hi my name is Rae and the type of artwork that I do is realism usually I'll find a reference that
I really like and replicate the image except with my own little Flair to it so they're not
exactly the same but they do have similarities and today I decided that I'm gonna try to push
my artistic ability to the next level and make the most hyper realistic drawing that I can now
if you don't know what photo realism is it's basically whenever a drawing is so incredibly
realistic that it bypasses looking like a drawing and it looks more like a photograph if anything
and uh I'm gonna try that today but first I got some good news
if I can find the good news I will share it um the prints are finally in I made prints of the
drawing that everybody went absolutely crazy for from my jelly gouache video I heard you
guys loud and clear that you guys wanted prints of these and they are officially up on my store
they're cute for like a Halloween decoration or if you like spooky things or even if you're
just into like a muted burgundy Vibe these came out so perfect they come in two options
eight by ten 16 by 20. if you're interested in checking them out I will leave a link in
the description box down below and with having said let's go ahead and get this party started
all right all right so um I just got back from the Michaels so normally whenever I
would do a drawing I absolutely love to do charcoal drawings but that is not going to
work when it comes to well at least for me it's not going to work when it comes
to hyper realism because it just doesn't get as precise as I'm gonna need it to go
so the medium that I'm going to be drawing with today is drum roll please to make it dramatic
pencils now these pencils they're not your everyday run-of-the-mill pencils because
the graphite inside of this is compressed into different hardness and softness so for example
the 9B pencil it's so dark that it's almost as black as like a charcoal pencil and no matter
how light you draw with it it's going to come out a really dark color and on the other end
of the spectrum this H level pencil it's so compressedly densed that it makes the color
very very light like no matter how hard you press on this H pencil it's going to be a very light
silvery color and this entire pack has pretty much all the shades in between the darkest to lightest
next up is the paper that I'm going to be using this on this is a mixed media Sketchbook and the
mixed media paper is what I use pretty much with every single Paper ever and by the way if you're
interested in any of the products that I use I will also link them in the description box down
below for this drawing I suspect that I'm going to be working and erasing and drawing the same
four lines on a piece of paper for hours so I'm gonna need something that's really gonna have a
lot of thickness and a lot of backbone to it because I'm just gonna be like beating it up
the entire time and of course I'm familiar with it so that's why I chose mixed media paper it's
really thick compared to regular drawing paper like I mentioned earlier when it comes to hyper
realistic drawing one of the reasons that they look so incredibly realistic is that every single
eyebrow hair every single highlight every single pore eyelash like everything is there in HD and I
know for a fact that just a regular pencil eraser it's not going to cut it the erasers are too large
and it'll erase too much and I won't be able to get as precise as what I need it to be sure I got
this specialty tombow eraser like if you look at the Eraser head on this it is microscopic which is
perfect for what I need because I'm going to be able to get so so incredibly detailed with this
for the very last thing that I am going to need to create hyper realistic drawings this is an item
that I have never even heard of before I don't know if it's good I don't know if it's bad but I'm
hoping it'll be the best thing in the world one of the things that makes artwork very very realistic
is the highlights like the little whites in the eyes the reflection off the nose you can see like
the individual pores that are kind of like pouring so for the highlights I found this really awesome
Copic opaque white ink his brush is so tiny and the ink is super super liquid I think I'll be able
to get some incredibly small Pure White highlights with this bad boy and for the final puzzle piece
to be able to create this drawing the reference photo that I'm going to be using is this one
all right so now that we have a game plan you and I let's start the drawing
okay so I am in a dire need of a break okay so the very first layer is done and I just
gotta say that just that little tiny facial area alone took about three hours to do
okay three hours oh God it took me 23 minutes 23 minutes to do one single eyeball oh my God
the very first thing that I've noticed is that I am already having a really hard time with the
highlights and the Shadows usually whenever I do my drawings I like to do them on Gray paper that
way it's a lot easier for me to see what's white and what's black but since I'm using white paper
um no that's not the case so I'm gonna sign off for the night day one and we will come
back to it tomorrow okay so it is the next day and my plans for today is to get the
background the hair and the shoulders down and I'm not gonna lie my hand is a little bit achy
from I guess just like pressing so hard so often so it's kind of like today you know
but that's okay today I'm gonna make some major improvements with the drawing so let's get started
okay so at this point I've noticed something weird with the drawing it's something that I
overlooked When I Was preparing for this drawing and that is is that the girl's shoulder is
abnormally ginormous it kind of reminds me of a female version of Luther from the live action
Umbrella Academy so as the queen of the world I'm making the executive decision off with their head
and the second thing that's driving me absolutely insane right now I'm having a very hard time with
the paper so do you guys remember earlier when I said this and of course I'm familiar with it
so that's why I chose mixed media paper it's really thick compared to regular drawing paper
this time around I'm having a really hard time making the drawing look super realistic because
I can't get it smooth because of all the bumps so basically what I've been having to do and
what I'm going to continue to do is basically get my blending stump push it as hard as I physically
can into the paper to basically like Smooth it all out as of right now with the drawing
I've clocked in just under seven hours and the next step to this drawing is what I'm going to
call the fine tuning basically I'm gonna render every single pour every single hair this is the
point in the drawing that I'm gonna make it look as realistic as humanly possible
okay it is currently the next day and I am so happy to say I'm done I finished the
drawing I clocked in just over nine hours which is saying a lot because it usually
takes me about two to three hours to do a portrait and not to mention the fact
that I went through almost an entire basket of blending tools so without further ado here it is
if I had to change anything I would definitely use a smoother paper next time and pick a reference
with more contrast but other than that I'm very happy with how the end result came out
don't forget I'm selling prints I will leave that in the description box down below if you want to
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this video and with that being said guys happy drawing and I will see you guys next video bye