Belgian filmmaker and visual artist Vincent Bal calls himself a shadowologist.
Bal uses shadows and reflected light of random, everyday items to complete his compositions, transforming minimal sketches into unique works of art.
Bal’s “shadowology” (a term coined by Bal and the title of his art book) began by accident, recounting its inception in an interview with Bored Panda, “I was working on a film script when I noticed that the shadow that my teacup made on my desk looked a lot like an elephant. I drew some eyes in the shadow and gave the animal legs and then took a picture that I posted on my social media page.”
“My friends all reacted quite enthusiastically, and I thought it was funny too, so I said to myself ‘I’m going to try and make one of these shadow doodles every day and see if I can make a hundred of them,’” Bal added.
In the eight years since Bal’s first shadow-sketch, he’s amassed over a million Instagram followers and has exhibited his art all over the world.
The key to Bal’s creativity? He tries not to overthink it, saying “The only thing you need is some paper, a pen, and a relaxed mind.”
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