Sunday, November 13, 2011

AMAZING ARTS: Boey

Necessity is the mother of drawing brilliant art on cups.

















Last summer I sat down to watch Captain America in a tiny theater in Ponca City, OK.

Before the previews started, a bunch of ads for Coke and stuff were playing which I'll probably only remember at the exact the moment of my death... BUT one thing stuck out:



Armed with the weapon of choice for many masters of monochrome: a Sharpie, artist Cheeming Boey has found success drawing intricate doodles on drinking cups.

And he has been BUSY.

His website iamboey.com contains a gallery of his cups and offers the means to buy them... if you have an extra $1,250.00 in disposable income (or $80.00 for a Russian hooker if you don't), and also a candid blog in cartoon form:




























Worth a look to say the least.

Artist's website, gallery and video:
http://iamboey.com/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/13895571@N04/sets/72157614580046629/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWjAd1so2GA