Downtown L.A. at Sunset by Aaron Leonard

This took FOR...E...VER! At least 10 hours. #california #city #landmark #landscape #landscapeartftw #realism #sunset

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painted on a Nintendo 3DS
04 May, 2012, 6:33 pm
16:05

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Mandew

04 May, 2012, 6:37 pm

Wow! That looks amazing! Good job and patience!

Yellow & Purple

04 May, 2012, 6:47 pm

the moment I saw the thumbnail, I knew it was you. colors 3D's #1 perfectionist artist.

kokorokeke

04 May, 2012, 6:47 pm

Really good sunset =)

Heather87

04 May, 2012, 6:50 pm

Beautiful work, its worth all the time you spent on it.

KenSniper

04 May, 2012, 6:54 pm

I smell a new Top rated of the week

ocre2

04 May, 2012, 6:55 pm

Masterfully done. Love the far left building!

cat's

04 May, 2012, 7:05 pm

great job !!!!

spartacris

04 May, 2012, 7:06 pm

Hey! I live in downtown LA!!!

Rich-Tea

04 May, 2012, 7:11 pm

Fantastic!!

Trueffel

04 May, 2012, 7:26 pm

Brillant bro! Thats perfect!

Alexanderrrr

04 May, 2012, 7:36 pm

Woah!

Bob2.0

04 May, 2012, 7:45 pm

just wow !! echt genial

birdy

04 May, 2012, 7:48 pm

Wow! So beautiful. I can't begin to imagine how tedious it was to do each window.

mini ninja

04 May, 2012, 8:29 pm

looks like a piicture! ur crazily good! =D

zeroflykid

04 May, 2012, 9:49 pm

cool

Alpha Wolf

04 May, 2012, 11:14 pm

You...are...insane.

karen31

05 May, 2012, 4:13 am

how is that insane thats perfect drawing how about your drawing

ROBE ROJAS

05 May, 2012, 4:17 am

muy genial, maestro

Marina Salvation

05 May, 2012, 4:40 am

That looks really good! How do you people paint these thing!

Drew5566

05 May, 2012, 4:58 am

You are a god. A GOD!

JJMAwaken

05 May, 2012, 5:09 am

this is wonderful, so much detail!

~Niko~

05 May, 2012, 7:01 am

Awesome drawing! What's the name of this city? ; )

Larona Lassan

05 May, 2012, 7:12 am

Wow! I have a puzzle like this... I never did it... ;-)

Alebaroli

05 May, 2012, 11:29 am

Good details. Very beuty!

tomahanks

05 May, 2012, 2:04 pm

haha it looks like the intro to streets of rage

brumstudent

05 May, 2012, 2:55 pm

your effort was totally worth it :)

gmsmj09

05 May, 2012, 3:06 pm

Incredible!!!!!!! Lost for words!

Aaron Leonard

05 May, 2012, 3:08 pm

(-Niko-) This is downtown Los Angeles.

Telamon

05 May, 2012, 3:36 pm

Traced. Picture just like it in Google Images. Search L.A. He just put the pic and everytime he saved, he erased the pic so the picture wouldn't show when people watched the vid. Then he put the picture againg and erased it before he saved. So the system doesn't show the pic on the vid. Try it.

birdy

05 May, 2012, 3:44 pm

Telamon, that doesn't even make any sense.

Aaron Leonard

05 May, 2012, 3:50 pm

(Telamon) It looks just like the photo, because thats the photo I looked at when I painted it. It doesn't mean it's traced. You should watch the playback. ps: The gallery doesn't support photos, so all of this complicated removing the picture every time saving would be pointless.

Telamon

05 May, 2012, 4:16 pm

blah blah blah. im stupid.. Lol sorry. I'm new to Colors! 3D

LEUWERS

05 May, 2012, 6:47 pm

good

LEUWERS

05 May, 2012, 6:48 pm

very good

QuietlyCreative

05 May, 2012, 6:51 pm

Dude thats awsome it looks so real :D

baby bird

05 May, 2012, 10:48 pm

wow

Lucsdf

05 May, 2012, 10:52 pm

Wow! A lot of details! 10 hours very well sped, all your work is amazing Aaron!

