Dave Devries The Monster Engine

This site is too cool to just add to my deli­cious book­marks and not men­tion in detail to all of you. Dave Devries decided to col­lect art drawn by chil­dren, and then re-render their cre­ations in a pro­fes­sional way.
For example:

After his treat­ment, becomes:

The idea is just inher­ently cool to me–I love the way a child’s imag­i­na­tion com­bines with a pro­fes­sional artist’s tech­nique to cre­ate incred­i­bly sur­real crea­tures.  One thing I am fas­ci­nated by is how often the hands and feed trail off into scrib­bles, noth­ing really rep­re­sen­ta­tional of what they should look like.  I can remem­ber being a kid and hat­ing draw­ing those parts.  There is a strong bias in our brains towards faces, it seems like, even at a very young age.  We can all draw a face, but hey, hands and feet are freak­ing hard.  I just love the way Devries deals with this in his re-renders.

Check out the other mon­sters.  Share with us which one you like the most.

Tagged as: art, children, dave devries, illustration, monsters