Nigerian Artist Chiamonwu Joy's Charcoal Drawings Go Viral

Social media is in awe.

The internet loves a good optical illusion, and the latest mind-blowing images are from Nigerian artist Chiamonwu Joy, whose charcoal drawings have caused jaws to drop all around the world.

Joy, who is known on Twitter as @ChiamonwuJoyArt, has shared several examples of her artwork on social media, much to the awe of her followers. Her portraits have earned countless likes and retweets — as well as compliments galore — due to the realistic nature of the drawings. If you look quickly, they honestly seem like photographs, but they aren't. According to one of her tweets, the images are made with charcoal pencils on paper.

As for Joy's followers, they've been left stunned time and again. "I am baffled and intimidated at how good these are," one person wrote, adding: "Who do I have to sell my soul to in order to get this good?" Another Twitter user replied to say: "Wait are you trying to tell me the girl in the second picture is not standing beside you?😭❤️" And one of Joy's fans even went so far as to say that her drawings are more precise than photographs themselves.

Joy also has an Instagram page that's filled with her hyper-realistic drawings, along with tons more adoring comments from her fans. It's definitely clear that Joy has left an impression on the internet — and plenty of double-takes at that. Take a look for yourself, and prepare to feel endlessly inspired.

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