Gallery: Wildly Detailed Drawings That Combine Math and Butterflies
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Rafael Araujo creates hyper-detailed drawings of nature.
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His illustrations use mathematical principles.
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Butterflies take flight amidst a web of perfectly drawn lines and helixes.
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A look at a drawing in its early stages.
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A shell emerges from a conical structure.
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Araujo begins many of his drawings by creating a scaffolding, which helps guide his lines.
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Here you can see the box.
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As soon as he's finished drawing ink onto the canvas, he fills in details with acrylic paint.
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“When I was young I began drawing perspective almost out of the blue,” Araujo says.
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Detail of the butterflies.
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Each illustration takes him upwards of 100 hours, and that’s if he doesn’t mess up.
