the most deviant of artists -- he snubs his nose at fancy-schmancy "camera" tech

[Darren Dirt]

and instead goes super-lo-tech ... using a ball point pen.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2192960/Now-thats-doodle-The-incredible-pictures-look-like-photographs-drawn-ball-point-pen.html

If you think these incredible images are photos, think again. They are in fact probably the world's most intricate doodles.
It may be hard to hard to believe but the pictures below are created using standard ballpoint pens bought from places like Staples, eBay, Amazon and, the artist says, any good office supply store.

They're drawn by Portugal-based attorney Samuel Silva, who describes his art as a hobby. However, this is no ordinary hobby - sometimes he works on a piece for up to 50 hours.

[Tom]

I saw this earlier. It's freaking incredible. INCONCEIVABLE even.

[Thorin]

Oh wow, those are amazing pictures.  And he does it using a cross-hatching technique with ballpoint pens from Staples?  Crazy!