Morgan Freeman iPad Portrait Looks Just Like a Photograph, Making-Of Video Goes Viral—Watch It Here!

"Finger-painted" image created by Kyle Lambert of England is an immediate smash-hit—because it's indistinguishable from a photo!

By Natalie Finn Dec 03, 2013 10:34 PMTags
Morgan Freeman, iPad Air PaintingKyle Lambert/YouTube

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Because there will never be enough images of Morgan Freeman to satisfy the demand, Kyle Lambert of Cheshire, England, took it upon himself to commission a new portrait of the Oscar winner, using only the Procreate app on his new iPad Air and one finger.

The result?

An amazing likeness that looks like an actual photograph of Freeman—and an instant viral hit.

Per ABC News, the three-minute video about the making of "the world's most realistic finger-painting" was viewed 1.3 million times in 24 hours. That number has since risen to more than 2.5 million.

Kyle Lambert/YouTube

This isn't the first of Lambert's high-tech creations, either: His portfolio includes portraits of Beyoncé, Rihanna, David Beckham, Will Smith and Megan Fox.

This particular rendering took him more than 200-plus hours to finish and is made up of 285,000 "brushstrokes." He also gives a shout-out to photographer Scott Gries, who took the close-up image of Freeman that served as Lambert's inspiration.

His painstaking work resulted in a picture that gets Freeman down to a tee, from the pigment that peppers his cheeks to his various-shades-of-gray beard to his tiny hoop earrings.

Watch this thing get made right here—you won't believe your eyes until you do. And then, you'll only believe them so much.