15 Sep 2021

UK dad transforms son's sketches into surreal wonders

From Checkpoint, 6:20 pm on 15 September 2021

With thousands of kids locked down you may be sporting a bit more fridge art than usual.

What if those childhood imaginings could kind-of-be brought to life? That's what UK dad Tom Curtis has been doing using computer wizardry - transforming his sons' quirky art using Photoshop - putting some flesh on the two legged giraffe - human teeth on the cat, and side faces on a few creatures.

Now it's gone global, with hundreds of thousands of people following Things I Have Drawn on Instagram.

Tom Curtis explains how the idea struck struck him.