Young Artist Creates Impressively Detailed Illustrations With a Typewriter
At only 23 years of age, James Cook is already one of the world’s premier typewriter artists, and looking at his works it’s easy to see why. The young architecture student got into typewriter art about five years ago, after reading about Paul Smith, another famous typewriter artist who couldn’t use a pencil or paintbrush […]
Artist Draws Detailed Portraits Using Only a Typewriter
While most graphic designers use high-tech software to create images, Álvaro Franca has chosen to return to the basics. Using a vintage typewriter, he creates incredibly detailed portraits of his favorite authors. Franca begins the process by creating a reference image on his computer. This allows him to plan out the areas of light and […]
Artist Suffering from Severe Cerebral Palsy Creates Awe-Inspiring Typewriter Art
Paul Smith suffered from severe spastic cerebral palsy from a very young age. The loss of fine motor control of his hands made impossible for him to perform the most basics of tasks, like eating, bathing or clothing himself, but through sheer willpower he managed to become one of the most acclaimed typewriter artists in […]
The Typewriter Artworks of Keira Rathbone
British artist Keira Rathbone uses typewriters, instead of brushes and pencils, to create amazing portraits and drawings. 27-year-old Keira Rathbone, from London, first started experimenting with typewriter art, when she was in university. She baought an old typewriter, from a flee market, in the hope that she would soon use it to write something. By […]