14 DAY TRIAL // This might come as a bit of a shock to some people, but the paintings featured in the gallery below weren't created using a regular brush. In fact, a brush had nothing whatsoever to do with their coming into being.
Long story short, these paintings are actually tire tracks carefully arranged to recreate the outline of world famous landmarks. That's right, tire tracks, as in the marks that bicycles sometimes leave on the ground.
A most gifted artist
As detailed by Oddity Central, the paintings are the work of a Singapore-based designer/illustrator who goes by the name of Thomas Yang. Apparently, the designer likes to refer to these artworks of his as bike print illustrations.
This is because, to create them, he starts by coating otherwise perfectly ordinary bicycle tires with a carefully chosen black pigment. After this, he simply takes the tires out for a spin on a plain piece of paper and ends up creating insane patterns.
When observed from a distance, these patterns bear a striking resemblance to famous landmarks such as the Eiffel Tower, the Empire State Building, and the London Bridge. Truth be told, these tire paintings are way cooler than anyone could ever hope to create using a brush.
The works of art Thomas Yang has until now created using nothing but bicycle tires and black pigment are all included in a series dubbed 100copies. This is because each and every one of creations only comes in 100 prints.
To certify to this, the paintings each have a name stamped on them, together with an edition number and a short description. Despite the fact that the artist calls them copies, the 100 representations of one landmark or another are not perfectly identical.
“All of the products you see here are original designs created by him and are limited to, as the name suggests, 100 copies. Each piece of work will be watermarked, labeled with the title and edition number. As such, no two copies are ever completely identical,” the designer explains.
What gave him the idea to paint using tires?
Apparently, this artist is very fond of bicycles and everything having to do with them. Thus, he says that he developed a taste for creating works of art using bicycle tires and black pigment in an attempt to combine his two greatest passions: cycling and painting.
Hence the fact that each and every one of his works is accompanied by a message encouraging people to at least give cycling a try. For instance, his representation of the London Bridge is dubbed “God Save the Bike,” and the message accompanying it reads as follows:
“Come traffic, hell, or high water, nothing wills stop London’s rising bike culture, thanks to its protected cycle lanes. Admire its leafy parks and iconic architecture, including the tower bridge, meticulously crafted here with 11 unique tire tracks. Keep calm and ride on.”
True, it probably takes a cycling enthusiast to fully understand this message. Still, pretty much everybody can agree that this designer's work is pretty amazing.
