Spectacular Sharpie Art on Styrofoam Cups

Posted by nimda | Filed under Art, Creative, WILD

Most people use paintbrushes and other drawing utensils to compose their art on canvases and paper. Cheeming Boey on the other hand, uses a Sharpie and depicts his art on Styrofoam cups. Ever since 2006, Boey started drawing on foam cups as a hobby and has now turned into a serious business. Each cup takes a few hours to several months to create and is sold for hundreds of dollars around the world.

Check out Boey’s entire collection of cup artwork on his Flickr page.

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Permalink | October 4th, 2009

  • George Clooney
    What would you do if you had an unlimited supply of that material? like, not just the cups but the styrofoam pads they cut up to make those?
  • zykenzie
    I could just imagine some unknowing person using one of these cups, and then ripping it apart, and the owner just like falling to pieces over the sharpie-drawn-on styrofoam cup that he or she just paid a gajillion dollars for. lol
  • Linx
    This is amazing! i wish i were that talented!
  • Veritas
    Maybe it's because I get easily bored, but I've been doing this type of drawing on disposable cups (styrofoam included)/napkins/edges of junkmail/mags/menus etc. etc. since I was a teen (I'm now in my mid-30's/F). I have had many "artistic renderings" with Sharpies on styrofoam too, but have always thrown them away!

    To think of all those masterpieces I had thrown away...why if I had a penny...
  • graffiti writer
    boey should write graff
  • thisth
    this is incredibly inspiring. you truly have a talent for drawing.
  • Greats draws, the frog and the rabbit is the best
    Bye.

    visit
    http://www.flickr.com/caradeliebre
  • Elli
    I LOVE the Daft Punk one! :D
  • jinyour mind
    get a real job
  • mim
    you're an ass who can't appreciate talent. having a "real job" has nothing to do with anything. don't judge the artist just because you fail at creativity and probably have no talent at all. how do you know what a "real job" is anyway? all you know is what society tells you.. and society has a lot of warped opinions that differ from reality. and at least he's creating something beautiful with his time... all you're doing is sitting on your ass and browsing the web and talking shit about the stuff you find; as if that's productive.. why don't you "get a real job". ass hole.
  • blowsmynosewithmagazine
    Styrofoam is awful for the environment. cute but why not switch to paper?
  • Thandi
    So you'd rather cut down trees to be GREEN?
    I think we have a bit of a paradox on our hands.
  • Wasting electricity on the computer is awful for the environment. :'(
  • artlover
    THESE ARE AMAZING!

    I might try this myself since I love sharpies and I love to draw...
    Great source of inspiration too =D
  • jimmyjohnson
    Hey, who doesn't have free styrofoam cups at work? You can't mark on Slurpee cups because of the wax coating. Nessecity isn't just the mother of invention, it's also cheaper.
  • Wonderfully intriguing and marvellous artwork. What an interesting idea!
  • Tr3
    as a fan of sharpies and disposable kitchen-ware, i must say, awesome work. They are all fantastic.
  • emilynono
    I don't know how "green" the styrofoam would be considered *ahem....
    but I LOVE ME SOME SHARPIES!!! Ultra fine point - thank you.
    the dog one toward the bottom is awesome. incredibly talented artists!
  • alissan
    Isn't this the definition of reuse? Making art out of trash is a great idea. Nobody wants to throw them away now. Regardless of the material - now it's worth saving. Kudos.
  • nondimwit
    Green? lol you dimwitted liberals kill me.
  • uhlume
    Ah. "Nondimwit." Thanks for clearing that up for us.
  • nico
    If it's (the styrofoam) gonna stick around forever, it might as well be beautiful.
  • They're insanely beautiful!
  • just-mary
    very cool. great idea.
  • Beautiful collection..
  • dujenwook
    Market one of these to Lil Wayne. Maybe it could be a Hydrocodone molecule?

    Just a thought.

    -Duj
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