By Jack | Posted on: October 4, 2009 | 495 Comments

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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  • dujenwook

    Market one of these to Lil Wayne. Maybe it could be a Hydrocodone molecule?

    Just a thought.

    -Duj

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  • http://seoinra.wordpress.com/ SeoInra

    Beautiful collection..

  • just-mary

    very cool. great idea.

  • http://dailynoir.myopenid.com/ DAILY NOIR

    They're insanely beautiful!

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  • 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!

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  • http://www.treymoody.com/ Tr3

    as a fan of sharpies and disposable kitchen-ware, i must say, awesome work. They are all fantastic.

  • nondimwit

    Green? lol you dimwitted liberals kill me.

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  • http://captainhowdy.com Captain_Howdy

    Wonderfully intriguing and marvellous artwork. What an interesting idea!

  • uhlume

    Ah. “Nondimwit.” Thanks for clearing that up for us.

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  • nico

    If it's (the styrofoam) gonna stick around forever, it might as well be beautiful.

  • 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.

  • artlover

    THESE ARE AMAZING!

    I might try this myself since I love sharpies and I love to draw…
    Great source of inspiration too =D

  • blowsmynosewithmagazine

    Styrofoam is awful for the environment. cute but why not switch to paper?

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  • jinyour mind

    get a real job

  • Thandi

    So you'd rather cut down trees to be GREEN?
    I think we have a bit of a paradox on our hands.

  • http://profiles.yahoo.com/u/PMBT6A6U3HV76F2V5WU3M23ALU Ixxy

    Wasting electricity on the computer is awful for the environment. :'(

  • Elli

    I LOVE the Daft Punk one! :D

  • http://www.flickr.com/caradeliebre Caradeliebre

    Greats draws, the frog and the rabbit is the best
    Bye.

    visit
    http://www.flickr.com/caradeliebre

  • thisth

    this is incredibly inspiring. you truly have a talent for drawing.

  • 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.

  • graffiti writer

    boey should write graff

  • 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.

  • 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…

  • Linx

    This is amazing! i wish i were that talented!

  • 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

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  • 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?

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    great advery for sharpie, amazing art, well done!

  • http://heycheri.livejournal.com/ Cheri

    So sick. Added the first image to my vi.sualize.us :)
    Really inspirational work, man! Also, just so you know, when I type into the “Name” and “Email” and “website” forms, the text is white so it doesn't show up on the white background. I am using the latest firefox browser. Hope that helps you with your bugs!

  • 1lumorgan2

    These are great! You're a wonderful artist and I've never seen anyone draw on styrofoam cups before!

  • http://www.pipes4mike.com/ Pipe Mike

    WOW! I loved looking at these! Everyone who said you're talented is totally correct (ignore the ass-wipes who condemn it – What do they know?). You're work is really awe inspiring. You could make some in certain themes and donate them to a charity auction, I'll bet. They'd make some good money, and you'd be doing something you enjoy to fill your time!

    Keep on doing what you enjoy!

  • http://www.pipes4mike.com/ Pipe Mike

    WOW! I loved looking at these! Everyone who said you're talented is totally correct (ignore the ass-wipes who condemn it – What do they know?). You're work is really awe inspiring. You could make some in certain themes and donate them to a charity auction, I'll bet. They'd make some good money, and you'd be doing something you enjoy to fill your time!

    Keep on doing what you enjoy!

  • charlesrinko

    Wow, truly amazing artists. I love it.

    Jess
    http://www.total-anonymity.cz.tc

  • RxQu33n

    this puts my doodles on Styrofoam cups to shame! Very beautiful though I love the Daft Punk one

  • http://www.myspace.com/amandacottreau Amanda

    Brilliant work!

  • http://www.myspace.com/amandacottreau Amanda

    Brilliant work!

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  • itsnicobabyyy

    omg. this is sooooooooooooooo great. :) lololove it~!

  • itsnicobabyyy

    omg. this is sooooooooooooooo great. :) lololove it~!

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