We have previously featured UK-based designer and illustrator Rob Draper’s impressive hand-lettering work on disposable coffee cups—more recently, he has gotten even more creative with his art by making them on unlikely, easily overlooked surfaces.
Essentially, his latest projects are done with objects that are free, and quite often, destined for the trash bin—by putting his beautiful hand-lettered typographic artworks on them, he transforms them into something valuable.
For instance, the free paper napkins from coffee chains like Starbucks and Costa seem to be one of his favorite medium.
In particular, we find the pieces that are drawn across several IKEA pencils to be the most compelling—getting the perspective right must have been very difficult when the pencils keeps moving and threaten to roll away.
We are also very thrilled with how he has managed to render his drawings on things like pencil shavings, and even the underside of a bagel.
View more of Draper’s brilliant work on his Tumblr page, and find out more about the services he offer on his website.
[via Rob Draper]