Out of darkness comes light-hearted doodles.
With just a pen and paper, film director Vincent Bal transforms the shadows everyday objects cast around his home in Antwerp, Belgium, into playful illustrations.
It all began in May, when the 43-year-old father-of-two was working on a script for a new feature film.
“It struck me that the shadow of my teacup, purchased on a trip to Vietnam, looked like an elephant,” he told The Huffington Post. “So I doodled some legs and a little face and shared the picture on Facebook and Instagram.”
The image, above, struck a chord with his followers and garnered dozens of likes. “From then on, I decided to try and make one every day,” Bal said. “It was a nice way of getting my creative juices flowing before starting to write, and the sunlight hit my desk so nice every morning.”
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Bal uses kitchen utensils, raw foods, fire extinguishers and a myriad of other seemingly innocuous items to create his whimsical pictures. And each of his works only takes him a matter of minutes to complete.
“It’s wonderful that I can reach people from all over the world in a few clicks from my iPhone,” added Bal, whose movie credits include “The Zig Zag Kid” and “Miss Minoes.” “The simplicity and directness of it all is amazing, all the more if you compare it to filmmaking where the process can really take years.”
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Bal says the arrival of fall and the subsequent diminishing shadows may soon force him to temporarily stop doodling until next spring.
But the director won’t be short of creative jobs as he develops a book showcasing his favorite pieces and works on a short part-animated movie.
