Smoking is commonly seen as a vice, health hazard, and sometimes a dangerous weapon, and in the eyes of most non-smokers, smoking has virtually zero benefits — be it to the person smoking, the people around them, or, well, pretty much the entire universe.
However, if there was one thing related to smoking that smokers and non-smokers alike could enjoy, it would probably these tobacco art pieces made out of nothing but cigarettes!
I am a non-smoker who lives with a smoker, and to me, the smell of an ashtray with three days’ worth of cigarette butts in it reeks more than a month’s worth of unwashed laundry. If all the non-smokers in the world are on the same page as I am, then the inspiration to create art out of cigarette ash would probably come exclusively to smokers because I definitely wouldn’t want to work with cigarette ash for hours on end.
Created by Japanese Twitter user Shinrashinge (@shin___geki), these little ashy art pieces are said to take as long as two days to complete. The ashtray portraits he creates are made mostly out of cigarette ash, sometimes mixed with a pinch of tobacco leaves from the cigarettes to give it a pop of color.
▼ Shinrashinge played around with the remains of his puff for about two hours and Sanji came to life in his ashtray.
たばこの灰と葉で2時間ぐらいあそんでた(ー ー;)
— しんらしんげ shinrashinge (@shin___geki) October 8, 2014
なにやってたんやろ pic.twitter.com/OGpngiLE4A
暇つぶしでたばこの灰と葉で描いたもの
— しんらしんげ shinrashinge (@shin___geki) April 12, 2015
もういいやタバコは.. pic.twitter.com/0iGOh2Mzco
▼ He says that real people are much more difficult; Steve Jobs took about two days to create.
ちょと現実の人間になるとかなり難しい。思ったようにできなかった~_~;
— しんらしんげ shinrashinge (@shin___geki) April 19, 2015
これでタバコやめます多分 pic.twitter.com/vJvzgti44n
Apart from tobacco art, the creative 22-year-old also uses his artistic talents to recreate popular characters in the form of edible masterpieces such as fruit carvings and some absolutely adorable pieces of toast!
ポケモンりんご pokemon apple pic.twitter.com/fyMU87p2G7
— しんらしんげ shinrashinge (@shin___geki) January 18, 2015
2ヶ月ぶりぐらいのTwitter。
— しんらしんげ shinrashinge (@shin___geki) December 26, 2014
onepieceの悪魔の実作った。
りんごが安かったんで pic.twitter.com/T5FsVQMgFv
ピカチュウフルーツ pic.twitter.com/alwlgKozw9
— しんらしんげ shinrashinge (@shin___geki) April 17, 2015
▼ A pear (Funassyi) in a pear! Pear-ception!
フルーツカットに挑戦
— しんらしんげ shinrashinge (@shin___geki) September 26, 2014
梨に入浴するふなっしー pic.twitter.com/tljPRSd8jU
▼ Doraemon’s magical door teleports from plate to plate.
食パン二枚でつくってみた。腰が痛い
— しんらしんげ shinrashinge (@shin___geki) July 15, 2014
どこでもドアのドラえもんパン
なんかもっときれいに描けないかな pic.twitter.com/aiI5NykQ8w
連休の暇つぶしにつくったクレヨンしんちゃん兄妹食パン。 pic.twitter.com/VWH71CQuNS
— しんらしんげ shinrashinge (@shin___geki) January 12, 2015
今まで作ったプーさん絵本の食パン
— しんらしんげ shinrashinge (@shin___geki) April 12, 2015
納得いかず何度も作ってた(・_・; pic.twitter.com/lkRkTHkObq
▼ We want that Pikachu pudding!
なんかこんなプリンとか作って休日終わらせてしまった~_~; pic.twitter.com/VKsV7yEga1
— しんらしんげ shinrashinge (@shin___geki) April 29, 2015
▼ And did we mention that he draws on his arm too?
ふたつとも腕の絵は変えてない
— しんらしんげ shinrashinge (@shin___geki) July 14, 2014
前に描いたやつ
昔からいくら鍛えても腕だけは筋肉つかない
切実な悩みです pic.twitter.com/or45o0BPxk
初イラスト投稿
— しんらしんげ shinrashinge (@shin___geki) July 3, 2014
巨人になってライナーと戦って見た。 pic.twitter.com/G0rQkAzH90
@faridyu ダルビッシュ選手のような球を投げたくて腕に描いて見ました。どうでしょうか。 pic.twitter.com/de4taAPmpn
— しんらしんげ shinrashinge (@shin___geki) December 31, 2014
Shinrashinge has revealed his intention to quit smoking in his posts, which probably means that we won’t get to see more of his tobacco-inspired creations if he does succeed in weaning off the cigs… which is a bit of a shame since he’s so good at it, but at least he’ll have healthier lungs. Maybe he could take up sand-art instead?
Besides, with that much talent and creativity, we’re pretty sure we’ll be seeing more amazing stuff from this young man, even without his trusty cigarettes. If you like his creations, follow him on Twitter or Instagram!
Source/Images: Twitter via Zhaizhai News
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