Hi, I'm Tom
I'm a 19 year old realistic coloured pencil artist based in the UK
I taught myself to draw during the pandemic
I've now spent 1000s of hours creating hundreds of realistic drawings of animals, cars, LEGO and much more!
Growing up, I was fortunate to be able to have lots of different hobbies such as horse riding and drumming...
BUT the one I enjoyed most (and was best at) was drawing
Now, at the time, I was in school as I initially wanted to become a vet HOWEVER I soon realised that wasn't for me...
...I wanted to be an artist!
Now that wasn't a recommended career path (as I was constantly reminded by the teachers) and I spent the rest of my school years just scraping by...
I've always liked LEGO
So once I learnt how to draw, I combined my 2 "passions" to create a collection of artworks I know younger me would have loved!
(p.s that was my happy face - I didn't like having my picture taken 😅)
Once I left school, I was able to spend more time drawing...
...working on more ambitious projects and learning the other art form of video creation
I've now done over 40 commissioned pieces, have sold 100s of prints all over the world and had my drawings seen by millions across social media
HOWEVER, this is just the beginning...
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How I taught myself to draw
2019
How it began...
I'd always enjoyed doodling so when I was 14, I started following simple tutorials on YouTube
I did A LOT of these...
Early 2020
Moving to Realism
During the Pandemic,
I started to become more interested in the "realistic" side of drawing
So grabbed myself some graphite pencils...
...and created this
Late 2020
Commissions
My parents posted my work on Facebook...
one of their friends saw it and asked if I could do a couple of drawings for them!
Early 2021
Repetition
I drew pretty much everyday...
...and started to get more ambitious with the projects I took on!
Late 2021
Pet portraits
People started asking If I could draw their pets...
2022
practice, practice, practice
I continued doing commissions and slowly refined my skills piece by piece!
2023
Cars
Tried my hand at drawing cars...
...turns out I actually enjoy drawing them more than animals!
2024
Had an idea
Thought to myself:
"lots of people draw cars BUT no one has ever drawn a LEGO car!"
So I did
2025
LEGO drawings
Now spent 700+ hours drawing LEGO cars, Minifigures and even a LEGO T-Rex!
I also post regular YouTube videos in the hopes to inspire others just like I was inspired when I was 14