Ambidextrous artist draws eight hyper-realistic portraits using both her hands and feet at the same time
- last year
This ultra-talented artist can draw EIGHT photo-realistic portraits at the same time - using both hands and her feet.
Rajacenna, 30, creates the illustrations at the same time with all four limbs holding paintbrushes working independently.
The artist, who prefers to keep her surname confidential, taught herself to draw with all limbs to increase her productivity and stop herself from getting bored.
Rajacenna started drawing at the age of 16 and began making multiple pieces at the same time in 2018.
She was previously able to draw four and six portraits at the same time but has now graduated to drawing eight for the first time.
Rajacenna, from Rotterdam, Netherlands, said: "Drawing and painting eight portraits doesn’t really differ from six or four.
"The amount of time and energy which I put in them is relevant here.
"The more I focus on one artwork, the more details I can do. If I have to divide this focal point to eight different pieces the realism aspect is going to suffer.
"I use a glass table so I can see what I am painting with my feet.
"Examples of the images are in front of me on a screen and between my sessions, I study those images."
The eight portraits shown in the video took three weeks to complete, with daily drawing sessions lasting up to five hours.
Each portrait is different but it can take up to 40 hours to complete a single one.
Rajacenna uses acrylic paint for her portraits, and places erasers on the brushes she holds with her toes so as to control them better.
She added: "Each person I portrayed I either admire or am inspired by. The people I chose for the project are all interesting and creative icons.
"They all inspire me in a different way and also because they are different in their looks it is more of a challenge to me."
Rajacenna took an EEG scan for the German TV show, Galileo, that appeared to reveal extraordinary brain performance while drawing.
She said: "The connectivity between the left and right brain are totally connected and three times higher than normal.
"So they exchange information at a very fast speed."
The process of making pieces like these is incredibly technical.
Rajacenna added: "It's constantly multitasking between all the drawing that I'm working on. I switch my focus back and forth.
"The latest pieces I created with pencils and paint. I don't really think about the techniques I use.
"I just try to make it look as accurate as possible which is much harder of course when you work on so many simultaneously."
Rajacenna, 30, creates the illustrations at the same time with all four limbs holding paintbrushes working independently.
The artist, who prefers to keep her surname confidential, taught herself to draw with all limbs to increase her productivity and stop herself from getting bored.
Rajacenna started drawing at the age of 16 and began making multiple pieces at the same time in 2018.
She was previously able to draw four and six portraits at the same time but has now graduated to drawing eight for the first time.
Rajacenna, from Rotterdam, Netherlands, said: "Drawing and painting eight portraits doesn’t really differ from six or four.
"The amount of time and energy which I put in them is relevant here.
"The more I focus on one artwork, the more details I can do. If I have to divide this focal point to eight different pieces the realism aspect is going to suffer.
"I use a glass table so I can see what I am painting with my feet.
"Examples of the images are in front of me on a screen and between my sessions, I study those images."
The eight portraits shown in the video took three weeks to complete, with daily drawing sessions lasting up to five hours.
Each portrait is different but it can take up to 40 hours to complete a single one.
Rajacenna uses acrylic paint for her portraits, and places erasers on the brushes she holds with her toes so as to control them better.
She added: "Each person I portrayed I either admire or am inspired by. The people I chose for the project are all interesting and creative icons.
"They all inspire me in a different way and also because they are different in their looks it is more of a challenge to me."
Rajacenna took an EEG scan for the German TV show, Galileo, that appeared to reveal extraordinary brain performance while drawing.
She said: "The connectivity between the left and right brain are totally connected and three times higher than normal.
"So they exchange information at a very fast speed."
The process of making pieces like these is incredibly technical.
Rajacenna added: "It's constantly multitasking between all the drawing that I'm working on. I switch my focus back and forth.
"The latest pieces I created with pencils and paint. I don't really think about the techniques I use.
"I just try to make it look as accurate as possible which is much harder of course when you work on so many simultaneously."