Stunning ballpoint pen drawings by artist Samuel Silva - pictures

            
[Left: Silva's drawing; right: the original photograph]

Silva claimed to have spent approximately 30 hours replicating the photo of the girl, adding: "I have eight coloured Bic ballpoint pens. For this, I used six of them plus black. They are just common everyday ballpoint pens.

"I don't mix [the colours] nor blend them. Ballpoint pen ink dries instantly and cannot be erased. I just cross-hatch the different colours in layers to create the illusion of blending and the illusion of colours I don't actually have."
         [Left: Silva's drawing of a tiger; right: Silva's drawing of a jaguar]
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