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We declare the world as our canvas106 of the most beloved Street Art Photos - Year 2010. More info.

We declare the world as our canvas106 of the most beloved Street Art Photos - Year 2010

More info. More Banksy on Street Art Utopia. More info. More 3D on Street Art Utopia. More of this on streetartutopia.com. Johan Thörnqvist » Pictures from my phone. 11 Pencil Vs. Camera Images. 986 653Share10.7K Born in Abidjan, Ivory Coast and now living in Belgium, Ben Heine is an amazing artist who overlaps hand-drawn works of art with photos to create stunning images. I selected eleven of his Pencil Vs. Camera images from his site, but you should check out all his awesome work if you have time. Solitude - 2010/2011 - A work in progress on the Behance Network. David Adrian Smith – Born and Raised Album Cover. Dave Smith is a name that has become synonymous in sign-writing circles with high quality, hand crafted reverse glass signs and decorative mirrors.

David Adrian Smith – Born and Raised Album Cover

It is fair to say that now-a-days this is the main thrust of his work. There is, however, more to his story. His career in sign-writing began in 1984, when he left Westlands School in Torquay, aged 16 and was apprenticed for 5 years with Gordon Farr & two associates. These gentleman were traditional sign-writers, who had come up through the ranks and Gordon, in particular had an almost uncanny ability to paint letters, accurately laid out, without even a preliminary sketch. Under their tutelage, Dave became an accomplished draftsman, accurate letter painter & talented pictorialist. In 1992, Dave set up his own sign business in Torquay dealing every aspect of the sign trade from vehicle graphics to 3D installations but always with his own stamp of unique design and pristine execution.

Find out more here. Amazingly, this is a drawing made with ballpoint pens, not a photograph. Redhead Girl - Ballpoint Pen on paper by VianaArts on DeviantART.com.

Amazingly, this is a drawing made with ballpoint pens, not a photograph

The work took 30 hours to complete. Source: Supplied An earlier effort by artist Samuel Silva, Girl with a Pearl Earring - Ballpoint Pen, took 45 hours to complete. Vermeer's masterpiece is sometimes referred to as "the Mona Lisa of the North" or "the Dutch Mona Lisa". This version is based on the 2003 film version starring Scarlett Johansson.

A STUNNING portrait made with standard Bic ballpoint pens on paper took its Portuguese creator 30 hours to complete: and he is not even a professional artist. An amazing detailed drawing of a Russian model by 29-year-old lawyer Samuel Silva has been praised by readers of the popular online community deviantART. The picture, titled Redhead Girl, has received more than 3000 comments, ranging from amazement to incredulity. "Just a lawyer? See more of Silva's pictures here In his profile on DeviantART, Silva describes himself as "just a self taught patient hobbyist person. " Envisioning Disney Characters in "Real Life" on the Behance Network. Loish.net.