CoffeeCat

06 May, 2012, 1:46 am

Beyond Awesomly Amazing!!

iliveinashoebox

06 May, 2012, 3:21 am

a feast for the eyes

Purple_BlitzxD

06 May, 2012, 5:31 am

Wow D: this is so beautiful! Looks like the real thing too, awesome work!! keep eet up :3

leegto

06 May, 2012, 8:19 am

amazing detail!!!! looks awsome!!!!

richtab2008

06 May, 2012, 9:30 am

I knew this was your work. Wow, I can only imagine what you can do on paper (or canvas,etc). Amazing.

mini ninja

06 May, 2012, 12:23 pm

i left my fc on the bleeding carpet painting plz look =D

COP911

06 May, 2012, 4:50 pm

10 HOURS? NO WONDER, IT LOOKS F***** GOOD. :D

pudding2708

06 May, 2012, 5:19 pm

i just cant beleive you had the patience to do this

MoonDim

06 May, 2012, 8:03 pm

:nice:

3dsgamer717

06 May, 2012, 9:23 pm

can you plz draw the CHICAGO skyline it would be really cool

Alpha Wolf

06 May, 2012, 11:16 pm

Telamon...if you followed this man´s work in here, you wouldnt dare to accuse him of tracing. Aaron is a freaking master.

Aaron Leonard

07 May, 2012, 1:16 am

Thanks for the comments eveyone.

GertBFrobe

07 May, 2012, 5:05 am

Another incredible work of art.

LuinK

07 May, 2012, 6:36 am

this is amazig! it took u forever to finish i would guess

cheechoo98

07 May, 2012, 2:38 pm

congratulations on your dedication to your piece!

letrait

07 May, 2012, 6:27 pm

The left tower misses a window row. Just kidding :-)

yaw16

08 May, 2012, 12:00 am

its awesome.please add me to your friend list. my friend code is thirty seven thirty seven nine eight fifty one eight one five

Lynma

08 May, 2012, 12:12 am

Incredible work for an amazing result. That's juste huge.

mattie

08 May, 2012, 1:24 am

that is amazing! So much detail! How on earth do you do that!?

Anoia999

08 May, 2012, 2:48 am

you & a very small handful of very talented artists are taking this artform onto a whole new level...the photorealism combined with the 3d in this marvelous painting makes me feel like i could just reach out & open a window in LA & hear the sounds of a car chase mixed with the latest club mix! You make me miss LA a lot (sniff!) I bow to you & to others like you who make being a part of this community a privilage...we get to see what few people do-amazing art...IN 3D!

CustomErick

08 May, 2012, 2:49 am

this looks amazing!

andrewsowen

08 May, 2012, 3:02 am

Aaron, you continue you do amazing work. You are my favorite on here followed by Lucs. I wish I had 15% of the talent you two have. Keep it up.

Bodey

08 May, 2012, 7:13 pm

Proper good that dude!! See my few if you get chance.

georgestarz

08 May, 2012, 8:18 pm

r u a real artist

georgestarz

08 May, 2012, 8:18 pm

its fanstic

Telamon

08 May, 2012, 10:31 pm

Sorry. I really like this. I'm new to this. Sorry. This is good by the way.

Aaron Leonard

08 May, 2012, 11:14 pm

(Telamon) Don't worry about it. You're big enough to come back on here to apologize. That says alot. Now lets all get back to painting!

samusrules

08 May, 2012, 11:51 pm

Holy crap

UndyingForce

09 May, 2012, 2:49 am

great work. been meaning to do this for chicago.

cjslash

09 May, 2012, 4:40 am

Awesome job! I want to do a night skyline of San Diego, but all those windows look discouraging

caffeine305

09 May, 2012, 7:43 am

EVEN if it's tracing, there's so much work in here!!

BlueBird

09 May, 2012, 1:04 pm

Very realistic!

Soulivan

09 May, 2012, 1:06 pm

Yeah, I personaly think it traced, It looks amazing though. :)

ayjin

09 May, 2012, 6:31 pm

Beautiful work!

Morrill

09 May, 2012, 10:02 pm

amazing

JOSePh4

09 May, 2012, 11:00 pm

amazing! i thought it was a real pic at first!

<Marki>

10 May, 2012, 1:16 am

Like all my Drawing please? only if you a good guy or Lady thank you!

otacon

10 May, 2012, 1:18 am

no godzilla or alien invasion in the background? fail -_-

BoomBoom670

10 May, 2012, 2:01 am

Come to my house a nd teach me
:DDDDDDDD

puschi

10 May, 2012, 4:13 am

wow i like it

Dyl Doe

10 May, 2012, 12:24 pm

It really is quite incredible how you can do this and I bow to your far superior talent.
However, I would prefer you to paint some more pictures that were not photorealistic. If I wanted to look at a photo I would look at a photo. Your other pictures (e.g. The Beach at Brighton Hove, Two More Bottles of Wine, Fish and Kelp, Widows' Waltz) are far more interesting to look at and examine.
Again, these are incredibly good, but your other work is far more "interesting".

