This guy quit his job to become a full-time banana artist
PUBLISHED ONJune 04, 2017 3:00 AMBySam Haysom
Historically, bananas have had just two main uses: 1) a source of nourishment, and 2) a handy way to spin rival plumbers off course in a go-kart race.
As it turns out, though, there's a third use.
For the past six years, 39-year-old Stephan Brusche from Rotterdam, the Netherlands, has been turning them into works of art.
Brusche uses a combination of toothpicks, a knife, and a ball-point pen to transform his bananas. The whole process - from sketching out an idea to sharing it online - takes two to three hours.
You can see the stages broken down in the video below:
"I draw on the banana with a regular ballpoint pen," Brusche explained. "After that I strategically cut away pieces of the peel to give it a more 3D look and feel. To hold pieces of the peel up I stick toothpicks in the banana behind the peel. Sometimes I also use paint."
When the banana's ready he snaps it on his iPhone, adds a filter and uploads it to his Instagram account.
Brusche tumbled into the world of banana art almost by accident.
"My wife had been pushing me to use Instagram for awhile, saying it would be great for promoting my illustrations and comics I'd been doing in my spare time alongside my work as a graphic designer," he explained.
One day during his lunch hour, he decided to try it out. As he was in the office, though, interesting photograph opportunities were tricky to find.
"I then noticed I still had a banana left from lunch and figured it would make a fun picture if I just drew a little happy face on it," Brusche said.
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