01 Mar 2019

Nigerian artist catches the attention of Kevin Hart on Twitter, and the Hollywood star commissions three pieces!

Cape Town - Nigerian pencil artist Eli Waduba Yusuf has caught the attention of Hollywood comedian Kevin Hart, and the Jumanji actor has commissioned three art pieces from the artist.

Sharing a photo of his hyperrealistic drawing of Kevin on Twitter, Eli wrote: "Please Retweet, let @KevinHart4real see it, thank you."

With the power of social media, the impressive portrait garnered over 67 00 retweets and eventually appeared on Kevin's radar.

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A post shared by Eli Waduba Yusuf (@eliss_artss) on Feb 28, 2019 at 9:38pm PST

On Wednesday the American celebrity replied to Eli on Twitter, writing: "I see it and I want to purchase it...I also want to support you and your amazing talent by giving you a fee to do a pencil drawing of 3 of my celebrity friends that I can gift it to them."

We wonder who the celebrity friends are, and hopefully we get to find out soon.

Sometimes dreams really do come true!

SEE THE EXCHANGE HERE:

I see it and I want to purchase it...I also want to support you and your amazing talent by giving you a fee to do a pencil drawing of 3 of my celebrity friends that I can gift it to. DM your info and let’s get to work! https://t.co/ImOYa0UNlL
— Kevin Hart (@KevinHart4real) February 27, 2019

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