X-Mans Art Show: Children of the Coloring Book

10 years ago, pop artist Brandon Bird found an X-Men coloring & activity book filled with awful sketches at a dollar store. Brandon eventually decided to turn it into a collaborative work with his fellow artist friends. But instead of simply coloring its pages, they each picked a sketch in the book and made original art based on it.

x mans 1 by Brandon Birdmagnify

Brandon presented the artworks under the appropriate name X-Mans earlier this month at the Nucleus gallery in L.A. Here are some of the pieces:

x mans 2 by Amy Dixon 620x424magnify

x mans 3 by Kelsy Abbott 620x322magnify

x mans 4 by Jeff Ramirez 620x437magnify

x mans 5 by Joel Fox 620x427magnify

x mans 6 by John Larriva 620x423magnify

x mans 7 by Erin Pearce 620x244magnify

x mans 8 by Nick James 620x452magnify

x mans 9 by Brandon Bird 620x299magnify

x mans 10 by Dyna Moe 620x414magnify

x mans 11 by Nate Carle 620x434magnify

As you can see, most of the pieces are lighthearted – Nate Carle’s Fourclops looks like it actually came from the sketchbook – but a couple of them made the best out of the source material, such as Amy Dixon’s Grey’s Anatomy and Erin Pearce’s Magneto Hates Birthdays.  Have your browser wear Cerebro and head to Brandon’s website to see all of X-Mans. Brandon is also selling prints of some of the pieces on his online shop.

[via Archie McPhee]

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