There’s doodling in your textbook. And then, there’s elevating these drawings to a wonderfully twisted art form.
Previously, Kotaku showed off inventive school text drawings from throughout Asia.
https://kotaku.com/if-youre-going-to-deface-your-school-books-do-it-well-5988248
Here are some more terrific textbook doodles
#受験生 #落書き #MGS こんな教科書で受験勉強が出来るか！！！！ pic.twitter.com/t5zWPNlCFx
— EightBall /はっちゃん (@Wingman18c) November 2, 2015
保健の教科書がすごいことにｗｗｗ pic.twitter.com/NGqCOnSDGe
— 笑える教科書の落書きBot (@waraerurakugaki) January 19, 2019
今さっき中学校の教科書整理してたんだけど私中2の英語の教科書落書きしすぎてる pic.twitter.com/l4bdpWWkr1
— ୨୧きくたろ୨୧ (@0729Kinoko) March 20, 2017
お前ら本当勉強しろよ！新たな才を開花させすぎな教科書の落書き15選 http://t.co/TzcRXoUp8J pic.twitter.com/kgqNSit6Ba
— 動画メディアはワッツ (@whats_jp) November 8, 2014
教科書に落書きして遊んでた人RTww pic.twitter.com/5wWOaJlppf
— 🐣けけ様@相互垢🐣 (@K_Enjyoji) July 15, 2017
教科書に落書き〜保健体育〜 pic.twitter.com/Nf7omOIX3S
— レンジ (@rennzi384) December 3, 2018
中学時代の教科書の落書き発掘した pic.twitter.com/Wo0v2JB4E2
— こちまき@7/13 西2ノ17a (@ko_chimaki) February 16, 2017
進撃風 pic.twitter.com/KauytgWUm0
— 笑える教科書の落書きBot (@waraerurakugaki) January 23, 2019
Chanta is pushing the envelope even further, by erasing and redrawing the textbook images—instead of simply doodling over them. The resulting tableau looks completely different and totally subversive.
For his scribbles or “rakugaki” (落書き) as they’re called in Japanese, Chanta uses textbooks. English language textbooks seem to be among his favorite.
Here’s what he did to create the above image:
And so this image:
落書きしまーす(犯行予告) pic.twitter.com/X0xtB0a20m
— 茶んた（chanta） (@Chanta_in_inari) June 6, 2013
Is turned into something very different:
今日の落書き pic.twitter.com/efkDGOsbJ1
— 茶んた（chanta） (@Chanta_in_inari) June 6, 2013
Here is a selection of some of Chanta’s silly scrawls:
今日の落書き pic.twitter.com/oSTKstfqbJ
— 茶んた（chanta） (@Chanta_in_inari) June 9, 2013
https://twitter.com/embed/status/338610594712272897
https://twitter.com/embed/status/377744353076445185
https://twitter.com/embed/status/339698943933939712
https://twitter.com/embed/status/340068188786135040
https://twitter.com/embed/status/348422121728401409
https://twitter.com/embed/status/383876247572316160
今日の落書き pic.twitter.com/YxP6YVUoYR
— 茶んた（chanta） (@Chanta_in_inari) June 7, 2013
https://twitter.com/embed/status/348772580141957121
今日の落書き pic.twitter.com/lhGgQdEFQp
— 茶んた（chanta） (@Chanta_in_inari) June 17, 2013
https://twitter.com/embed/status/347319808049704960
https://twitter.com/embed/status/345139124921049091
今日の落書き pic.twitter.com/E2LJeOTKod
— 茶んた（chanta） (@Chanta_in_inari) June 16, 2013
https://twitter.com/embed/status/369434245988487168
https://twitter.com/embed/status/342979392596738049
https://twitter.com/embed/status/392597752204378113
https://twitter.com/embed/status/708205232480583680
This article was originally published on September 30, 2013. It has since been updated.
