歎爲觀止! 韓國畫家金暎性的作品竟比照片更逼真!

South Korean artist Young-Sung Kim has a very special talent, he can paint photographs.

韓國藝術家金暎性有一項非常特殊的才能，他可以畫出“照片”。

That may sound like a gross exaggeration, but just take a look at what he's able to produce with a paintbrush, some acrylic and Mountains of talent and patience.

這聽起來可能有些誇張，但只要看看他用畫筆、丙烯顏料和滿腹才華與耐心繪製的畫作，就能說明一切。

The old saying, 'I'll believe it when I see it', doesn't really apply to Youn-Sung Kim's art. You can stare at his incredibly detailed painting for hours and still not be able to tell them apart from high-resolution digital photographs.

俗話說，“眼見爲實”，但這句話對金暎性的作品並不適用。即使你對這些精緻到令人難以置信的畫作盯上數小時，仍然無法分辨出它們和高清數碼照片的區別。

Kim is so good at what he does that, sometimes, he himself has trouble telling his hyper-realistic paintings from the photos that inspired them.

金暎性的超寫實作品太過逼真，有時連他自己都難以區分哪張是畫作，哪張是參考照片。

Once, he actually mistakenly sent the press the file of a photo he took, instead of the painting he did, because they looked virtually identical to the naked eye.

有一次，他真的錯將自己拍的照片文件當成畫作發給了媒體，因爲從肉眼看來，二者幾乎一模一樣。

The 43-year-old artist, who was born in Seoul, South Korea, but currently lives in New York, recently said that almost everyone who's seen his paintings has, at one point, asked him if he just prints photos on the canvas. He takes that as a compliment, not an insult.

現年43歲的金暎性出生於韓國首爾，現居紐約。他最近表示，幾乎所有看過他作品的人都曾問他，是不是把照片印在了畫布上。金暎性認爲這是一種讚美，而不是侮辱。

Most of Kim's paintings depict small animals interacting with man-made objects, and the artist admits that he has been fascinated by insects, reptiles and amphibians since he was a young boy, keeping them in his room and painting them.

金暎性的大部分作品描繪的都是小動物和人造物件之間的互動，而他表示，自己從小就對昆蟲、爬行動物和兩棲動物十分着迷，會把它們關在房間裏，當作繪畫對象。

Back then, the result of his hard work were nowhere near the level of his most recent works, but that only made him want to become a better painter.

雖然那時他辛苦繪製的作品與現在不能相提並論，但這讓他想要成爲更優秀的畫家。

"It wasn't easy to paint their structure and color well. It was much harder than I had expected. I promised myself I will train myself at art school when I grow up and paint them perfectly," the artist told Yonhap News Agency.

金暎性向《韓聯社》透露：“要想畫好它們的結構和顏色，這並不容易。其難度遠遠超乎我的想象。我向自己保證，長大後去藝術院校接受培訓，把它們完美地畫出來。”

Unfortunately, his parents didn't approve of his decision to focus his studies on art, fearing that he would not be able to land a good job.

不幸的是，金暎性的父母並不贊成他把學習重心放在藝術上，因爲擔心他找不到好工作。

In high-school, their opposition only made Kim rebel even more, defying his parents every chance he got, getting into fights, and basically wasting his time aimlessly. After two years of this, his family finally gave in and allowed him to pursue his dream.

高中時，父母的反對讓金暎性更加叛逆，他一有機會就違抗父母、和他們吵架，基本上就是無所事事地虛度光陰。這樣過了兩年，金暎性的家人終於做出妥協，允許他追求自己的夢想。

Kim eventually convinced his parents that they made the right decision.

金暎性最終向父母證明，他們的決定是正確的。

Not only does he get to earn a living doing what he loves most, but he became one of the world's most highly-regarded hyper realistic painters, earning between $10,000 and $130,000 per artwork.

從事自己最熱愛的事業不僅能讓他謀生，還讓他成爲世界上最受推崇的超寫實畫家。金暎性的作品每副售價在10000至130000美元之間。

Youn-Sung Kim paints for more than 12 hours a day, even on weekends, but, even so, he sometimes spends up to a year on his large scale masterpieces.

金暎性每天作畫時間超過12小時，甚至連週末也是如此，即便如此，有時他還是要花上一年時間才能完成一幅大型作品。

Despite the stunning realism of his paintings, Young-Sung Kim is never completely happy with his work.

儘管金暎性的現實主義畫作令人歎爲觀止，但他本人卻從來不覺得百分之百滿意。

He scores his artworks on a 100-point scale, and none of his dozens of paintings have ever scored above 90 points. Kim hopes to better himself and get as close to that 100-point mark as possible.

他給自己的幾十幅畫作打分，滿分是100分，沒有任何一幅作品超過90分。金暎性希望自己能表現得更好，儘可能接近100分。

"If you enlarge a photo to observe it, you will realize it is not very realistic," Kim said. "Technology advances at a great speed and it is hard to keep up, but my goal is to outperform a high-definition TV or computer monitor."

他說：“如果你把一張照片放大，仔細觀察，你會發現它不太真實。科技飛速發展，要想跟上步伐很難，但是我的目標是超過高清電視或電腦顯示器。”

That's quite an ambitious goal, but looking at his incredible hyper-realistic artworks, if anyone can do it, it's this guy.

這是一個野心勃勃的目標，但看看金暎性這些驚人的超寫實作品，如果說誰能實現這個目標，那一定是他。