Petros 3DS

10 May, 2012, 3:12 pm

If I see you drawing this it looks so easy...

Aaron Leonard

10 May, 2012, 5:00 pm

@DylDoe: I agree with you, so I want you to understand my thinking in painting this. First of all, this is the type of painting that I would have loved to be able to paint when I was younger, so it appeals to my inner child. Also, after painting photorealism, I am much more equipped to do surrealism, so this painting is really just a step in an incompleted goal. Another thing is that good original ideas are harder to mentally generate than just finding a good photo to paint on google. But trust me, you are the type of person who I would like as an audience, so I thank you for your criticism. It really just justifies what I was thinking myself.

Dyl Doe

10 May, 2012, 6:25 pm

Fair enough. Excellent answer. Keep on doing what you need to do to push yourself further. I can't argue with that at all.
Also, thank you for not taking my earlier comment in a bad way. It was always meant as a compliment.

rezarizvi

10 May, 2012, 10:46 pm

This work is jaw dropping!It looks so realistic,please check out my gallery if u have the time

heath2698

10 May, 2012, 11:09 pm

always wanted to go to l.a. awsom drawing

juanzanudio

11 May, 2012, 1:40 am

Aron You Are Really a guy with patience by the way i love this pic Incredible Work You Got 2 Add Me
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ZeldaFan310

11 May, 2012, 2:07 am

wooo!! ma hometown!!cant wait till i get there!

katya1895

11 May, 2012, 6:32 am

It looks like a real city. VERY IMPRESSIVE what u done. I love it.

soniczeki

11 May, 2012, 8:44 am

This is no paint! THIS IS REAL! :O

Zeico

11 May, 2012, 11:03 am

In my opniom, not the best 3d effect, but absolutely brilliant detail!

ObeyJazzy

11 May, 2012, 12:08 pm

amazing !

MERCENARIES

11 May, 2012, 1:53 pm

you"re f u c k i n amazing!

AydenC

11 May, 2012, 9:56 pm

Awsome Job, I Say!

JYC0615

12 May, 2012, 12:03 am

You so talented...

Mimitari

12 May, 2012, 8:37 am

Absolutely stunning! This is fantastic, wonderful job! Totally blows my mind!

slippers1209

14 May, 2012, 1:55 pm

pure genius!

AnimeShinobiX7

14 May, 2012, 7:09 pm

I dontthink he traced.I believe he used a picture refrence

kirbysmall45

15 May, 2012, 4:39 am

10 hours well spent

LunaBase84

15 May, 2012, 9:02 am

i am speechless

DubbleA

17 May, 2012, 2:19 am

New York City is better, no offense

DrawingMan

17 May, 2012, 6:28 am

Love downtown L.A. I live in Riverside county so I dont frequent down to L.A. as much, but when I do and happen to pass by the buildings, I feel like a little kid going to Disneyland or something, It all looks so pretty from a close distance. Great work, I am jealous of peoples abilities to paint photo realistic art like this, here's hopeing I can achieve this amount of skill someday, as for you, love your works, keep at it good sir.

Loquito11

17 May, 2012, 4:55 pm

NEW YORK CITY IS BETTER!

Loquito11

17 May, 2012, 4:55 pm

NEW YORK CITY IS BETTER!

LauLe

24 May, 2012, 6:54 pm

WAHOU WAH! ^^

kittychaos

29 May, 2012, 4:03 am

L.A

Pygmypuff

29 May, 2012, 10:55 am

OMG it looks like a photograph, amazing!

AlexDunn1990

29 May, 2012, 9:07 pm

Amazing as usual! :)

chow25

30 May, 2012, 5:59 pm

try using your talent to draw real-life. less brush-strokes can be more interesting.

Lyn

01 Jun, 2012, 8:42 pm

AWESOME! I dare you to try Shibuya!

dark dragon

04 Jun, 2012, 9:15 pm

wow amazing! i wouldn't have the patience to do something like this.

TommyJ

06 Jun, 2012, 12:27 am

awsome one of the best pics ever

annamatte

07 Jun, 2012, 9:45 am

veramente bello!

fincool

10 Jun, 2012, 12:33 pm

... .I'm speechless.p.s.:you've got to much time.lol

Hobhob

15 Jun, 2012, 7:56 pm

because forever is 10 hours. check my gallery please!

i c paintings

20 Jun, 2012, 12:07 am

so cool :]

jonandben

22 Jun, 2012, 4:02 pm

how do you draw such realistic buildings

Spiderman777

05 Jul, 2012, 6:48 am

This is the best drawing here!!!!!

