Portraits so real they breathe.
TLQ Arts crafts hyper-realistic charcoal and graphite portraits — every pore, every glint, every whisper of light, drawn entirely by hand.
Premium craftsmanship, drawn by a single hand.
Every TLQ portrait begins with a reference photo and ends as a heirloom. We work exclusively in graphite and charcoal, layering dust and pressure until skin, fabric and shadow read as photograph.
We don't outsource. We don't print. We draw — slowly, patiently — building tonal range from the brightest highlight to the deepest black.
What's next: monochrome painted shirts and a forthcoming luxury line of diamond-encrusted black glass portraits — fine art you can wear and display.
A hand-drawn archive.
Selected commissions completed for TLQ Arts clients. Each piece is signed, dated and dispatched framed.
From your photo to a hand-drawn heirloom.
Brief
Tell us the size, the people, share your references.
Approval
We review your photos and confirm hyper-real feasibility.
Drawn by hand
Layered graphite or charcoal over weeks of careful work.
Framed & Shipped
Free framing. Paxi to your nearest pickup, guaranteed in 6 days.
Graphite & Charcoal drawing.
Transparent pricing by paper size and number of people. Framing and South African delivery included.
Single person
- A4
- R699
- A3
- R999
- A2
- R1499
- A1
- R2399
Two people
- A4
- R799
- A3
- R1099
- A2
- R1699
- A1
- R2599
Three people
- A4
- R1099
- A3
- R1299
- A2
- R2099
- A1
- R2899
Four people
- A4
- R1299
- A3
- R1599
- A2
- R2599
- A1
- R3399
Five people
- A3
- R1999
- A2
- R2999
- A1
- R3899
Six people
- A2
- R3499
- A1
- R4399
All prices in ZAR. Framing free of charge.