Diego Fazio's Photorealistic Pencil Drawings: So Real They're Unreal (SLIDESHOW)

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Currently when you google the phrase "Diego Koi," the majority of the links thrown back have to do with koi ponds in San Diego. That situation is surely not long for this world (wide web). Self-taught Italian artist Diego Fazio, who goes by DiegoKoi on his Deviant Art page, is racking up major Google points as we speak. Why? Because with only a pencil and paper, he can do this:

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Hat tip to BuzzFeed who brought our attention to the former tattoo artist's uber-real photorealistic drawings. According to a Google translation of Fazio's Deviant Art profile, the 22-year-old has an affinity for the artwork of Katsushika Hokusai, and off the page, women's eyes.

Check out a selection of Fazio's work below (plenty of eyes included), and let us know what you think. For the full trip, head to Fazio's Deviant Art page.

Diego Koi's Unreal Photorealism

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