Dad Photoshops Kids’ Drawings As If They Were Real, And It’s Terrifyingly Funny Interview With Artist
This dad is making the internet a much better and way more fun place! Dad Tom Curtis from London runs the ‘Things I Have Drawn’ Instagram page where he shows what would happen if children’s drawings became reality.
Tom has two kids— Dom (11) and Al (8)—and he photoshops their and other children’s fun, creative, and goofy doodles to bring them to life. The result is both terrifying and hilarious and we absolutely love it! We really wanted to show this dad’s newest work to you, dear Pandas, so scroll down, enjoy, and upvote your fave pics.
Scroll down for Bored Panda’s chat with Tom about his awesome work and when you’re done with this list, check out our earlier posts about ‘Things I Have Drawn’ right here and here for some more wholesome artistic goodness.
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It looks like a bird with a gill having a stern conversation with the trunk of that tree. Wings on hips and all! :)
“I used to claim that all the animals were real and it took ages to find them and photograph them, although that joke wore thin pretty quickly,” Tom quipped about how long it takes him to finish the pictures.
“The length of time to make them depends on all sorts of things. The subject matter (animals tend to be quicker than vehicles); what the texture is (reptile scales take ages to get right, smooth skin is easy, fur is somewhere in the middle); and the more detailed the drawing, the longer it’ll take. But generally speaking, I reckon an average of 10 hours per image sounds about right.”
Tom said that the number of submissions he gets form other kids’ parents varies. “It’s completely dependent on what’s happening on Instagram at that time. We recently had a big spike in followers and were getting well over 50 drawings sent to us a week, but now it’s settled down to a few per day.”
"It was yuuuuuuuuuuge!!! Biggest increase ever! They said, likely, the best numbers ever. Best numbers ever recorded. YUUUUUGE numbers. Great numbers!"
it was biglier than the biggliest number you can count to, nearly 93
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Whoa, Mr. President, when did you get that much prettier? jk sorry trump supporters
I don't see the difference. Bad hair, open mouth with nothing intelligent coming out, tiny hands.
If he looked like this before the election, it would have reduced his votes by about 70%.
Oh wait, in the drawing he has a super long giraffe neck, but in the photoshopped version, he has no neck at all :/
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I feel like this picture captures Rump's emotional age: a deranged, two-year old!
Perfect! (Although in my mind, Trump's mouth always looks like a puckered cat's anus).
"I am the best drawing, obviously, I was drawn by all the best crayons. There is no other drawing better than me, all the other drawings are fake news."
I think that this is an incredibly accurate representation. It could also pass for Boris Johnson.
MY FAV!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It probably was...but we just HAVE to turn everything into a political statement
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I was going to post these to a group, but the group has a no politics rule. :(
Priceless! This should be in a museum for the best likelyhood of the worst United States President ever!
Put something other than pie in that pie hole....please, I am serious.
Oh, I see Trump's head cavity finally collapsed in on itself, leaving only the brain. XD
OF COURSE..he had to stick TRUMP in there even tho that pic looks like ANYONE. This ruined it for me...I refuse to scroll and continue looking. THIS IS WHATS WRONG TODAY...TRUMP HATERS ARE SO OBVIOUS... THEY MAKE EVERYTHING..EVEN INNOCENT KIDS DRAWINGS POLITICAL...PATHETIC and TYPICAL.
I cant tell whch part of this picture is photoshopped. Or wait, its the shrunken hand, isnt it?
he was the one who cheated so why dont you pull your head out of your ass and shut the fuck up
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We also wanted to learn more about Tom’s kids’ artistic talents. “Dom and Al are 11 and 9 now, so I can’t really use their recent drawings because they’re a bit too sophisticated and have lost much of their naivety,” the dad said. “Luckily, I’ve still got quite a few of their old ones stored away. These days, the boys are a bit more into gaming than drawing, although Al does tend to create quite a lot of weird characters with strange heads. I haven’t done Things I Have Drawn versions of them yet.”
After 5 years of photoshopping his kids’ drawings, Tom’s Instagram account now has over 736k followers. The idea behind the account is simple (even though it takes tons of work) and something that plenty of us have probably thought about doing—that’s why it works.
This would be fun to have in the guest room. Spice things up a bit
The dad has loads of experience and has been dabbling in Photoshop for nearly a quarter of a century.
Tom’s journey into the art of bringing children’s drawings to life started when he saw that his son Dom drew a picture of a weird looking animal and he noticed that he (like most kids) draws the eyes and mouth on the same side of the animal’s head.
“The thought crossed my mind that maybe it was us adults not looking at the world correctly and that maybe the kids had it right. So I decided to take to Photoshop and reimagine animals, faces, vehicles, and objects just like kids had drawn them,” Tom told PopSugar’s Angela Law.
The creative dad now photoshops not just his own kids’ drawings but also those of other children: plenty of parents submit their little munchkins’ doodles for him to bring to life and it doesn’t look like the flow will stop any time soon. So if you want to see what your kid’s drawing would look like in reality, send Tom a photo of it—you might just get lucky.
And if you love the pictures so much that you want something more permanent, you can always check out Tom’s book ‘Things I Have Drawn: At The Zoo.’
Note: this post originally had 86 images. It’s been shortened to the top 30 images based on user votes.
Who else is scarred forever now
Yep. Most definitely.
Same here. I'm never going to unsee some of those horrors.
XianJaguar easy
XianJaguar lol
... where’s the plant
me
ME!
I have been broken, I want more...
Sandy J Renfroe +
Not me.
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This was entertaining to look at...and at times, very, very frightening.
kim good
great photoshop skills!
THESE ARE FABULOUS! :) :) :)
I'm pissing my pants laughing! I want that "Horse!"
Yes!!! The horse was hilarious. I can’t stop laughing.
I love all animal pictures!!! From children and from photoshop. Except the pork.
The man has talent!! So do his kids! I love it!
Jan Price Good response!
Jan Price lol
I love how almost all the drawings have happy faces. 🙂
Nica Van +
Nica Van easy
Dad has some awesome photoshoping skills as well as killer imagination !! Kudos dad !!
The kids would see nothing wrong with these at all. Neither do I. Perfect drawings.
I noticed they do improve!
I love every picture.
This really made my day, haha! XD
Reminds me of The Island of Dr Moreau.
Man talk about talented
Bobert Robertson love
I don't think I'll sleep tonight
I have seen things today that I cannot explain...
Oh man, these were very funny.
Greg inConway easy
Best use of photo shop ever
Jessica Cole no
One day you wont have to photoshop them. I think you’ve done a great job inspiring your kids, there is definitely some artistic talent in there!
This made my day! I have shared to my friends. I haven't laughed at something posted on Facebook in WEEKS till I saw this. I needed a smile today. Thank you!
Kristi Holl Good response!
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Awesome. You have a new business. Lol!!
Kathy no
Kathy like