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This dad uses Photoshop to turn his kids' drawings into reality - and the results are terrifying

Tom Curtis works in content marketing in the UK, but it's his own content that's going viral.

This dad uses Photoshop to turn his kids' drawings into reality - and the results are terrifying

On his Instagram account @thingsihavedrawn, he takes his son's drawings...

On his Instagram account @thingsihavedrawn, he takes his son

 

And uses Photoshop to bring them to life.

And uses Photoshop to bring them to life.

 

The results are somewhere between adorable and creepy.

The results are somewhere between adorable and creepy.

 

Like this portrait of Curtis that looks harmless as a cartoon...

Like this portrait of Curtis that looks harmless as a cartoon...

 

Then forays into the uncanny valley.

Then forays into the uncanny valley.

 

The "uncanny valley" describes a phenomenon in which images appear human, but are not quite right and thus cause a sense of unease.

Not all of Curtis' images are frightening, like this clownfish that's cute enough to be a scene-stealer in "Finding Nemo."

Not all of Curtis

 

Or this harmlessly ill-proportioned penguin.

Or this harmlessly ill-proportioned penguin.

 

Inanimate objects are also fair game, like the new family car.

Inanimate objects are also fair game, like the new family car.

 

The father-son team's imaginative, unnerving photos hit the front page of Reddit.

The father-son team

 

"I think Dom and I are going viral," Curtis tweeted when @thingsihavedrawn passed 44,000 followers.

"I think Dom and I are going viral," Curtis tweeted when @thingsihavedrawn passed 44,000 followers.

 

Indeed.

Indeed.

 


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