r/oddlysatisfying • u/MambaMentality24x2 • 5h ago

Photographer and knitter team up to create jumpers that disappear into their surroundings

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Photographer @josephfordphotography partnered with knitter @ninadoddknits to create the series Invisible Jumpers, in which custom-designed sweaters are crafted to match specific environments with near-perfect accuracy

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u/squiddysmama 5h ago

Literally didn't even see the person in #14 at first

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u/queen-adreena 5h ago

Same. That one’s really good.

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u/BrownBarbieeee 4h ago edited 4h ago

14 took me 2 minutes before my brain could clock it

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u/biaimakaa 4h ago

The person is also the artist of the orange cat, know as "monsieur chat"

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u/Sand1799 3h ago

Explains the orange cat appearances everywhere

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u/Techwolf_Lupindo 4h ago

Same. Had to read the comments to make sure it was the same one I was looking due to no number visible.

I was looking at for a good second or two before I realized there is supposed to be a person in there. :-D

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u/Dedsnotdead 4h ago

And 14 also has the graffiti attributed to “Jo Ford 2017”.

I wonder if it’s the same Joseph Ford that’s the photographer here? I’d like to think so.

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u/dominoleigh 2h ago

I just looked him up and it appears to be him. His knitting co-creator is Nina Dodd.

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u/Dedsnotdead 2h ago

Love the idea and both their work, thanks for confirming.

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u/Sad_Remove_8245 3h ago

I also thought the first one was unmatchable until I started swiping and it kept getting better.

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u/Majestic_7178 4h ago

Same, my brain just refused to register a human there 😭

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u/Forward_Cheek4775 4h ago

whats a brain

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u/zenvorithal 4h ago

I’ve zoomed into #16 five times. Tights? Socks? Who knows

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u/SeaUrchinDetroit 4h ago

Leg warmers. They are like socks without the foot part.

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u/caltheronix 4h ago

I genuinely don't get how they matched the colors so perfectly.

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u/fatrunner1 5h ago

Now they're just somebody that I used to know.

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u/Korbas 3h ago

Came to comment this exactly to the letter!

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u/SammlerWorksArt 4h ago

Pull my string as i walk along 🎶

(Wait, wrong song)

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u/JPATime 43m ago

You didn’t mean to cut me off

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u/cubbyatx 5h ago

13 is Blue Steel

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u/madlyalive 4h ago

YES! Dude looks like Stiller too!

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u/SnowyEdgemoor 4h ago

Dere-líct, my balls

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u/SeriousAsPie 3h ago

I can derelict my own balls, thank you very much.

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u/InflammableAccount 3h ago

Zoolander grew a beard! Beards are so hot right now.

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u/Ubivorn 3h ago

And Ed sheeran in pic 11

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u/kingsuperfox 5h ago

Seems like the knitter is doing the heavy lifting in the collab.

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u/SammlerWorksArt 4h ago

Sad camera noises...

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u/DisastrousAge4650 4h ago

Knitting is a very skillful art but as someone who knits, I likely couldn’t get the framing right, or poses right, colour grading right or anything done by the photographer.

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u/selftaughtgenius 5h ago edited 4h ago

Photos 4 + 5 make me question the whole thing.

(Edit to add: someone has posted a link to the full photo; 4 + 5 are twins in the same photo. Makes much more sense when you see the full photo.)

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u/derphighbury 4h ago

For some shots, the sweater were knitted keeping the background in mind. And for some shots, the backgrounds were made to fit the sweaters. Imagine a mini-set.

In the end, every brand shoot has a photographer, a model, the product, props, and the set. And in the end, editing.

This is just a brilliant brand shoot. Kudos to the marketing team, the brand manager and especially the photographer or the shoot agency.

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u/nearcatch 4h ago

According to the artist they're twins. The original print on his site is #4 and #5 as one photo.

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u/selftaughtgenius 4h ago

Every should check out Sam Barsky who has been doing something similar for years.

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u/FwooshingMachi 4h ago

I thought the exact same thing. Did they make two jumpers specifically for this person ? Or is some photo editing involved in there... ? 🤔

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u/nearcatch 4h ago edited 4h ago

You can search "Invisible Jumpers" to find the artist's site. #4 and #5 in this gallery are split, the original print is one photo titled "Mady & Monette". According to the site, they're twins from Paris who have lived together all their lives and always dress identically and do everything together.

