15-Year-Old Artist’s Notebook Drawings Look Ready to Jump Off the Page

Hey there. I was beginning to wonder where you'd got to, y'know. Thanks for finding time to spiral down out of cyberspace. Soon as you fill your coffee mug and snag a virtual treat or two, I want to tell you about a Brazilian student who, at age 15, is already an incredible artist. 

João Carvalho may be only 15 years old, but his incredible talent more than makes up for his lack of experience. The young artist can completely transform plain paper into ruled notebook sheets with 3D illusions popping out of them.

He starts by drawing blue lines on a blank sheet, but distorts them and adds intense shadows at just the right places, adding depth to his designs and creating the effect of three dimensional shapes that seem to jump off the page.

Some of these shapes include popular characters like Homer Simpson, Scooby Doo, and Jerry the mouse. He also creates effects like ripples of flowing water and wrinkled paper.

This kid has an excellent sense of movement, fluidity, the effects of light and shadow and dimension manipulation. Incredible!

If you have students, kids or grand-kids, show them these drawings.They can look up more of Joao's amazing drawings at http://images.google.com "João Carvalho drawings".

See ya, eh!

Bob

Source: http://odditycentral.com