Photoreal

79 Splashes.

1. Potted CactusA cactus is a plant built to live where rain is rare.
2. StrawberryA strawberry is not quite a berry.
3. Heart CookieA jam cookie like this one is two thin, crumbly cookies with a layer of fruit jam between them.
4. HoneybeeHoneybees live together in large colonies of tens of thousands, with one queen who lays the eggs.
5. Cluster FlyCluster flies are a little larger than house flies, with golden hairs on their backs.
6. May BeetleThe May beetle, or cockchafer, is a big brown beetle that flies on warm evenings in late spring.
7. MillipedeA millipede is a long, slow animal with a body made of many rings, and most of the rings carry two pairs of legs.
8. Carder BumblebeeThis is a brown-banded carder bumblebee, a small, fuzzy bumblebee of Europe's grassy meadows.
9. RaspberryA raspberry is made of many tiny round fruits called drupelets, each with its own juicy skin and one small seed inside.
10. BlackberryA blackberry, like a raspberry, is a cluster of many tiny, shiny fruits called drupelets, each with a seed inside.
11. BlueberryBlueberries are small round berries that grow on bushes; the main cultivated kinds come from North America.
12. GrapeA real grape, captured from many photos and drawn with many thousands of tiny, soft splats.
13. Cinnamon StarCinnamon stars are small star-shaped cookies baked at Christmas, above all in Germany, Switzerland and Austria.
14. TomatoesTomatoes are the fruit of a plant that first grew wild in western South America.
15. MandeltorusThe mandeltorus is a fractal: a shape whose small parts repeat the pattern of the whole, over and over, smaller and smaller.
16. BasketA woven basket full of seashells from the beach: sea urchins, sand dollars, starfish and a scallop.
17. Heart DonutA real heart-shaped donut with a white glaze, captured from 411 photos on a turntable and drawn with about a quarter of a million soft splats.
18. Sushi BoatA wooden serving boat of sushi, captured from photos and drawn with splats.
19. Seeded Bread LoafA loaf of seeded bread, captured from many photos and drawn with soft splats.
20. Cowboy SteakA grilled cowboy steak, a thick rib cut with the bone left in, captured from photos and drawn with splats.
21. StollenA stollen, the German Christmas bread full of dried fruit and nuts and rolled in butter and powdered sugar.
22. PhysalisA sprig of physalis, also called Chinese lantern or cape gooseberry, captured from photos and drawn with splats.
23. CrystalA cluster of clear crystals, captured from photos and drawn with splats.
24. Alum CrystalA pink block of alum, captured from photos and drawn with splats.
25. PuffinA puffin, captured from photos and drawn with splats.
26. Toy T. RexA rubber toy Tyrannosaurus rex on a green base, captured from photos and drawn with splats.
27. Monkey DollA plush monkey in a striped sweater, captured from photos and drawn with soft splats.
28. Souvenir ElephantA souvenir elephant figure with a gold blanket on its back, captured from photos and drawn with splats.
29. Souvenir TurtleA souvenir sea turtle, captured from photos and drawn with splats.
30. Cave LionessThe head and shoulders of a lioness of the extinct cave lion kind, captured from photos of a life-size model and drawn with splats.
31. Felted FoxA needle-felted fox, made on a computer: wool-like felt for the body, about 251,000 fine hairs for the fluff, and two glass bead eyes, then drawn with splats.
