a surprising medium

did everyone just have a weekend stolen from under their noses or am i the only victim? thieving bastards.

what do the following pictures have in common?







what? who said 'leg over'? incorrect.

they've all been drawn using a ballpoint pen.

you know, a biro. the one you have trouble writing with smudge-free. that's right, the pens that leak in pockets indiscriminately. i find these pieces absolutely incredible and i'm not too bad at ballpoint drawing. these pictures though are flawless, hardly a patch of cross-hatching in sight. the top 3 are by an english chap named james mylne, the bottom 3 by a spaniard called juan francisco casas. check out their websites for more biro-art. there are a few biro-art groups on flickr too, here's one of their photostreams on flickriver.

oh yeah, did i mention how big juan's pictures are?




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