How a Small Idea Can Turn Into a Major Artwork - Albin Ramstedt at TEDxYouth@BIS

Albin is a 2010/11 Grade Six student at Bonn International School. He was born in Stockholm, Sweden, which is where he lived until the age of eleven, when he moved to Bonn, Germany. Albin is interested in art, specifically drawing, and football.

Hello, my name's Albin
and I'll be talking about

how a small idea
can turn into a major art project.

So, I'm gonna talk about my drawings.

What I draw?
I usually draw fantasy things

like dragons, elves, dwarfs.

A bit of a Lord of The Rings viewings.

I don't draw portraits, but I sometimes sketch
glasses and flowers.

So I don't look at people
and then draw them on the art class.

But I imagine people sometimes
in my mind and then just draw them.

I also draw abstract
and patterns just for fun,

because it's easy
and it looks good at the end.

I also draw comics, I think that's
what I draw the most.

What inspires me?

I get inspired by going to the museums.

I went to this Titanic Museum once,
and then I drew ships for, like, a week.

Watching films.

Most people get inspired
by animated films, but also partly-animated.

Games. I've been playing this game
called Lords of War, for the iPad,

and then, after that I begin
drawing these things [unclear].

I also used to draw airplanes
when I was smaller.

I just locked myself into my room
and then drew airplanes for the whole weekend.

So, every time I draw I listen to audiobooks.

My favorites are Harry Potter,
and some other books,

just any books I like.

How I learnt to draw?

I used to watch a lot of animated films
when I was smaller.

I learn from my friends.
My friends draw all the time with me.

My grandma is an artist
so she's taught me how to draw a portrait.

She's taught me how to draw
portraits and comics, and so on.

What inspired me to draw fantasies is that,

when I was smaller, my mom
taught me how to draw dragons.

That's the end.

(Applause)