If it were you, how would you decorate your own house? Do you want simple and atmospheric , or retro and warm ?
The artist I want to introduce to you today is extraordinary because he actually painted his million pound mansion with black and white graffiti paintings .
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In order to complete this work, he used 900 liters white paint, 401 cans black spray paint,
86 bottles black painting paint and
296 pen tip , turning this ordinary, 12 rooms big house into his dream room.
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Floor, wall, ceiling, window, stove, bedside table, this young artist spent
years to paint all the newly bought houses on his representative graffiti paintings .
So who is this crazy artist?
He is a young artist from the UK, Sam Cox. Perhaps everyone will be more familiar with his stage name "Mr.Doodle".
He is now 28 years old and was rated as the fifth artist of the year for successful auction by Artnet in 2021 . His works are not only favored by collectors, but also loved by the market. Fendi, Samsung, Puma and other first-line brands are rushing to cooperate with him.
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This house renovation, according to Sam, is His dream since he was 18 years old . He hand-painted every corner of the house. Unlike many people's mentality of pursuing perfection, even if there is a small mistake, he doesn't care. is important to enjoy the process.
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The editor secretly complained that the drawings are so dense that you can't find out if you make an error. (Escape with the lid of the pot...
Although some netizens said that the design of this house is a nightmare, and just looking at the photos makes people dizzy and vomit. But Sam insists that living in such a completely graffitied mansion is "paragraph"!
Every room has special theme , the bathroom is the ocean, the bedroom is the dream, the corridor is the stairs is the heaven and hell. It is not difficult to see that Sam has super passion for painting and rich imagination .
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was born in Sam in 1994. He fell in love with random graffiti when he was 2 years old. On paper, on the floor of the home, on the wall, Mr. Doodle will draw all the time, as if the world does not allow blank space to appear.
He also said self-deprecatingly, "My painting style is OCD- Obsessive Compulsive Drawing compulsive painting ”.
Rather than saying that he is painting, he uses brushes and lines to construct his graffiti kingdom . Drawing is his way of communicating with the world.
Although many people criticize his paintings for being too messy and childish, Sam said that
Mr. Doodle
"Being able to draw and create your own world is a very interesting thing for , and sometimes it's very interesting. I'm not afraid that people will laugh at me or they don't understand."
Maybe geniuses and madmen are really just a line away.
From the Appear Hear pop-up store renovated in 2015, to the 2017 London Street 50-hour painting marathon , to the 2021 special exhibition , Mr. Doodle's every move has received widespread attention .
And the dense characters and scenes he constructed with black lines also created 's impressive unique style .
Such an innovative creative style has also attracted nearly 12.68 million fans on on Instagram. In the six months since joining Xiaohongshu , it also received more than 800,000 attention from .
I have to say that in addition to its eye-catching style, the rapid development of social media of and people's love for breaking rules makes Mr. Doodle can leave a brilliant mark in the art history of this era.
For these trendy arts, the rapid development of self-media is the best era! Everyone can show their hobbies on self-media, Everyone can be the next Mr.Doodle!
