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There‘s a saying that every end is a new beginning. This is what happened to Brazilian illustrator Rafael Mantesso a few years ago when he divorced his ex-wife and she left leaving behind an empty house with white walls.

“She took her cookware, furniture, photos, her decorations,” Mantesso wrote on Bored Panda earlier. “The only thing she didn’t take was my bull terrier, whom she’d named after her favorite shoe designer: Jimmy Choo.”

Inspired by the blank walls and his dog, Mantesso started snapping pictures of Jimmy running around the house and this was the moment these humorous series was born.

“When Jimmy collapsed in happy exhaustion next to the white wall, I grabbed a marker and drew a new world around his ginger-eared pup. Suddenly, I felt his long-dormant inspiration for drawing, for art, for life—returning.”

Mantesso continues to portray his bull terrier in fun scenarios that are the result of the illustrations that now have almost 600k fans on Instagram. Scroll down to see them for yourself!

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Richard
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This says it all... so heartbreaking. For you, he's only a short time of your life. For him, you're all of his life.

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    Benevolent Panda Mouse
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    6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Amazing replacement of love....a heart displaced, if allowed, it will find a way

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    Night Owl
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    6 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    YES. I fully agree. And it's not just the noise, there's also the pollution, danger for the birds etc.

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    Night Owl
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    6 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What to eat, what to eat...a tough decision that needs a couple of minutes of blankly staring in the full fridge every day only to decide either that there's nothing in there or that one key ingredient is missing (which also means there's nothing in there)

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