2024-11-05T14:53:56-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/132955550/photorealistic-cityscapes-drawn-in-pencil-only Julia Ingalls 2015-07-28T14:53:00-04:00 >2015-08-08T21:17:45-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/pb/pb1wrull2bo2jpg6.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>Paul Cadden&rsquo;s work is astoundingly realistic.</p></em><br /><br /><p>If you think straining over Photoshop for hours on end sweating out the nuances of that latest rendering of a project is time-consuming, Paul Cadden voluntarily spends his time drawing photo-realistic versions of photographs with pencil. Only <a href="http://archinect.com/forum/thread/56689885/computer-vs-pencil" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">pencil</a>. According to the artist's website, "Although the drawings and paintings I make are based upon photographs, videos stills etc., the idea is to go beyond the photograph. The photo is used to create a subtler and much more complex focus on the subject depicted. The virtual image becomes the living image, an intensification of the normal. These objects and scenes in my drawings are meticulously detailed to create the illusion of a new reality not seen in in the original photo."&nbsp;The results, which frequently incorporate cityscapes, are worth a look:</p><p><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/uploads/oy/oy21275wf2ywtusu.jpeg"><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/uploads/lr/lr2ctnanh686gqdx.jpeg"><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/uploads/cv/cvefzm3ewyss4rqc.jpeg"></p>