Laith McGregor’s beard drawings stop you in your tracks. These exquisitely-rendered realist portraits are bizarre and unsettling as if the artist wields his technical skills to elicit an unpleasant reaction among viewers.
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Images via the artist’s blog and Quickly Mandy.
6 responses so far ↓
1 hollie chastain // Apr 4, 2011 at 5:30 pm
i love them! but i love beardsy guys so i might be biased. :p
2 Eva / Sycamore Street Press // Apr 5, 2011 at 1:42 am
They kind of make me want to gag. But I can appreciate the drawing skills.
3 kate // Apr 5, 2011 at 11:33 am
i want to love them but have have sort of a visceral reaction. can’t help but think of those people with giant dreads…
4 Esti // Apr 5, 2011 at 4:54 pm
I like these drawings although I don’t think they are genius nor gross.
5 Harmony // Apr 6, 2011 at 9:48 am
I totally love these, from a technical standpoint and a subject matter standpoint. But I come from a long line of beards and beard lovers so that may have something to do with it.
6 constantwail // Apr 29, 2011 at 1:39 pm
I think it’s strange that on an art website this question is even posed…
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