Amazing drawings in pencil

When it comes to pencil drawings, most of us stopped progressing around the “lopsided stick figure” stage. Enter Kohei Ohmori—a human who clearly never got that memo and decided to max out every art stat possible. His drawings are so lifelike, they might trigger your phone’s face ID. If you’re the type who thinks “drawing in pencil” means doodling on the corner of a meeting agenda, brace yourself. Ohmori’s pieces turn graphite into glass, fabric, and human skin with a realism that makes you wonder if he’s just trolling us with a hyper-realistic printer. Whether it’s a portrait so intense you feel like you should make small talk with it, or objects rendered with soul-crushing detail, Kohei Ohmori’s amazing drawings in pencil are a master class in humility for the rest of us.

Get ready to doubt your own eyes as you scroll through 17 pencil drawings that absolutely blur the line between art and reality. These amazing drawings in pencil, hyper realistic sketches, photo-realistic pencil art, and jaw-dropping graphite portraits capture every wrinkle, reflection, and stray hair in stunning detail. Each piece is a mind-boggling blend of artistic skill and obsessive patience—pencil drawings so good you’d swear they were photographs until you see the close-up of crosshatching. From intricate portraits to everyday objects elevated to museum status, this gallery is equal parts inspiration and existential crisis for anyone who’s ever doodled a sad sun in the corner of their notebook. Prepare for your brain to do a double-take.

You just scrolled through 17 pencil drawings that probably made you question the meaning of “realism”—and your own life choices. Maybe you squinted, zoomed in, or even checked for a watermark, but yes, it’s all graphite. If your last artistic endeavor was drawing a weird-looking dog that everyone mistook for a potato, don’t worry: you’re not alone. Kohei Ohmori just raised the bar so high, the rest of us can safely return to drawing stick figures without shame.

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