Check this out. Absolutely incredible!:
Don't look too quick... this is NOT a photograph.

http://www.bertmonroy.com/fineart/text/fineart_damen.htm
(be patient, it'll load slow)

Be sure to scroll down to see the zooms.

Wow that is pretty incredible... I'm an artist but not a digital artist, although I have dabbled a bit in Photoshop. I wonder how long it took him to do that?

It took eleven months (close to 2,000 hours) to create

Oh okay thanks!