photo from www.truthorfiction.com
Believe it or not, It was created using a humble typewriter! Check out the zoomed in version and see how a lot of the facial detail was created using a hashtag (#):
photo from www.truthorfiction.com
Astounding right? However, what is truly mind-blowing and absolutely inspirational about this is that it was created by typewriter artist Paul Smith, who at an early age already suffered from cerebral palsy. Despite his condition, Paul displayed such an immense will to thrive and his amazing creativity found an outlet through the humble typewriter. I don't think I have enough superlatives to describe this. Check out this video about Paul:
video uploaded in youtube by John Stofflet
Paul Smith passed away back in 2007 at the ripe old age of 85. You can read more about him in this article about him in cerebralpalsy.org. You can also see a lot more samples of his unbelievably impressive and intricate art in that article. I've tried to search online for books that feature his art but it seems nothing was ever officially published. Too bad. I guess I will just check out his amazing artwork online.
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