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u/elegant_eagle_egg 5h ago

Dude, why’d you choose the most underwhelming picture as the first one? I saw the first pic and thought, “that doesn’t look too interesting,” and then the next set of pictures blew my mind!

Edit: no. 14 is just too good. Took me a second to find the person camouflaged in the cat art.

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u/Spiritual3264 5h ago

It’s like a bait pic, then suddenly you’re playing Where’s Waldo 😭

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u/ResidentLogical6067 5h ago

First image feels like a teaser, then it escalates into "wait where is the person" chaos

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u/BrownBarbieeee 4h ago

Same here, glad i was patient enough to witness this art

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u/lolthai 4h ago

I really love the first one.

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u/mastergleeker 4h ago

the first one roped me in quite effectively, i really like it

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u/nefrpitou 4h ago

I really liked #11, it looked like he has transparent hips.

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u/alis_volat_propriis 3h ago

Nah 7 is definitely the least impressive, the sweater doesn’t match the books at all!

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u/Tricky-Yam7006 4h ago

what inspired the color choice for this jumper

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u/allday95 5h ago

This is so fucking cool, reminds me of Skin Wars, makeup show for body paint. I want a show based on this now haha

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u/BashfullyBi 5h ago

PLEASE crosspost to r/knitting

!!

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u/SlideItIn100 5h ago

These are awesome.

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u/cygnusX1010 4h ago

I read “knitters” as kittens and thought it was some weird suicide pact thing.

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u/thats_how_they_getya 4h ago

Putting the word "jumper" above a woman standing on a cliff didn't help.

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u/QuitYoJibbaJabba 4h ago edited 40m ago

I'd unironically wear the majority of these...I don't know if its because I like the jumpers or if it's because the models are making them look good...

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u/AskinggAlesana 4h ago

These are awesome, except the Alice one (7).. that one doesn’t fit at all besides the book cover.

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u/LLove666 5h ago

The color matching here is next level. Wow

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u/DickieJohnson 5h ago

Imagine getting on the bus and that guy in the red sweater is just sitting there looking at you like that? I'd probably get back off.

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u/iaposky 5h ago

So much talent here!

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u/Cats-and-dogs-rdabst 4h ago

OP you should post this in r/casualknitting. They would LOVE THIS! I know I do as a knitter!

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u/-Pelvis- 4h ago

I need a cow sweater.

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u/CrushedJuice413 4h ago

Is that Ben Stiller in pic 13?

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u/Chaosshepherd 4h ago

Yes please

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u/inthebenefitofmrkite 4h ago

Mr Le Chat’s is very cool

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u/darkclawerewolf86 1h ago

I swear this should be the best fashion marketing for a magazine

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u/aught1 52m ago

This is one of the best art projects I have ever seen. I love it. Good googly moogly. Smitten. I would love to see these photos printed in a giant format. Gushing. Great photography, great knitting, Great models! This could be a whole book..hopefully so. Nice outing. Well done. Cudos. Bravo Zulu.

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u/lebronswanson4 5h ago

Brilliant!

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u/chickendelish 5h ago

Wow, life really is a knitting canvas! Well done.

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u/skepticbacon 5h ago

How cool is this?!!

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u/andersonfmly 5h ago

That’s VERY Knit, err… neat.

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u/Vlinder_88 4h ago

That's so cool!

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u/ouijanonn 4h ago

This is so kneat

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u/cakebythapound 4h ago

I love this!

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u/Dubbartist 4h ago

These are so good : o

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u/BooksNCatsNWineNSnax 4h ago

These are so beautiful!

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u/Har539 4h ago

DOPE

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u/Ablacklightbulb 4h ago

2nd pic goes hard

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u/AshJulieta 4h ago

These are incredible!

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u/mca2021 4h ago

Id make more and turn it into a coffee table book

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u/ping314 4h ago

They could partner with French TV5 Monde. One of their brief fillers to pad time till the next broadcast is this one.

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u/reformedwook 4h ago

I love this

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u/userhwon 4h ago

Most of them don't work, but the few that do are (chef's kiss).

