thomas lamadieu draws whimsical art scenes into the sky

thomas lamadieu draws whimsical art scenes into the sky
all images courtesy of the artist

french artist thomas lamadieu has illustrated a series of scenes in the sky directly onto photographs of urban landscapes. looking upwards, the images capture the strangely proportioned negative space that forms between the tops of buildings, framed by the bright blue sky that peeks through the panorama. the artist draws within these open spaces, delineating whimsical characters and quirky scenes cleverly fitting into the cloudy expanse. fitting heads between roofs, bodies inside buildings and limbs between structural shaft ways, the illustrations play off the architecture in clever and quirky ways. examples include an underwater scuba diver squished between two residential sites and a squatting graffiti artist spray painting a cloud onto the sky. ‘my artistic aim is to show a different perception of urban architecture and the everyday environment around us, what we can construct with a boundless imagination.’ he explains.

a graffiti artist fits into the scene, painting a cloud onto the sky

three characters draw onto the sky

a character sits on the surface of sea

the quirky man, whose eyes are drawn on the palms of his hands, fits between the urban sites

a tourist bearing a camera and polaroid picture squeezes between the buildings

a seated scuba diver with cloud covered shorts cleverly fits in the negative space formed by the buildings

the character sits on a sofa with his cat and holds an image of the landscape on which he is placed

a collaged image illustrates a character holding an airplane in the air

two figures hold cloud balloons on which a larger character is cleverly seated atop

a colorful pirate dressed in a funky outfit holds a painting of an island landscape

 
two characters, one holding the other in a jack-in-a-box-like frame, fit within the negative space

a man and a sheep are squeezed between the urban towers

 
two painters fit within the space that reveals the sky