Super Shadows Art Series Features Kids’ Inner Superheroes

Artist Jason Ratliff created this great geek art series called “Super Shadows.” Each of the illustrations feature children imagining themselves as superheroes, and the shadows reveal their inner hero. 

The artist talked about his inspiration of the series in an interview with Curioos. This is what he had to say:

“This series of “Super Shadows” comes after my original series “Walking Shadows”, which illustrates various peoples’, animals’, and objects’ shadows with an abstract, low-poly feel. The series first started after flipping through an old sketchbook of unfinished ideas. I came across an old drawing of an unassuming elderly woman. The only thing I had yet to draw was the shadow. The drawing was at least 5 or 6 years old. I remember not finishing it because I didn’t know where to take it. But after all that time, once I saw it again everything clicked. I instantly knew how I wanted to finish that one and I instantly knew what I was going to do for the next 3 pieces. It all grew from there. Unlike the first shadows, which explore everything from people to animals to objects, this new series of “Super Shadows” is wholeheartedly focused on the inherent power of a child’s potential and imagination.”

Prints are available to purchase online from Curioos.