These hyper realistic drawings are so lifelike they could pass for photographs. The incredibly detailed works of art were created by self-taught artist Ivan Hoo, from Singapore, who earns a living from his realistic drawings and paintings. The 31-year-old takes up to three days to complete the impressive pieces, which include animal portraits and still life drawings of everyday items such as a Starbucks cup. The A3 sketches are completed using a range of soft pastel pencils and are drawn from still life, or a photograph taken by Ivan himself. Here: Ivan Hoos drawing of a pug. (Photo by Ivan Hoo/Caters News)

While the lido was described as bringing “modernism to the masses” on the British coast it was just the latest example of a trend that had been developing since Victorian times – transforming seaside towns into resorts for leisure and entertainment. In the latter half of the nineteenth century, the fashion was for local authorities to build great piers stretching from the promenade out into the sea. The Eastbourne Pier, pictured here in May 1931, was erected between 1866 and 1870 to an ingenious design by Eugenius Birch, which saw the structure sitting on special cups allowing the supporting struts to “move” in bad weather. Arranged on the pier's 1,000-foot length were kiosks, a theatre, a ballroom and a camera obscura. 1931. (Photo by Aerofilms Collection via “A History of Britain From Above”)

Humanoid robots compete in a group match of the 20th RoboCup in Leipzig, Germany, June 30, 2016. About 3,500 participants from 45 countries and regions compete in the robot world championship until 04 July. (Photo by Sebastian Willnow/EPA)

A model on the runway during the Georges Hobeika haute couture autumn/winter 23/24 show at Palais de Chaillot, as part of Paris fashion week in Paris, France on July 4, 2023. (Photo by Abd Rabbo Ammar/Abaca Press/Rex Features/Shutterstock)

Swedish singer Cornelia Jakobs performs after winning the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest in Liverpool, Britain on May 13, 2023. (Photo by Phil Noble/Reuters)

Grafitti by the illusive artist Banksy adorns the levee wall in the Lower Ninth Ward on August 29, 2008 in New Orleans, Louisiana. New works by the artist, whose paintings are also sold in galleries, have been popping up throughout New Orleans coinciding with the third anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. (Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images)

Cameroonian para-athlete and taekwondo African champion Marie-Antoinette Ndassi (R) and Cameroonian taekwondo para-athlete Chemogne Teukam Guileine (C) practice some moves during a training session at a gym in Yaounde, on May 31, 2024. Taekwondo para-athletes Marie-Antoinette Ndassi and Chemogne Teukam Guileine will represent Cameroon following their qualification for the upcoming Paris 2024 Paralympic Games. (Photo by Daniel Beloumou Olomo/AFP Phoot)

White House Press Secretary James Brady and District of Columbia police officer Thomas Delahanty lie wounded on the ground after John Hinckley Jr. fired six shots at President Reagan outside the Washington Hilton Hotel in Washington, DC, on March 30, 1981. (Photo by Courtesy Reagan Library via Reuters)