{"id":44604,"date":"2013-09-09T07:16:31","date_gmt":"2013-09-09T14:16:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.funcage.com\/blog\/?p=44604"},"modified":"2025-08-23T11:56:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-23T18:56:08","slug":"freakishly-realistic-portrait-paintings-7-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.funcage.com\/blog\/freakishly-realistic-portrait-paintings-7-photos\/","title":{"rendered":"Freakishly Realistic Portrait Paintings (7 Photos)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.funcage.com\/blog\/freakishly-realistic-portrait-paintings-7-photos\/freakishly-realistic-portrait-paintings-001\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-44605\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"891\" src=\"http:\/\/www.funcage.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Freakishly-Realistic-Portrait-Paintings-001.jpg\" alt=\"Freakishly-Realistic-Portrait-Paintings-001\"  class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-44605\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.funcage.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Freakishly-Realistic-Portrait-Paintings-001.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.funcage.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Freakishly-Realistic-Portrait-Paintings-001-550x816.jpg 550w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nWho needs a camera when your painting skills are better than photography? Korean artist <a href=\"http:\/\/kangkanghoon.com\/\" title=\"kangkanghoon\" target=\"_blank\">Kang-hoon Kang<\/a> creates large-scaled oil on canvas portraits that look way too real to be paintings- but they are.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.funcage.com\/blog\/freakishly-realistic-portrait-paintings-7-photos\/freakishly-realistic-portrait-paintings-002\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-44606\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"891\" src=\"http:\/\/www.funcage.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Freakishly-Realistic-Portrait-Paintings-002.jpg\" alt=\"Freakishly-Realistic-Portrait-Paintings-002\"  class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-44606\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.funcage.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Freakishly-Realistic-Portrait-Paintings-002.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.funcage.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Freakishly-Realistic-Portrait-Paintings-002-550x816.jpg 550w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.funcage.com\/blog\/freakishly-realistic-portrait-paintings-7-photos\/freakishly-realistic-portrait-paintings-003\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-44607\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"744\" src=\"http:\/\/www.funcage.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Freakishly-Realistic-Portrait-Paintings-003.jpg\" alt=\"Freakishly-Realistic-Portrait-Paintings-003\"  class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-44607\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.funcage.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Freakishly-Realistic-Portrait-Paintings-003.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.funcage.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Freakishly-Realistic-Portrait-Paintings-003-550x682.jpg 550w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.funcage.com\/blog\/freakishly-realistic-portrait-paintings-7-photos\/freakishly-realistic-portrait-paintings-004\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-44608\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"507\" src=\"http:\/\/www.funcage.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Freakishly-Realistic-Portrait-Paintings-004.jpg\" alt=\"Freakishly-Realistic-Portrait-Paintings-004\"  class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-44608\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.funcage.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Freakishly-Realistic-Portrait-Paintings-004.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.funcage.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Freakishly-Realistic-Portrait-Paintings-004-550x464.jpg 550w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.funcage.com\/blog\/freakishly-realistic-portrait-paintings-7-photos\/freakishly-realistic-portrait-paintings-005\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-44609\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"896\" src=\"http:\/\/www.funcage.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Freakishly-Realistic-Portrait-Paintings-005.jpg\" alt=\"Freakishly-Realistic-Portrait-Paintings-005\"  class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-44609\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.funcage.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Freakishly-Realistic-Portrait-Paintings-005.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.funcage.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Freakishly-Realistic-Portrait-Paintings-005-550x821.jpg 550w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.funcage.com\/blog\/freakishly-realistic-portrait-paintings-7-photos\/freakishly-realistic-portrait-paintings-006\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-44610\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"750\" src=\"http:\/\/www.funcage.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Freakishly-Realistic-Portrait-Paintings-006.jpg\" alt=\"Freakishly-Realistic-Portrait-Paintings-006\"  class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-44610\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.funcage.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Freakishly-Realistic-Portrait-Paintings-006.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.funcage.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Freakishly-Realistic-Portrait-Paintings-006-550x687.jpg 550w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.funcage.com\/blog\/freakishly-realistic-portrait-paintings-7-photos\/freakishly-realistic-portrait-paintings-007\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-44611\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"831\" src=\"http:\/\/www.funcage.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Freakishly-Realistic-Portrait-Paintings-007.jpg\" alt=\"Freakishly-Realistic-Portrait-Paintings-007\"  class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-44611\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.funcage.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Freakishly-Realistic-Portrait-Paintings-007.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.funcage.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Freakishly-Realistic-Portrait-Paintings-007-550x761.jpg 550w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Via : <a href=\"www.reddit.com\" title=\"reddit\" target=\"_blank\">reddit<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Who needs a camera when your painting skills are better than photography? 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