Y U SO UGLY757

05 Jul, 2012, 4:32 pm

I LIKE IT

johnny500paletas

05 Jul, 2012, 6:15 pm

cool check my gallery

Metalinox

02 Aug, 2012, 5:41 am

Amazing!

GainaxMan

14 Aug, 2012, 7:15 am

what an incredible amount of detail! :claps:

Prinzess

15 Aug, 2012, 6:43 am

Check out my gallery, please! (... 10 hours,my newest pic tooked 20 hours!)

farleywoo

30 Aug, 2012, 12:26 pm

OMG AMAZING

Lackadaisical

16 Nov, 2012, 11:44 am

i imagine u know about head aches from staring into the screen

umbrum47

28 Nov, 2012, 5:45 am

...and it takes me twelve hours to make a spindly, half a$$ mecha! heh, shows the skill gap, doesn't it? your drawing is simply amazing.

Ceebz

30 Nov, 2012, 8:01 am

Extremely detailed! Very nice, you are very good at painting! : D

MidnightOpal

26 Mar, 2013, 12:50 pm

The sky could've been a little more detailed, but perhaps there are clouds. Brilliant detail in the city itself. Overall, stunning job!

JonnyB

28 May, 2013, 6:19 am

16 HOURS?!?!

JAiKA

09 Jun, 2013, 3:42 am

longest painting time in colors history

Saige!

12 Jun, 2013, 3:40 am

THIS TOOK YOU 16 HOURS AND FIVE MINUTES! This is so cool! (8D

dihbooa

11 Jul, 2013, 4:18 pm

wow

KxThorr

11 Jul, 2013, 9:08 pm

16 hours

NovaNapoleon

10 Sep, 2013, 12:15 am

Wow! Looks like a real photo! Great job!

phantomblade

28 Nov, 2014, 4:05 pm

Cool photo............WAIT WHAT?! 0_0

Breadqueen860

22 Apr, 2023, 10:43 am

@LizAndDaisy yes go ahead

Breadqueen860

22 Apr, 2023, 10:44 am

@LizAndDaisy ..... okay.. sure

Breadqueen860

22 Apr, 2023, 10:45 am

@LizAndDaisy THERES A WASP IN MY ROOM....

Breadqueen860

22 Apr, 2023, 10:45 am

@LizAndDaisy no not at all!

Breadqueen860

22 Apr, 2023, 10:47 am

@LizAndDaisy u daisy right?

Breadqueen860

22 Apr, 2023, 10:50 am

@LizAndDaisy ok! ♥♡♥♡

Breadqueen860

22 Apr, 2023, 10:51 am

@LizAndDaisy wuts ur fav color?

channylover301

20 Jul, 2024, 7:23 am

@_SweetSunshine_
YESSS! Im already liking this post xD

channylover301

21 Jul, 2024, 5:17 pm

@_SweetSunshine_
Whooo?

channylover301

21 Jul, 2024, 5:36 pm

@_SweetSunshine_
OMG?-
Where did u see her :0
Did u say hello??

channylover301

21 Jul, 2024, 5:38 pm

@_SweetSunshine_
LMAO MY BAD
IK A YOUTUBER WITH A SIMILAR NAME AND SHES A GIRL SO I ALWAYS GET MIXED UP

channylover301

21 Jul, 2024, 5:39 pm

@_SweetSunshine_
Did yousay hello though? :0

channylover301

21 Jul, 2024, 5:42 pm

@_SweetSunshine_ CRIES

channylover301

21 Jul, 2024, 5:43 pm

@_SweetSunshine_
WOAHHH!

channylover301

21 Jul, 2024, 5:45 pm

@_SweetSunshine_ Thats so cool :sob:

channylover301

21 Jul, 2024, 5:48 pm

@_SweetSunshine_
HOY *******

channylover301

21 Jul, 2024, 5:48 pm

Holy* :skull:

channylover301

21 Jul, 2024, 5:49 pm

@_SweetSunshine_
Im gonna go on my other alt now

dqyliqht

21 Jul, 2024, 6:01 pm

@_SweetSunshine_
SORRYYY
MY BATTERY WENT :skull:

dqyliqht

21 Jul, 2024, 6:03 pm

@_SweetSunshine_
i am lmao-

AND SAME

dqyliqht

21 Jul, 2024, 8:08 pm

@_SweetSunshine_ Samee

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