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What children's drawings look like when painted by a professional

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This reminds me very much of a previous story posted here a couple of months ago:

"Give this company a child's drawing and they'll make it into a stuffed toy" http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3148574

Both fantastic ideas and well implemented.

I agree, but would say I perfer the stuffed toy idea. I think it captured the kids drawings better.

Axe Cop is similar to this. It's a comic written by a child and illustrated by a grown-up.

http://axecop.com/index.php/acepisodes/read/episode_1/

I'm not sure that I understand these. The artist seems to assume that the children intend every single stroke and odd shape, which seems to miss the point.

I like the children's drawings better. I've always wanted to build a collection of children's art. There are things about it that someone more experienced in the world would never be able to replicate. "Kids Draw The Darndest Things," but my collection would take an earnest, philosophical bent, not a condescending, humorous one.

Why are all of these pictures so disturbing?

Because crayon doodles by children are both unrealistic and fantastic (in the unusual sense), while the professional renderings surpass (some of) the lack of realism.

Plus the artist took a few liberties adding their own touch, and said artist seems to have a dark flair.

The last one with the skull on a crucifix already had a dark flair even in the child's version. As one of the comments in the original article said, kids do have dark sides, whether or not adults are willing to admit it.

The lyrics to nursery rhymes are often pretty dark.

kids do have dark sides

I don't see anybody saying otherwise.

They're part of http://www.themonsterengine.com/ which asks children to draw a monster. The artist has an interview with the child about their drawing, and paints the child's drawing.

Because (A) the artist asked for monsters, and (B) a lot of kids draw with far more disturbing intent than many adults will acknowledge. Look at a lot of those original drawings and tell us they're NOT supposed to be disturbing ("chomping baseball" and "crucifiction" for starters).

i remember this from awhile back - there are more images here: http://www.buzzfeed.com/mathieus/what-would-a-childs-drawing...

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