World’s Strangest

This stunning portrait of a fiery redheaded girl is by Samuel Silva, an illustrator who really knows his way around a ball point pen! Samuel’s use of color elevates his works above the standard realistic portraits rendered in black ink, and adds to the realism and warmth of each piece. Link  –via JazJaz

These amazingly realistic portraits were rendered in chalk and graphite by Scottish artist Paul Cadden. Apparently, he specializes in faces with lots of wrinkles personality. Shades of gray never looked so good! Link –via BuzzFeed