FROM THE world famous Girl with a Pearl Earring painting to a jaguar in the grass, these incredible drawings are created from coloured ballpoint pens. These amazing illustrations were created by Portuguese solicitor and artist Samuel Silva, who has had a strong interest in drawing since he was two years old. ‘I have been interested in drawing since the very first time I ever touched a pencil and a sheet of paper, when I was two years old.’ says 31 year old Samuel, now of London. ‘After that day, I never stopped drawing. Unlike most children, I didn’t start by scribbling; I just instinctively drew straight away.
Leaping out of the ocean, a group of gentoo penguins fly through the air before landing safely on an iceberg .
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RAISING his flipper, this two day old seal pup gives a wave to the camera .
These are the faces of orphans suffering from the horrifying effects of chemical warfare .
Surveying its surroundings, a tiny harvest mouse climbs the stem of a dandelion .
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It's incredible to think anyone could live in such horrendous squalor - yet two men have been prosecuted for keeping their homes in such revolting conditions that it was no longer fit for their animals .
Families in an Indian slum put their lives on the line by living on top of an ACTIVE railway track .