rose to prominence over the last few
years thanks to his uncanny ability to draw everyday metallic objects to
perfection. Just take a look at the three-dimensional Seiko wristwatch
below!
Using graphite pencils is usually a dead giveaway that you’re looking
at a drawing of something, but in the case of Kohei Ohmori’s artworks,
it feels more like looking at high-resolution, black-and-white
photographs. The 25-year-old Japanese artist spends hundreds of hours on
a single project, using his signature super-sharp pencils, a steady
hand and mountains of patience to get the tiniest details just right. As
a result, his drawings turn out as realistic as photographs.
Ohmori first made news headlines around the world in 2017, when his
rendition of an Asahi beer can, complete with perfect lettering that
looked printed on the page, and expertly drawn lighting and shading
effects, went viral on Twitter. People couldn’t stop praising his talent
and patience, and after being featured by mainstream m edia outlets
like Japan Today, his popularity expanded beyond Japanese borders.
Next came Ohmori’s “Nut and Bolt” project, which, as the name
suggests, depicts a nut and bolt in insane detail, down to the finest
threading and imperfection. According to the artist’s brother, he spent
around 280 hours working on it, getting the proportions just right and
focusing on the most minuscule details.
Kohei Ohmori recently unveiled his most recent masterpiece, an
impressive drawing of a Seiko wristwatch, which, as you can tell from
the embedded YouTube video below, is perfect down to the tiniest detail.
As was the case with his previous artworks, Ohmori’s latest project is
making people do a double take, and leaving them with their mouth open.
Although 25-year-old Kohei appears to focus mostly on metallic
objects in his art, he is a gifted portrait artist as well, as you can
tell from this incredibly portrait of British model Sophia Blackbrough.
