Dad Photoshops Kids’ Drawings As If They Were Real, And It’s Terrifyingly Funny (35 New Pics)

Children are known for their huge imaginations. It doesn’t matter if the stories they tell us seem unbelievable; often, we’re left wondering how they even came up with them. Most kids enjoy art activities, like drawing, for instance. We’ve all done that when we were little. Regardless of the outcome, we were all doing our best to draw or paint our favorite toys, animals, or family members. Some of these artworks are very cute, some surprisingly accurate, especially considering the age of the artist, while others are unique in a way that we can’t really tell how the child ended up producing an image so different from the original.

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This Guy Continues To Turn Children’s Drawings Into Reality (New Pics)

We have also learned more about the most challenging aspect of recreating children’s drawings Tom faces: “There are few things. Starting with the pictures themselves – generally speaking, the more detailed the drawing, the longer it takes to create the ‘real’ version. That’s because I try to represent all the lines the child has drawn – no matter how complicated they all are. So, if they’ve drawn lots of individual hairs, for example – I’ll try to represent all those individual hairs in some way. It does require some interpretation sometimes, though – like for example, if I can’t tell if it’s a tail or a back leg. In those instances, I’ll try to find out from the artist who drew it. It also very much depends on what type of animal it is. Reptiles tend to take a lot longer because it can be surprisingly difficult to get all the scales to join together in a convincing-looking way.”

This Guy Continues To Turn Children’s Drawings Into Reality (New Pics)

Tom also mentioned that the third challenging factor is often choosing the right pictures to use. He shared with us: “We get loads sent to us, but I can only use a surprisingly small number. Over time I’ve been able to spot the ones that will make the best ‘real’ photos. They tend to be simple line drawings (not with loads of colouring in), and with one or two funny features – like one massive leg, or, if it’s a bird, a beak as well as a smiley mouth. But unfortunately, lots of the pics I receive are poor quality scans, too dark or low resolution – nothing to do with the actual kid’s drawing at all. But if I really love it, I’ll do all I can to tidy up the drawing in Photoshop before I begin the ‘real’ version.’

This Guy Continues To Turn Children’s Drawings Into Reality (New Pics)

Lastly, we were wondering if, looking back on his earlier creations, Curtis feels he has evolved as an artist since then. He told us: “I’ve had very little formal training in Photoshop, so I’ve very much learnt as I go. I still only really know the basics, but I know them well. Over time I’ve got more particular about how my images look. I’ll often focus in on tiny details that nobody will ever see in a compressed version on Instagram, but I’ll know! I’m keen for Things I Have Drawn to develop in other ways too. As Gen-AI has started to make everything easier and quicker, I’ve begun to focus more on craft-based skills such as drawing and painting – in other words, creating detailed versions of kids’ drawings in pencil or paint. I’ve recently started featuring these on my Instagram feed. The problem is, they take ages as well, but I love doing it, so I’ll stick with it for a while yet, I think.”Tom added: “The other thing is that I’ve become increasingly aware of how important it is to encourage kids to draw. There are so many distractions these days – so many reasons for them not to pick up a pencil and paper and start scribbling away – that I’m determined to carry on doing Things I Have Drawn. If it inspires just a handful of children to draw a picture of a bird, animal or flower – I’ll be satisfied it’s doing some good.”

Tom added: “The other thing is that I’ve become increasingly aware of how important it is to encourage kids to draw. There are so many distractions these days – so many reasons for them not to pick up a pencil and paper and start scribbling away – that I’m determined to carry on doing Things I Have Drawn. If it inspires just a handful of children to draw a picture of a bird, animal or flower – I’ll be satisfied it’s doing some good.”

This Guy Continues To Turn Children’s Drawings Into Reality (New Pics)