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Kyle Lambert Vs Bryan Hitch – Finger Painting, Finger Tracing Or Something Else?

Published Sat, 21 Dec 2013 10:00:15 -0600

You might have seen the viral video of a finger painted photorealistic portrait of Morgan Freeman (12 million views in a few days). The artist's name is Kyle Lambert.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEdRLlqdgA4[/youtube]

There is some debate as to how the image was created. He did not give credit to the photographer of the Morgan Freeman piece until he was asked.

@macusermagazine Hi there, I wasn't sure exactly until now. I'll add a line to the youtube description and on the description on my website.

— Kyle Lambert (@kylelambert) December 3, 2013

But he also had a go with the Hulk from The Ultimates comic by Bryan Hitch.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-U1_9we6Rwk[/youtube]

Which rather miffed Bryan.

here's the original from Marvel's 2002 comic The Ultimates issue 5, @leolaporte drawn by me. pic.twitter.com/BSB5PYUEyA

— BRYAN HITCH (@THEBRYANHITCH) December 13, 2013

…when he saw Leo Laporte, who hosts iPad Today, praise him for his talent.

I'd like to point out, @leolaporte the Kyle Lambert drawing of the Hulk you featured was actually my work from 2002. Published by Marvel.

— BRYAN HITCH (@THEBRYANHITCH) December 13, 2013

Whatever Kyle is doing on that particular image @leolaporte is either a trace or a copy of my own original work.

— BRYAN HITCH (@THEBRYANHITCH) December 13, 2013

Kyle did then add Bryan Hitch's details in the description of his YouTube video, but from the reactions you can tell people thought it was his work. Having "COMIC ARTWORK BY KYLE LAMBERT" in the video probably didn't help.

He also looks a bit like Shia LaBeouf.