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Graphic artist dad Adrian Sommeling photoshops his son into fantastic and surreal images

18 Nov, 2016

Adrian Sommeling's extraordinary imagination lets his son be anything he wants to be.

Graphic artist dad Adrian Sommeling photoshops his son into fantastic and surreal images

Graphic artist dad Adrian Sommeling photoshops his son into fantastic and surreal images

Like many trigger-happy parents, photographer graphic designer Adrian Sommeling’s favorite subject is his child, son Nic. But his photos aren’t close to the run-of-the-mill portraits you’d find in most family albums. By piecing together different photographs, the Amsterdam-based artist creates images that are out of this world.

Sommeling tells The Daily Mail that it was only natural that he use his son in his art. "It's not that I had planned the series with my son," the 50-year-old dad said. "It was more that I needed a model for the stories that I had in mind, and he was always there, so it was easy to put him in the photo."

The most critical part of creating these images is finding the right background image. "Sometimes I walk for months with several ideas in my mind just waiting till I see somewhere a background that I need," Sommeling explained. "When I have a background it all can be finished in a day, from taking the photos of the models in the studio till the post-processing part."

Sommeling’s whimsical images are perfect for his son’s age, but what will he do when his son grows older? One Facebook commenter asked that very question, and the dad replied: "I’ll just have to find stories that belong to his age."

(All photos from Adrian Sommeling’s Facebook page)

"My son, dreaming of being Spiderman"

"My son, dreaming of being Spiderman"

Surfing in Singapore

Surfing in Singapore

"Look, ma!"

"Look, ma!"

"Created this composite around 4 years ago. It's about my son seeing a magic world around him and is trying to show that to his mother. But she is only busy with her iPad. Now, 4 years later it's the other way around."
Giants in the streets of Dubai

Giants in the streets of Dubai

Nic as Pinocchio

Nic as Pinocchio

Peeling the sun out of a puddle

Peeling the sun out of a puddle

Father and son out in a windy day

Father and son out in a windy day

Leading a herd of rhinos

Leading a herd of rhinos

Pokemon Go

Pokemon Go

"Since my son is playing Pokemon Go I realize that there are Pokemon all around us. I never saw them before and saw this one too late."
Rowing down a river in a wooden clog

Rowing down a river in a wooden clog

Ruffians!

Ruffians!

Nic as Mowgli from The Jungle Book

Nic as Mowgli from The Jungle Book

That's not a tennis ball!

That's not a tennis ball!

On an old train

On an old train

"Your son is so lucky to grow up being part of your magical world," one Facebook commenter wrote. "Imagine as he grows older looking back at all the wonderful memories you created for you both."
Taking the top off

Taking the top off

"This symbolizes that my son is growing older and slowly goes his own way"

"This symbolizes that my son is growing older and slowly goes his own way"

READ: 17-year-old transforms herself into iconic women in film

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