Incredible art by dyslexic man who uses scribbles to make masterpieces

Vince Low has turned his dyslexia and his doodling into works of art, taking the jumble of lines he sees and weaving them into portraits that tell a hidden story. The jags and whorls of Vince Low’s scribbles mesh together to create some fascinating portraits, but it also reveals his own journey of self-discovery. Most artists claim that their art has led them to unlock some unknown part of themselves, but rare are the ones for whom the two intersect so profoundly. Low’s “scribble art” had its beginnings in a publicity campaign he worked on six years ago where, as an illustrator with an advertising agency, he was requested by his art director to come up with an unusual technique. The campaign was for dyslexia awareness, and it was only while working on it that Low made a life-changing discovery: He was dyslexic. It was a huge shift in the 37-year-old artist’s life. “The more I learned about how people with dyslexia saw words differently or had trouble reading, the more I started to realise that was exactly how I was!" he says. "Up till then, I thought everyone saw words like that. I just discovered myself that day.” 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.