French Artist Turns Boring Building Facades Into Drawings Full Of Life

Published 8 years ago

Patrick Commecy found paper canvases too limiting for his drawings, so he chose something a bit bigger… and when we say ‘bigger’, we’re talking 6 storeys bigger.

The French artist has been filling boring grey walls of apartment buildings with hyper-realistic scenes of bustling and vibrant communities, often spiced up with a bit of the surreal.

The cool bit is that some of the characters who inhabit these 2D apartments are actually based on real people, who played a significant role in communities where the murals are placed. An awesome idea of how to liven up sleepy suburbia while also building on its very own history.

More info: a-fresco.com (h/t: boredpanda)

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Juliette et les esprits

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Renaissance

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La galerie V

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Cinéma-Cannes

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Au fil de Loire

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Le café des acteurs

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Tableaux d’Eyzin-Pinet

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Clochemerle

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La fée verte

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Café de l’Aqueduc

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Roméo et Juliette

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Les Dolto

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La guinguette

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Stars’ kisses

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Porte des Lavandières

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Porte de l’amour courtois

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L’arbre aux oiseaux

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Cinéma “Le Vallois”

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Vive la récré

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Aquarium

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L’Arlesienne

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Les guides de Chamonix

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