artist influences!

1. Armin Mersmann 
He does really realistic works with his pencil on paper and im really amazed by the fact that the drawings look so real, almost like black and white photographs. 
An example is eye study, which is very realistic. it is very interesting how he manages no draw such that the eyeball looks moist.


another drawing is Shadow Play II which shows three lightbulbs.  i find that pencil artists are able to draw without showing the pencil lines, while mine always have obvious pencil marks, especially when i scan them.