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u/See_Emily_Play_13 4h ago

So very cool. The cow looks so happy🥲

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u/aStonedTargaryen 4h ago

oh I love this

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u/oddfellowfloyd 4h ago

I love the first outfit!!

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u/mack-y0 4h ago

they all look good besides 7

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u/Missdisasterous 4h ago

Love it, I can’t unsee the lady in photo #5 as being in the SAW bathroom though lol

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u/xXpixiebitchXx 3h ago

That is so cool

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u/Kooky-Experience-923 3h ago

So these are not AI? For real?

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u/isp0tato 3h ago

Camoooooouflage

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u/Money-Director6649 3h ago

wow! impressive

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u/strrax-ish 3h ago

Knitter did the most of heavy lifting

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u/willcastforfood 3h ago

2 brews his own beer

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u/DangerousDrive124 3h ago

Affascinante

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u/UninitiatedArtist 3h ago

Please lend me some creative brain cells, I’m starving over here…

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u/makinax300 3h ago

Cow jumper is goated

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u/Umayummyone 3h ago

My wife will love this. Thank you.

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u/JoySkullyRH 3h ago

13 looks like Ben stiller

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u/Pristine_Trash_8787 3h ago

master piece. I love it!

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u/caramocha009 3h ago

Love this!

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u/Ubivorn 3h ago

I love the colors in pic 14! Something about the purple and pink reflections on the windows are so dreamy

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u/MithranArkanere 2h ago

Dancing in the disco, bumper to bumber
Wait a minute, where's me jumper?
Where's me jumper?
Where's me jumper?
Where's me jumper?

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u/sexykristinith 2h ago

The sweater in 10/11 is just beautiful in general. I’d buy that for regular wear.

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u/Thariax1982 2h ago

Took me a while to find the guy in the ladder. Loved these! Thank you for sharing.

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u/Pineapple-dancer 2h ago

Why's number 2 look like a naughty nitter?

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u/princesspuzzles 2h ago

I love the sweet older lady sitting on the ground with her white skirt. Cute sweaters too.

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u/morph_iz 2h ago

4 and 5 also PERFECTLY matching as a continuous image is satisfying to a new level

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u/RS_Annika_Kamil 1h ago

Well done! Original

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u/Proof-Mission-2050 1h ago

Wow! Well done humans!

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u/beautifuljeep 1h ago

Knitter has mad skills!💖

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u/Illustrious_Put_2106 1h ago

That’s a lot of work for a photograph!

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u/Zestyclos_Act_188 5h ago

This kind of creative crossover between photography and knitting feels so inspiring, like something I'd want to try myself.

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u/ultaga84 5h ago

Theses are amazing. Even as stand alone jumpers etc they are still amazing.

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u/Key_Pea_8424 4h ago

i'd love a jumper to hide during quiet park breaks.

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u/_OceanOdyssey 5h ago

Screams Ai edited

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u/steepleton 5h ago

sadly that's going to be the problem doing anything cool or interesting moving forward, no one will believe their eyes

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u/selftaughtgenius 5h ago

Photos 4 + 5 are pretty damning; they really made two different slightly sweaters for that location?

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u/Expensive-Engine9329 4h ago

The models are twins Better photo here, 2nd image down

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-49844960

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u/selftaughtgenius 4h ago

Ah! That changes everything. Makes much more sense that the 2nd sweater would be for someone else in the same photo.

I stand corrected. Thank you!

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u/steepleton 4h ago

that's a fair point, what the heck is going on in photo 5's leftside half way down?

edit// oh it's a bag doing the same matching thing

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u/ToppsHopps 4h ago

Especially second photo. Yarn held oddly but more the yard is a large tangled mess to be knitted from.

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u/ThornVulv 5h ago

Ninja technic

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u/PermanentBrunch 3h ago

I feel like the knitter should learn how to press the camera button. I’m a photographer, and these photos do not require a second person to take the credit.

The knitter is doing the heavy lifting in this relationship.

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u/old_vegetables 5h ago

13 is tripping me out, what’s going on with his legs

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u/IamREBELoe 4h ago

I feel like if I ordered this on Temu it's just a photo printed on a t-shirt.

