[PHOTOS] You Might've Seen These Drawings Before, But Did You Know A Malaysian Did Them?

Low graduated from The One Academy with a Degree in illustration, and worked his way up from a designer to a creative group head in various advertising agencies. He is now the Head of Illustration at advertising firm Grey Group Kuala Lumpur.

"I was looking for a certain style that could be easily understood yet difficult to execute," Low explained. "My initial drawings met the brief and were accepted by my creative director but I was not satisfied. I tried again, this time experimenting with scribbles to draw a portrait of Kimbo Slice. My creative director loved it and all three of our dyslexic icons were subsequently re-illustrated using this style."

Low created three portraits of famous dyslexics - John Lennon, Albert Einstein, and Pablo Picasson - to create awareness for the disorder.

"In Malaysia, most people are not aware of dyslexia at all. In fact, through our campaign, we found out that many parents actually think that their dyslexic children are retarded or mentally disabled," he said. "We used well-known celebrities who were dyslexics to illustrate that dyslexia is not a curse, but a gift."

The shock of knowing he was dyslexic left him anxious, Low says, and it took time for him to accept the condition as a part of him. But the anxiety gave way to a higher level of confidence.

“My whole life, I’ve wondered why I couldn’t do what seemed so easy to everyone else, which was to read. This was especially because there was very little understanding about how to deal with the issue when I was young. Now that I understand my issue, I feel much more positive about myself,” he added.

The closer you look, the more revealing the tightly-wound ink spirals, sharp zig-zags, free-flowing curves and playful figure-eights become, proving just how much artistry goes into moulding the wild lines into an image. There is a wonderful energy to the pictures, capturing the exact spirit of the person depicted.

“The pose and expression I choose to show them in is very important, as it shows the story I want to tell. How the energy flows in the artwork is very important. That’s the challenge, to get the right force,” he explained.

“Scribbles are something we all do and often throw away without thinking twice about it. Yet, I used those same scribbles to create these portraits. I’d like to tell people that just because something doesn’t seem important, it doesn’t mean it can’t be something great," he said.