設計師斯蒂芬·布魯施用香蕉皮作畫

Judging by Stephan Brusche’s creative approach to fruit， he probably didn’t have very good table manners as a child， as clearly he was never told off for playing with his food.

The 37-year-old graphic designer turns humble bananas into iconic characters such as Marilyn Monroe and Homer Simpson as well as animals and famous artworks. His fruity Instagram posts have seen him gather a loyal following almost 15，000 strong.

The Dutch artist hadn’t expected his clever designs to be so moreish but the positive response has led him to release his very first book， Fruitdoodles， which documents his initial 50 creations. He also has his own Fruitdoodle calendar with a different creation for each month of the year.

Although Stephan has now found his edible art to be rather lucrative， the designer says that his famous fruit had very humble beginnings.

He had been in the office and had wanted to post something on Instagram. With a lack of stimulus he turned to his bright yellow snack for inspiration and drew a face on the fruit.

“I took a ballpoint pen and just started drawing. I was pretty amazed how pleasant a banana peel is to draw on，” he said.

Once he had mastered the using a banana skin as a canvas Stephan began to experiment with more ambitious projects.

He continued， “After that I tried to come up with new ideas for drawings while using the shape of the banana in all kinds of clever ways. Trying to keep pushing myself I eventually started to carve in the banana peel as well. They show the things I care about or like the most. Not a real agenda behind it. Mostly fun and whatever idea pops into my head when I look at a banana. Though I like to make more Bible Bananas just to show how fascinating that book is.”

從斯蒂芬·布魯施對水果的玩法來看，他小時候的餐桌禮儀可不怎么樣，也從未被告知不可以拿食物來玩耍。

這位37歲的平面設計師把不起眼的香蕉變成了偶像人物，如瑪麗蓮·夢露、霍默·辛普森，還有一些做成了動物和著名的藝術品。他在Instagram上分享的水果圖片已吸引了將近1.5萬忠實粉絲。

這位荷蘭藝術家并沒想到他的這些巧妙設計會如此受歡迎，這樣的反響也使他推出了個人的第一本書《水果涂鴉》，該書收藏了他最初的50件作品。他還創作了水果涂鴉日歷，日歷上有他為每個月設計的不同作品。

雖然這些“可以吃的藝術品”現在相當值錢，但斯蒂芬表示他設計這些著名水果作品的初衷非常簡單。

當時他在辦公室，想要發點東西到Instagram上，但缺少靈感，于是他從當零食的香蕉上尋找靈感，在這只香蕉上畫了一張臉。

他說：“我拿起圓珠筆開始繪畫。我驚訝極了，在香蕉皮上作畫原來如此令人愉悅。”

能夠熟練用香蕉皮當畫布后，斯蒂芬開始嘗試更具挑戰性的創作。

他還說道：“從那以后我開始嘗試作畫的新花樣，將香蕉的形狀加以各種別出心裁的改造。我試著不斷激勵自己出新，最終，我開始雕刻香蕉皮。我所做的東西都是我在乎或最喜歡的事物。事先并沒有構思，多數是為了好玩，是當我看到香蕉后大腦中蹦出的任何創意。不過我還想制作更多的“香蕉圣經”，只是想告訴人們《圣經》是一本多么引人入勝的書。”