Beachgoers pass a snowman made from sand on Christmas Day at Bondi Beach in Sydney on December 25, 2023. (Photo by David Gray/AFP Photo)

People in a variety of colorful costumes participate in the 43rd annual Mermaid Parade at Coney Island on June 21, 2025 in New York City. The annual Mermaid Parade marks the beginning of summer in NYC and pays tribute to Coney Island’s Mardi Gras celebrations in the early 1900’s. (Photo by Craig T. Fruchtman/Getty Images)

Cosplayers attend Day 3 of WonderCon 2017 at Anaheim Convention Center on April 2, 2017 in Anaheim, California. (Photo by Justin Baker/FilmMagic)

French artist Gilbert Legrand’s new series takes everyday objects like corkscrews, tape measures, and more and turns them into hilariously cute characters that almost make you forget their original purpose. Skillfully using each object’s natural shape, he crafts a character full of whimsy and personality. Each is painted to detail, with even the tiniest of characters bearing an expression which leaves no doubt as to their feelings about the situation. It truly takes a talented hand and imagination to turn paint brushes and zippers into humorous characters with surprisingly huge personalities.

A gibbon drinks from a soft drink bottle, given by a tourist, at a zoo in Kunming, Yunnan province, June 18, 2015. (Photo by Wong Campion/Reuters)

A girl pulls her sister in a discarded basket in the Rashidabad neighborhood of Peshawar, Pakistan October 18, 2015. (Photo by Khuram Parvez/Reuters)

Passengers travel on the London train and underground system during the Christmas party season, December 18, 2015. (Photo by Paul Hackett/Reuters)

Saraa Mutawkil (R), 18, practises boxing at Al Rabie club in Omdurman May 10, 2016. (Photo by Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah/Reuters)