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Old 09-26-2012, 01:05 PM
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All with a pen and pencil: The artist uses a photograph to loosely get a feel for his portrait
and then painstakingly fills it in to achieve the desired effect


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The Stingray Photobomb to End All Stingray Photobombs

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Reportedly snapped in Stingray City in the Cayman Islands, where tourists are encouraged to chum stingrays with ziplock bags full of ground-up squid meat.

One stingray got a bit too chummy with a trio of tourists, leading to this priceless photobomb.
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All with a pen and pencil: The artist uses a photograph to loosely get a feel for his portrait
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Eeek.
I'm sure he's quite talented, but I'd just as soon he not draw me, lol.
A bit too much realism for my taste.
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That's one giant leap for mankind: Cleverly posed photos show man jumping over the moon, holding it... and even slam dunking it! | Mail Online
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