From clothing and footwear to lifesize cars and wedding chapels, there is virtually nothing artist Joshua Vides cannot turn into black-and-white sketches.

Joshua Vides uses a technique he calls Reality to Idea (RTI) to revert different objects back to sketch form, but few people know that his success story began with a pair of Nike Air Force 1 shoes. About a decade ago, he came across a copy of the Nike designer’s original sketch for the popular footwear, so he came up with the idea of hand painting a real pair of Air Force 1s in black and white using his RTI technique. He posted the end result on his Instagram page and it blew up! Vides followed it up with several versions of sketch shoes and their success inspired him to take his Reality to Idea technique to the next level.

While he was still reeling from the massive success of his expertly sketched Air Force 1 sneakers, Vides got the idea of making a car his next big project. He asked a friend if he could paint his 1992 Acura NSX and it ended up looking just like a rough sketch of legendary NSX designer Masahito Nakano. The 3D sketch became the star of its own exhibit and thousands of people came to see it, not to mention the hundreds of thousands of likes it got online. Looking back this was the big break that ultimately secured collabs with big automotive brands like BMW and Ferrari.

“BMW called me and said, ‘We saw the NSX, and we love it. Have you heard of our Art Car program?’ I said, ‘Of course. Lichtenstein, Warhol, Stella.’ And they said, ‘Would you like to be a part of that?’ And now I have my X4 M sitting next to Lichtenstein’s E30 in Germany,” Vides recalled in an interview with Car and Driver magazine.

It was while working on his popular car projects that Joshua Vides got the idea of turning entire spaces into black-and-white sketches as well. By painting the garage the cars were exhibited in, he could make it look like the cars were moving. That later inspired him to turn an entire wedding chapel into a giant sketch.

Through the years, the Los Angeles-based artist has been approached by major brands in various industries like fashion, automotive, and spirits to use his monochromatic sketching techniques for eye-catching marketing projects, but he always finds time for passion projects that he shares with his fans on his Instagram.

If you’re a fan of real-life black-and-white sketches, check out Russia’s BW Kafe, and nature’s living, breathing sketch, the Sebright chicken.