Dylan Eakin

About

TikTok star and artist known for his hyper-realistic pencil and charcoal drawings. He has 3.3 million followers on his dylan.eakin account and posts work-in-progress videos of his drawings as well as personal messages for his fans. One of his most popular videos is one from April of 2022 where he reveals a  realistic drawing of a woman holding her face which gained over 13 million likes. 

Before Fame

His first post to Instagram was a portrait of a man in August of 2016. His original drawings show his development as an artist over time. 

Trivia

He shares photos of his finished work and some side-by-side comparisons with the source photos on his drawings.by.dylan Instagram which has 1 million followers. He also mentions where fans can watch him creating his work live on Twitch as well as posting some drawing tutorials. 

Family Life

In December of 2021, he made a video showing a portrait he did of his father, with a shot of his father holding up the framed result. 

Associated With

In April of 2021, he posted a TikTok about turning stick figures into photo-realism using the song "Ponder" by Lofi.