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Young man draws Davido with pen, leaves the internet in awe

Monday, March 01, 2021 at 8:17 PM by Maryn Blignaut Kelly Lippke

- An artist has gathered much attention on social media after sharing his pen art of Davido

- The artist added that the sketch is the first work he would be churning out in 2021

- There were tweeps who said he made the singer more handsome in the drawing

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An artist with the Twitter handle @Zilaflexa has gathered much attention on social media after he showcased the pen art of Davido that he did.

The young artist said that he is a self-taught illustrator, adding that the art of the singer was his first for the year 2021.

@Zilaflexa asked people to retweet his work across their timelines so that it can come to the Holy Ground crooner's attention.

One of the amazing things he achieved with the drawing was Davido's dimples which he highlighted with a shadow.

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See his tweet below:

His tweet has over 20,000 likes with about 7,000 retweets as at the time of writing this report. Briefly.co.za compiled some of the reactions below:

@clement_afsa said:

"How una de take draw abg... na 3 hands una get me???"

@xynath said:

"This is too beautiful!"

@dammycriss_ said:

"I love it, it’s clean and smooth.. big ups man."

Young man draws Davido with pen, ask people to shares until musician sees it, photo causes stir — Many people have praised the artist for the brilliance he deployed into the art. Photo source: @Zilaflexa, @davido
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@josephmbata2 said:

"Guy apart from being an artist are you also a Barber?"

@tope_femi said:

"The sketch fine pass the real person. You are fantastic."

@cynosure_sign said:

"It's the dimples for me. Beautiful work."

Meanwhile, Briefly.co.za earlier reported that another talented young fine artist, Fredrick Omoniyi, had drawn Davido's A Better Time album cover and it looked exactly the same as the real one.

In a post on Wednesday, January 20, the man said that recreating the FEM crooner's tattoo was another great art for him.