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French artist turns ABs into art

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The All Blacks have been immortalised by a French artist who is using his unique drawing skills to share his passion for rugby.

Based in Paris, Thomos Novo is a huge rugby fan who produces caricatures of some of his favourite players.

Each drawing takes between two and three hours to produce and he shares them on social media to rugby fans around the world.

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🇫🇷 Il y a quelque temps j'ai reçu un mail, impossible d'y croire, c'était inimaginable. Je tenais vraiment à remercier tous ces rugbymans qui ont partagé mes travaux, de bouche à oreille c'est arrivé chez les @allblacks ! Et je me suis retrouvé à faire une commande de 1 mètre ! Un rêve, ma plus grosse fierté, je suis supporter des bleus, mais jamais j'aurai cru que je dessinerai pour la meilleure équipe de rugby de tous les temps. merci a vous, à votre soutient, c'est aussi grâce à vous que tout cela m'arrive! Nowo. 😁🙏🏽 🇬🇧 Not long ago I received a mail, impossible to believe, it was unimaginable. I'd really like to thank all those rugby players who shared my works, from mouths to ears, it got all the way to the @allblacks ! And I found myself to do an order of 1 meter ! A dream, my biggest pride. I'm a fan of the Bleus, but never I would have imagined myself drawing for the best rugby team of all times. Thanks to you and for all your support. It's also thanks to all of you that all this happened to me! Nowo. 🙏🏽😁 #thanks #dream #allblacks #adidas #rugby #rugbypicture #orders

A post shared by Nowo ✏ (@drawnowo) on Aug 9, 2015 at 11:00am PDT

Describing the All Blacks, he says: "They are just magical, when you look at them it just looks like rugby is easy."

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The All Blacks are also a fan of his pictures - and sent him a signed jersey to show their appreciation.

Novo's most recent work is a caricature of All Black and Chiefs star Liam Messam as Iron man.

Messam is a big fan of his work.

"Thanks to my man @drawnowo for this awesome work," he said. "The Iron man hulk busta is my son's favourite character. Can't wait to show him that his dad is Iron man."

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" Liam Messam Stark" ✏️70x50 drawing for my friends @liammessam, yes it's Iron Man !! Grosse réalisation pour le all black Liam Messam qui voulait tout simplement etre dans le hulkbuster ! ✉️ Contact me > drawnowo@hotmail.com #hulkbuster #hulk #ironman #marvel #allblacks #rugbypicture #liammessam #rugby #fanart #haka next: @cpiutau ✌🏽️

A post shared by Nowo ✏ (@drawnowo) on Jan 14, 2016 at 10:32am PST

Other All Blacks the French artist has immortalised include Richie McCaw, Dan Carter, Sonny Bill Williams, Ma'a Nonu and Jonah Lomu.

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@julestennier a trouvé sous son sapin le portrait de Sony Bill Williams format 70x50✏️ Passez de bonne fête ! 🎅🏽 #sonybillwilliams #sbw #allblack #rugby #rugbypicture #fanart #christmas

A post shared by Nowo ✏ (@drawnowo) on Dec 27, 2015 at 10:25am PST

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" Legende ovalie " Jonah Lomu sur 70x50 ✏️ Une légende est partie trop tôt, j'ai laissé mes crayons lui rendre un hommage #ripjonah 🙏🏽 #jonahlomu #rugby #rugbypicture #newzealand #allblack #legend #power #art #fanart

A post shared by Nowo ✏ (@drawnowo) on Dec 9, 2015 at 10:10am PST

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WIP 6 en vidéo le projet prend forme ! ✏️👊🏽 #allblacks #adidas #newzeland #rugby #rugbypicture #fekitoa #kaino #sbw #vito #nonu @jeromekaino @victorvito1103 @maanonu @aaron_smith09 @malakaifekitoa

A post shared by Nowo ✏ (@drawnowo) on Jul 8, 2015 at 10:03am PDT

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All blacks ✏️⚫️ Nonu X Carter X Mccaw #allblacks #nonu #dancarter #carter #richiemccaw #mccaw #rugby #instasport #instamoment #instaart #art #arts_help #artistmafia #artcollective #like4Like #picsofday #nawden #adidas #newzeland #blacks #rugbypicture @allblacks @maanonu @dancarter_ @rugbypicture

A post shared by Nowo ✏ (@drawnowo) on Sep 15, 2014 at 9:02am PDT

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@maanonu is a hurricane 💨✏️ tag @maanonu ✌️ #Maanonu #nonu #rugby #rugbypicture #allblacks #NewZeland #HurricanesRugby #Hurricanes #storm #adidas #arts_help #artismafia #artcollective #picsoftheday #sketch_daily

A post shared by Nowo ✏ (@drawnowo) on Apr 29, 2015 at 10:29am PDT

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