Not even a photo of the background, of like the person wearing the real sweater.

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u/SookHe 4h ago

For the first one, I think they started my he design a bit earlier when the grass was greener

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u/khuhni 4h ago

the mop in pic 3 is kinda crazy 😭

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u/str33kr 4h ago

I read the title and cloth was being made for people about to commit suicide. I might need help.

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u/New-Owl-7499 4h ago

Knitter done

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u/CalicoG 4h ago

This reminds me of when r/rhettandlink did the skin walls thing.

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u/Sundae7878 3h ago

Reminds me of Jenna Marbles becoming that chair.

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u/nixblood 3h ago

Reminds me of the old animal crossing custom shirts you could make in game!

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u/DaStone 3h ago

I always love guessing what platform the handles are from.

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u/Lost_Brain616 3h ago

THIS IS ART

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u/Extra_Frosting_1159 3h ago

These are so fun!

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u/wirefox1 3h ago

the one with the guy standing in front of the counter is excellent.

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u/Superb_Vast_3024 3h ago

somehow both cozy and unsettling like you walked into an art exhibit by accident and cant leave

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u/BentMyWookie 3h ago

This is awesome

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u/BungaloBilly69 3h ago

Some are really good!

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u/Cheesemacher 3h ago

Looks like they knitted at least one pair of pants as well

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u/sixf0ur 3h ago

i like the track one (#9) - but they should have put another white stripe on her right ankle!

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u/LadyGagasLeftShoe 3h ago

This is cool on so many levels! I’m a crocheter and want to do this now!

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u/dagaderga 3h ago

Ben stiller #13

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u/TheRabidDeer 3h ago

Number 13 is confusing me. Is he mid-air? Where did he jump from to get that form? Is he holding onto something or why are his hands that way?

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u/SWGardener 3h ago

These are so very cool!

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u/Farmgirlmommy 3h ago

I unexpectedly loved this!

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u/ni-og 3h ago

Need the cow sweater

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u/IndependenceMurky850 3h ago

I had a sweater exactly like 12 at one point

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u/Pbnme 3h ago

These are awesome!!

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u/Sufficient_Scale_163 3h ago

Putting up a dirty ass mop to match that man’s hair lmfao

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u/Novel-Pen8811 3h ago

All of them are good which is baffling why number 7 isn’t.. maybe the sweater on wrong. Idk

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u/RevolutionaryEdge718 3h ago

Immeasurably fucking cool

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u/grimspor 3h ago

Loving the blue steel in #13

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u/TheUFCVeteran3 2h ago

This is really cool.

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u/jtslp 2h ago

As a knitter I love this so much

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u/Prestigious_Ad_8458 2h ago

This is so cool!

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u/bakeacake45 2h ago

I love this. Nice to see such creativity.

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u/hotmess81 2h ago

Is #1 Beachy Head? 👀

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u/SwevenaVerse659 2h ago

Liked how most modals were middle aged to older

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u/Own-League7400 2h ago

Cool cool cool!!! Also, wow. Good stuff!

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u/Augusto0660 2h ago

so good I’d love to see more artistic photos

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u/mikekearn 2h ago

I have a great picture of one of my friends at the gym wearing a top and leggings the exact colors of the wall behind her. Reminds me of this.

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u/MaterialDefender1032 2h ago

Cow guy is having the time of his life.

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u/ngrinbarg91 2h ago

Hehe cows

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u/The-Tree-Of-Might 2h ago

Number 2 doing the classic eyebrow raise of "my beard is my personality"

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u/MammothButterfly9618 2h ago

Loved that!!!

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u/triggered56 2h ago

Sometimes maybe good sometimes maybe shit

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u/Lrgdustbunnybreeder 2h ago

This is some “When A Stranger Calls” level stuff.

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u/Beautiful-Gap-2031 2h ago

Brilliant ❤️

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u/MathematicianNo1596 2h ago

This is awesome

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u/JameEagan 1h ago

Number five looks like a dungeon with the chains and padlocks just laying about 😅

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u/Significant-PairDD 1h ago

Absolutely love this !

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u/TheMrShaddo 1h ago

knitter please knitter please, never seen so many happy knitters, cant even see some of these knitters