32. BMX BicycleA BMX bicycle, captured from photos and drawn with splats.
33. Murex ShellA murex shell, captured from photos and drawn with splats.
34. Real SunflowerA real sunflower, captured from photos and drawn with splats.
35. White RosesTwo white roses in a glass bottle, captured from photos and drawn with splats.
36. Real Bonsai TreeA real bonsai, captured from photos and drawn with splats.
37. Real MushroomA small mushroom on the forest floor, captured from photos and drawn with splats.
38. Real CactusA round cactus, captured from photos and drawn with thousands of splats.
39. Crochet EarthA crocheted Earth, captured from photos and drawn with splats.
40. Golden MapleA small golden maple in a garden, captured from photos and drawn with splats.
41. Peonies in a VaseA vase of pink peonies, captured from photos and drawn with splats.
42. Money TreeA money tree in a white pot, captured from photos and drawn with splats.
43. Knight on a HorseA painted miniature of a knight on an armored horse, captured from photos and drawn with splats.
44. Triceratops SkullA real Triceratops skull from a museum's dinosaur hall, captured from photos and drawn with splats.
45. Cone ShellThe shell of a textile cone snail, captured from photos and drawn with splats.
46. Celestial GlobeA celestial globe from a university museum in Kraków, scanned and drawn with splats.
47. Armillary SphereAn armillary sphere made by Franciszek Słupski in 1771, scanned and drawn with splats.
48. VanadiniteA cluster of vanadinite crystals, captured from photos and drawn with splats.
49. FluoriteA specimen of fluorite, scanned and drawn with splats.
50. AmmoniteAn ammonite, cut in half and polished, scanned and drawn with splats.
51. Morasko MeteoriteAn iron meteorite from Morasko, near Poznań in Poland, scanned and drawn with splats.
52. PyriteA specimen of pyrite, scanned and drawn with splats.
53. Megalodon ToothA fossil tooth of the giant shark megalodon (Otodus megalodon), scanned and drawn with splats.
54. Real Rubber DuckThe rubber duck is a bath toy: a hollow yellow duck that floats.
55. Garden GnomeGarden gnomes are little statues of bearded men in pointed hats, set among the flowers to look after the garden.
56. Wooden ElephantA carved wooden elephant, the kind of figure woodcarvers have made for a very long time, shaped by hand with knives and chisels.
57. Marble BustA bust is a statue of a person's head, neck and shoulders.
58. UkuleleThe ukulele is a small, four-stringed guitar from Hawaii.
59. Real Alarm ClockAn old wind-up alarm clock runs on a spring: winding the key tightens the spring, and as it slowly unwinds it turns the gears and the hands.
60. Vintage CameraInside, a roll of film coated with chemicals that change when light hits them sits behind the lens.
61. BoomboxA boombox is a portable stereo: a radio, a cassette tape player and two big speakers in one box with a handle, run on batteries so music could go anywhere.
62. Real CroissantA croissant is a flaky, buttery pastry shaped like a crescent moon, and "croissant" is the French word for crescent.
63. Carrot CakeCarrot cake is a spiced cake made with grated carrots, which bake into the crumb and keep it moist.
64. PomegranateA pomegranate is a round fruit with a tough, leathery skin and a little crown on top.
65. LanternAn old oil lantern, the kind people carried on farms, on boats and on camping trips before flashlights were common.
66. Cat StatueA concrete statue of a sitting cat, wearing a red collar with a little bell.
67. Horse StatueA white marble statue of a horse.
68. Wind-up RobotA tin wind-up robot of the kind made in the 1950s, modeled and rendered on a computer and then drawn with splats.
69. Ship ModelA museum model of the Soleil Royal, a French warship launched in 1669 that was the flagship of the fleet in 1692, when she was burned in Cherbourg Bay after the Battle of La Hogue.
70. TypewriterA manual typewriter, captured from photos and drawn with splats.
71. Rangefinder CameraA film rangefinder camera, captured from photos and drawn with splats.
72. Space CapsuleThe descent module of a Soyuz spacecraft, captured on display and drawn with splats.
73. Muscle CarA muscle car from 1970, built for the high-speed oval and sold to the public so it could race.
74. Classic Sports CarA classic sports coupe from the 1980s, white with red wheels, captured from photos and drawn with splats.
75. Track CarA modern sports car built for the track, captured from photos and drawn with splats.
76. Cochem CastleCochem Imperial Castle, high above the Moselle river in Germany, captured by a drone from many photos and drawn with splats.
77. Perseverance RoverNASA's Perseverance rover, which landed on Mars in February 2021 to look for signs of ancient life and to collect rock samples.
78. Real PencilThe "lead" inside is not lead at all but graphite, a soft gray form of carbon, mixed with clay and baked into a thin stick.
79. Real Tin CanA tin can is a steel can with a thin coat of tin that keeps it from rusting.